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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 9 Ballot

Published 2021-10-24

Ron Counts 2021 Week 9 Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Georgia1Same
2Oklahoma4+2
3Cincinnati2-1
4Ohio State5+1
5Michigan6+1
6Michigan State8+2
7Alabama3-4
8Oregon7-1
9Notre Dame11+2
10Wake Forest13+3
11Ole Miss10-1
12Texas A&M14+2
13Iowa9-4
14Kentucky12-2
15Oklahoma State15Same
16Penn State20+4
17SMU19+2
18San Diego State21+3
19Pittsburgh17-2
20UTSA23+3
21Baylor16-5
22Coastal Carolina24+2
23Auburn18-5
24HoustonNR—
25Iowa State22-3

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