Bill RabinowitzThe Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
Twitter: @brdispatch
About: Bill Rabinowitz covers Ohio State football for the Columbus Dispatch. Before that, he was the national college football writer for the Dispatch. He covered the NFL (Ravens, Browns and Bengals) for 12 seasons. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University.


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Oct 12, 2014Week 8 Rankings for Bill Rabinowitz
1Mississippi State (45)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Garry Smits
1480
Points
2Ole Miss (3)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1413
Points
3Florida State (12)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1415
Points
4Baylor
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 6 - Jon Wilner
1317
Points
5Notre Dame
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: 12 - Michael Lev
1228
Points
6Auburn
5-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 12 - Garry Smits
1144
Points
7Oregon
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Kirk Bohls
1014
Points
8Michigan State
5-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Kyle Ringo
1015
Points
9Georgia
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Michael Lev
Lowest: 16 - Doug Lesmerises
981
Points
10Alabama
5-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1068
Points
11TCU
4-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
917
Points
12Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Brent Axe
Lowest: 13 - 5 Voters
935
Points
13Ohio State
4-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Rob Long
Lowest: NR - Drew Sharp
648
Points
14Arizona
5-1Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
590
Points
15East Carolina
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jim Polzin
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
449
Points
16Oklahoma State
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Eric Hansen
620
Points
17Kansas State
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Sparks
626
Points
18Nebraska
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
402
Points
19Arizona State
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
459
Points
20Stanford
4-2Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
223
Points
21Clemson
4-2Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
188
Points

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22LSU
5-2Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Jay Binkley
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
67
Points
23Marshall
6-0Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
148
Points
24USC
4-2Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
258
Points

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25North Dakota State
6-0Actual: 38
Highest: 24 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 25 - Bill Rabinowitz
3
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Utah21-Texas A&M