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North Texas45
Tulsa44
6:00 PM CDT
Pittsburgh
Virginia Tech
6:00 PM CDT
Liberty
Delaware
7:00 PM CDT
Penn State
Northwestern
Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Ron Counts’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2021 Historical Football Ballots · 15 Available Releases

Week 8 Ballot

Published 2021-10-17

Ron Counts 2021 Week 8 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Georgia1Same
2Oklahoma3+1
3Cincinnati2-1
4Ohio State5+1
5Michigan6+1
6Michigan State9+3
7Oklahoma State8+1
8Alabama4-4
9Oregon10+1
10Notre Dame13+3
11Coastal Carolina14+3
12Wake Forest16+4
13Penn State7-6
14Kentucky15+1
15Texas A&M17+2
16Ole Miss12-4
17Iowa11-6
18SMU21+3
19NC State18-1
20San Diego State22+2
21UTSA24+3
22Baylor20-2
23Air ForceNR—
24Auburn19-5
25Pittsburgh23-2

Positive differences mean a higher ranking than the AP result. NR means outside the AP Top 25; it is not treated as a numeric rank.

Ballot Evidence

Two Archives Agree

This recovered ballot agrees with the second archived grid. It remains part of a reconstructed historical dataset.

2021 Ballot History

An unavailable entry means no retained, attributed ballot. It does not establish an absence from the electorate.

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2021-08-16AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 22021-09-07—Ballot Withheld · Reconstructed team positions
Week 32021-09-12AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 42021-09-19AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 52021-09-26AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 62021-10-03AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 72021-10-10GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 82021-10-17GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 92021-10-24GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 102021-10-31GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 112021-11-07GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 122021-11-14GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 132021-11-21GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 142021-11-28GeorgiaOpen Ballot
Week 152021-12-05AlabamaOpen Ballot
Final2022-01-11GeorgiaOpen Ballot