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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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Nov 27, 2022Week 14 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Georgia (58)
12-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 5 Voters
1570
Points
2Michigan (5)
12-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Tom Murphy
1516
Points
3TCU
12-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: 4 - Jon Wilner
1449
Points
4USC
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 59 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1382
Points
5Ohio State
11-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1313
Points
6Tennessee
10-2Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Ron Counts
1195
Points
7Alabama
10-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: 10 - Nathan Baird
1243
Points
8Penn State
10-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Adam Cole
1131
Points
9Washington
10-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1048
Points
10LSU
9-3Actual: 11
Highest: 9 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Ron Counts
874
Points

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11UCLA
9-3Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Nate Mink
Lowest: 23 - Kirk Bohls
618
Points
12Utah
9-3Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Joe Giglio
849
Points
13Oregon State
9-3Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 20 - Blair Kerkhoff
662
Points
14Oregon
9-3Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Damien Sordelett
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
701
Points
15Tulane
10-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Don Williams
551
Points
16Kansas State
9-3Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
815
Points
17South Carolina
8-4Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Adam Zucker
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
358
Points
18Notre Dame
8-4Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
384
Points

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19Clemson
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Dave Reardon
928
Points

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20Florida State
9-3Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Michael Lev
Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters
730
Points
21UCF
9-3Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
170
Points
22Troy
10-2Actual: 26
Highest: 21 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
80
Points

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23South Alabama
10-2Actual: 32
Highest: 21 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
12
Points
24Mississippi State
8-4Actual: 25
Highest: 20 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
99
Points
25Cincinnati
9-3Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
43
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Texas23-UTSA24-North Carolina