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Published AP Ballots — 5 Verified Current-Season Polls

Safid Deen’s AP Top 25 Ballots

2018 Historical Football Ballots · 1 Available Releases

Preseason Ballot

Published 2018-08-20

Safid Deen 2018 Preseason Ballot
VoteTeamAP RankDifference
1Alabama1Same
2Clemson2Same
3Ohio State5+2
4Georgia3-1
5Wisconsin4-1
6Oklahoma7+1
7Washington6-1
8Miami (FL)8Same
9Auburn9Same
10Penn State10Same
11Notre Dame12+1
12Michigan14+2
13Stanford13Same
14Michigan State11-3
15TCU16+1
16Florida State19+3
17West Virginia17Same
18USC15-3
19South CarolinaNR—
20UCF21+1
21Florida AtlanticNR—
22Mississippi State18-4
23Oregon24+1
24Virginia Tech20-4
25Texas23-2

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.

2018 Ballot History

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

PollNo. 1 SelectionBallot
Preseason2018-08-20AlabamaOpen Ballot
Week 22018-09-04—No Retained Ballot
Week 32018-09-09—No Retained Ballot
Week 42018-09-16—No Retained Ballot
Week 52018-09-23—No Retained Ballot
Week 62018-09-30—No Retained Ballot
Week 72018-10-07—No Retained Ballot
Week 82018-10-14—No Retained Ballot
Week 92018-10-21—No Retained Ballot
Week 102018-10-28—No Retained Ballot
Week 112018-11-04—No Retained Ballot
Week 122018-11-11—No Retained Ballot
Week 132018-11-18—No Retained Ballot
Week 142018-11-25—No Retained Ballot
Week 152018-12-02—No Retained Ballot
Final2019-01-08—No Retained Ballot