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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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Sep 25, 2022Week 5 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Ohio State (4)
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 33 Voters
1483
Points
2Georgia (55)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1565
Points
3Alabama (4)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Sam McKewon
1487
Points
4USC
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mike Berardino
1236
Points
5Michigan
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1354
Points
6Tennessee
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 18 - Kirk Kenney
1119
Points
7Clemson
4-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 9 - Nate Mink
1311
Points
8Kentucky
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: 13 - Jack Ebling
1127
Points
9NC State
4-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
920
Points
10Oklahoma State
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 20 - Nathan Baird
1081
Points

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11Oklahoma
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
529
Points

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12Texas A&M
3-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
543
Points
13Penn State
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
876
Points
14Washington
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Matt Brown
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
657
Points
15Utah
3-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
760
Points
16Arkansas
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Joe Giglio
Lowest: NR - Jack Ebling
457
Points
17Oregon
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: NR - Ryan Pritt
727
Points
18Minnesota
4-0Actual: 21
Highest: 8 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
288
Points
19BYU
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
482
Points
20Baylor
3-1Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
550
Points

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21Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - David Briggs
691
Points
22Kansas
4-0Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
125
Points
23Kansas State
3-1Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
166
Points
24Florida State
4-0Actual: 23
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
244
Points

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25Syracuse
4-0Actual: 30
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
22
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Wake Forest24-Pittsburgh