AP Ballot breakdown for week 14 (AP Poll 15)

© Copyright 2006, Paul Kislanko

In the Ballot comparison the teams are ordered by the best rank for which a majority of voters voted the team at least that high (see the ballot summary below) and the ballots are ordered left-to-right by how close the ballot was to the majority's consensus.

AP sports editor Terry Taylor said: "We understand mistakes can happen, but we thought this one could have been prevented. The heart of the matter here is the credibility of the poll." In keeping with said credibility, we publish the "ghost" ballot that replaced the real voter and note that it changed quite a few final ranks: 
1 Ohio State
2 Michigan
3 Florida
4 LSU
5 USC
6 Wisconsin
7 Louisville
8 Arkansas
9 Notre Dame
10 Boise State
11 Oklahoma
12 Auburn
13 West Virginia
14 Rutgers
15 Virginia Tech
16 Wake Forest
17 Texas
18 Tennessee
19 California
20 BYU 
21 Nebraska
22 Texas A&M
23 Georgia
24 Georgia Tech
25 Oregon State

• 20 teams were listed in every voter's top 25 (up 2 from last week)
• 35 teams were listed on at least one top 25 (up 2)
• 16 teams were listed on at least one top 10 (up 1)
• 24 teams were listed on a majority of ballots (down 1)

Ballot Analysis for Associated Press Poll
3 Dec 2006 4:01pm (Central)

Pts Borda Team Maj Cnt Best #Ballots
1625 7670 Ohio State 1 65 1 65
1529 7574 Florida 2 34 2 65
1526 7571 Michigan 3 65 2 65
1365 7410 LSU 4 34 4 65
1333 7378 Louisville 5 41 4 65
1255 7300 Wisconsin 6 38 4 65
1232 7277 Oklahoma 7 41 4 65
1182 7227 Southern California 8 40 5 65
1097 7142 Boise St 9 42 4 65
1020 7065 Auburn 10 35 5 65
939 6984 Notre Dame 11 35 8 65
867 6912 Arkansas 13 39 7 65
865 6910 West Virginia 12 35 8 65
798 6843 Virginia Tech 14 41 8 65
766 6811 Wake Forest 14 35 7 65
631 6676 Rutgers 16 38 11 65
576 6621 Tennessee 17 36 12 65
564 6609 Texas 18 43 11 65
436 6388 BYU 20 48 12 64
390 6435 California 20 42 12 65
379 6238 Texas A&M 21 52 15 63
193 4843 Nebraska 23 35 18 50
179 5015 Boston College 23 36 16 52
112 4669 Oregon St 25 49 21 49
80 2963 TCU     19 31
Pts Borda Team Maj Cnt Best #Ballots
57 1917 Georgia     20 20
53 2192 Georgia Tech     20 23
25 955 Hawaii     19 10
21 1044 Houston     22 11
9 474 Penn State     23 5
6 378 South Florida     24 4
6 285 Maryland     23 3
4 190 Navy     23 2
3 189 South Carolina     24 2
2 95 UCLA     24 1

Ballot Counts by Rank - AP Poll # 15
3 Dec 2006 4:01pm (Central)

Team #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25
Ohio State 65                                              
Florida   34 31                                          
Michigan   31 34                                          
LSU       34 13 9 2 7                                
Louisville       23 18 7 8 5 3 1                            
Wisconsin       3 14 21 15 4 3   1 1 2 1                    
Oklahoma       4 10 14 13 13 3 3 4 1                        
Southern California         6 10 13 11 18 5 1         1                
Boise St       1 2 4 8 14 13 8 4 3 6   1   1              
Auburn         2   4 5 11 13 15 6 4 2 2 1                
Notre Dame               1 4 13 17 12 10 5 2 1                
West Virginia               1   7 9 18 10 8 6 3 2 1            
Arkansas             1 3 6 9 5 5 10 7 6 7 5 1            
Virginia Tech               1 4 2 2 7 12 13 12 4 6   2          
Wake Forest             1     4 4 4 8 14 14 4 6 5 1          
Rutgers                     1 3 1 7 9 17 9 6 8 3 1      
Tennessee                       1 1 3 7 12 12 14 10 2 2 1    
Texas                     2 2 1 4 4 8 10 12 11 5 4 2    
BYU                       1   1 1 2 10 9 5 19 7 7 1 1
California                       1       1 3 4 17 16 9 8 3 3
Texas A&M                             1 3 1 11 6 9 21 8 2 1
Boston College                               1     1 2 9 11 12 9 7
Nebraska                                   2 2 7 8 8 8 10 5
Oregon St                                         2 7 11 12 17
TCU                                     1   1 5 8 8 8
Team #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25
Georgia Tech                                       1   1 9 4 8
Georgia                                       1 1 3 7 5 3
Houston                                           1 1 5 4
Hawaii                                     1     3     6
Penn State                                             1 2 2
South Florida                                               2 2
Maryland                                             1 1 1
Navy                                             1   1
South Carolina                                               1 1
UCLA                                               1

Pairwise Matrix for Associated Press Poll #15
(Only teams on a majority of ballots listed)
3 Dec 2006 4:01pm (Central)

Indx Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
1625 1 Ohio State   65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1529 2 Florida     34 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1526 3 Michigan   31   65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1365 4 LSU         40 49 56 60 58 63 65 65 65 65 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1333 5 Louisville       25   49 47 53 58 62 65 65 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1255 6 Wisconsin       16 16   37 50 53 57 61 64 60 64 65 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 65 65
1232 7 Oklahoma       9 18 28   43 47 57 60 64 62 65 65 65 65 64 65 65 65 65 65 65
1182 8 Southern California       5 12 15 22   44 54 64 63 64 62 63 64 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1097 9 Boise St       7 7 12 18 21   45 49 57 53 56 60 64 63 65 65 65 65 65 65 65
1020 10 Auburn       2 3 8 8 11 20   50 52 42 58 57 61 65 63 65 65 65 65 65 65
939 11 Notre Dame           4 5 1 16 15   43 38 53 54 62 65 64 65 64 65 65 65 65
865 12 West Virginia           1 1 2 8 13 22   33 41 45 63 60 59 64 65 63 65 65 65
867 13 Arkansas         1 5 3 1 12 23 27 32   40 36 53 62 56 62 64 65 65 65 65
798 14 Virginia Tech           1   3 9 7 12 24 25   43 49 56 55 62 64 64 64 65 65
766 15 Wake Forest       1       2 5 8 11 20 29 22   51 55 53 60 61 64 64 65 65
631 16 Rutgers           1   1 1 4 3 2 12 16 14   39 41 57 56 60 64 65 65
576 17 Tennessee           1     2     5 3 9 10 26   35 46 60 58 65 63 64
564 18 Texas           1 1     2 1 6 9 10 12 24 30   47 57 43 65 62 65
436 19 BYU                       1 3 3 5 8 19 18   38 42 57 55 64
390 20 California                     1   1 1 4 9 5 8 27   36 56 56 63
379 21 Texas A&M                       2   1 1 5 7 22 23 29   57 49 61
179 22 Boston College                           1 1 1     8 9 7   32 43
193 23 Nebraska                                 2 3 10 9 16 31   39
112 24 Oregon St                                 1   1 2 4 21 23