Bob AsmussenChampaign News-Gazette (Champaign, IL)
Twitter: @BobAsmussen
About: Bob Asmussen is in his 25th year at The Champaign News-Gazette. He became the Illinois football beat writer in 1996. Asmussen has also covered men's and women's basketball, volleyball and wrestling. He has won numerous national and state awards for his writing. Married to a fellow reporter, Asmussen has a son and a daughter. They live in Champaign.


Ballot Score

0

Your vote has been saved. Now why don't you let this pollster know what you thought of their ballot? Compose Tweet


Oct 19, 2014Week 9 Rankings for Bob Asmussen
1Florida State (14)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 21 Voters
1433
Points
2Mississippi State (43)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 43 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Garry Smits
1480
Points
3Ole Miss (3)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Jon Wilner
1404
Points
4Oregon
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Logan Lowery
1142
Points
5Michigan State
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 13 - Daniel Berk
1066
Points
6Alabama
6-1Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 24 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1235
Points
7Georgia
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Doug Lesmerises
1055
Points
8Auburn
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - Garry Smits
1231
Points
9Notre Dame
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Grant Ramey
1133
Points
10Ohio State
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Garry Smits
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
753
Points
11Baylor
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Iliana Limon Romero
858
Points
12Arizona
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - Doug Lesmerises
Lowest: NR - Scott Wolf
639
Points
13Nebraska
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
537
Points
14Arizona State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
643
Points
15Kansas State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
905
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
16TCU
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
962
Points
17USC
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
356
Points
18Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Logan Lowery
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
461
Points
19Marshall
7-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
184
Points
20West Virginia
5-2Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
272
Points
21East Carolina
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jim Polzin
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
445
Points
22LSU
6-2Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - Joey Knight
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
177
Points
23Utah
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
437
Points
24Duke
6-1Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
108
Points
25Minnesota
6-1Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
61
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Clemson25-UCLA