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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 2, 2022Week 6 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Ohio State (10)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 34 Voters
1488
Points
2Alabama (25)
5-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 25 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Sam McKewon
1523
Points
3Georgia (28)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 28 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1521
Points
4Clemson
5-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
5Oklahoma State
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Don Williams
1182
Points
6USC
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Mike Berardino
1233
Points
7Michigan
5-0Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 33 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1348
Points
8Tennessee
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 14 - Kirk Kenney
1129
Points
9Penn State
5-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
959
Points
10Ole Miss
5-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Kirk Bohls
1068
Points
11Utah
4-1Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: 18 - Jon Wilner
884
Points
12Oregon
4-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: 19 - Ryan Pritt
872
Points
13Kentucky
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Nathan Baird
832
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
14Arkansas
3-2Actual: 29
Highest: 14 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
76
Points
15BYU
4-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Ryan Pritt
604
Points
16NC State
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Colten Bartholomew
691
Points
17UCLA
5-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - Darren Haynes
510
Points
18Wake Forest
4-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Damien Sordelett
627
Points
19Washington
4-1Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - Jack Ebling
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
180
Points
20Kansas
5-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Ryan Pritt
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
476
Points
21Kansas State
4-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - Garland Gillen
417
Points
22Mississippi State
4-1Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
164
Points
23Syracuse
5-0Actual: 22
Highest: 18 - Zach Klein
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
173
Points
24Baylor
3-2Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
88
Points
25Cincinnati
4-1Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
134
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-TCU25-LSU