The Auburn Tigers are the Associated Press’ No. 1 team in the nation, but that doesn’t mean every AP voter sees it that way. And that’s fine, because it’s rare to have 61 voters agree unanimously on where one specific team should be ranked.
Some voters will make their case for “Team X” being the best, while others have the same program as the No. 3 with “Team Y” at No. 1. You get the point. But it’s rather rare for a committee member to have an opinion that’s so drastically different from his colleagues.