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Ben PortnoyThe State (Columbia, SC)
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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Dec 4, 2022Week 15 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Georgia (62)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 2 - Nathan Baird
1574
Points
2Michigan (1)
13-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: 2 - 62 Voters
1513
Points
3TCU
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Jack Ebling
1430
Points
4Ohio State
11-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 5 Voters
1398
Points
5Tennessee
10-2Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 23 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters
1233
Points
6Alabama
10-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: 9 - David Thompson
1285
Points
7Utah
10-3Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - Ron Counts
Lowest: 18 - Brian Fonseca
1110
Points
8Penn State
10-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1063
Points

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9Tulane
11-2Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Don Williams
681
Points
10Kansas State
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 15 - Nate Mink
1032
Points
11USC
11-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1068
Points
12Washington
10-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 13 - 5 Voters
933
Points
13Oregon State
9-3Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Sam McKewon
644
Points
14Oregon
9-3Actual: 15
Highest: 13 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Dave Reardon
670
Points
15UCLA
9-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Nate Mink
Lowest: 23 - Kirk Bohls
570
Points
16South Carolina
8-4Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner
382
Points
17Notre Dame
8-4Actual: 19
Highest: 15 - Don Williams
Lowest: 25 - David Jablonski
394
Points

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18Clemson
11-2Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
1042
Points

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19Florida State
9-3Actual: 13
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Adam Cole
708
Points
20LSU
9-4Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - Colten Bartholomew
Lowest: 22 - Brett McMurphy
660
Points
21Troy
11-2Actual: 23
Highest: 18 - Brian Howell
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
158
Points

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22South Alabama
10-2Actual: 31
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
17
Points
23Mississippi State
8-4Actual: 24
Highest: 19 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
119
Points
24UTSA
11-2Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
227
Points
25Cincinnati
9-3Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
32
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Texas25-NC State