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Ben PortnoyThe State (Columbia, SC)
E-mail: bportnoy@thestate.com
Twitter: @bportnoy15
About: Ben Portnoy is The State’s South Carolina Gamecocks football beat writer. He’s a five-time Associated Press Sports Editors award honoree and has earned recognition from the Mississippi Press Association and the National Sports Media Association. Portnoy previously covered Mississippi State for the Columbus Commercial Dispatch and Indiana football for the Journal Gazette in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.


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Oct 17, 2021Week 8 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Georgia
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 63 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 63 Voters
1575
Points
2Cincinnati
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Nate Mink
1483
Points
3Oklahoma
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Colten Bartholomew
1434
Points
4Alabama
6-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Ron Counts
1393
Points

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5Oregon
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
1054
Points
6Ohio State
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Kellis Robinett
1252
Points
7Oklahoma State
6-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Colten Bartholomew
1082
Points
8Iowa
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
1048
Points
9Penn State
5-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Colten Bartholomew
Lowest: 13 - Ron Counts
1116
Points
10Michigan State
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1076
Points
11Ole Miss
5-1Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Nate Mink
Lowest: 16 - Ron Counts
879
Points

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12Michigan
6-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1214
Points
13Texas A&M
5-2Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
536
Points
14Auburn
5-2Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
397
Points
15Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 18 - 3 Voters
763
Points
16Coastal Carolina
6-0Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - James Kratch
Lowest: 25 - Don Williams
736
Points
17Wake Forest
6-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner
629
Points
18Kentucky
6-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
723
Points
19NC State
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - Kellis Robinett
485
Points
20SMU
6-0Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
358
Points
21San Diego State
6-0Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Bennett Conlin
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
284
Points
22UTSA
7-0Actual: 24
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
104
Points
23Baylor
6-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: NR - Steve Batterson
378
Points
24Arkansas
4-3Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
29
Points

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25Iowa State
4-2Actual: 31
Highest: 22 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
14
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Pittsburgh25-Purdue