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Emily LeikerSyracuse.com (Syracuse, NY)
E-mail: eleiker@syracuse.com
Twitter: @emleiker
About: Emily Leiker is a sports reporter covering Syracuse athletics. Though her primary beat is football, she's also covered men's lacrosse and provided additional reporting on other beats. Prior to joining Syracuse.com, Emily spent time at USA Today, the News & Obeserver (Raleigh) and Columbia Missourian. She's covered three Division I football seasons, including ones that featured coach firings and departures, NCAA sanctions and AP Top 25 rankings. Between 2020 and 2022, Emily received three awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and one from the Association of Women in Sports Media. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2022 and is originally from Lynnwood, Washington.


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Sep 5, 2023Week 2 Rankings for Emily Leiker
1Georgia (58)
1-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 59 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Rece Davis
1569
Points
2Michigan (2)
1-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Ryan Aber
1485
Points
3Alabama
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 9 Voters
1424
Points
4Florida State (3)
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Brian Fonseca
1384
Points
5USC
2-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Kayla Anderson
Lowest: 11 - Brett McMurphy
1255
Points
6Penn State
1-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Brian Fonseca
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1212
Points
7Ohio State
1-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Kirk Bohls
1308
Points
8Washington
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 15 - Colten Bartholomew
1107
Points
9Tennessee
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Stephen Hargis
Lowest: 15 - Mike Niziolek
975
Points
10LSU
0-1Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Jared MacDonald
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
706
Points
11Notre Dame
2-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
967
Points
12Texas
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Ron Counts
Lowest: 19 - Brett McMurphy
935
Points
13Oregon
1-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 19 - Mike Berardino
823
Points

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14Clemson
0-1Actual: 25
Highest: 12 - Jared MacDonald
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
141
Points
15Oregon State
1-0Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 25 - Kirk Bohls
558
Points
16Oklahoma
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Josh Furlong
Lowest: NR - Steven Johnson
426
Points

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17Utah
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: 18 - Brett McMurphy
919
Points
18Kansas State
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Colten Bartholomew
579
Points
19North Carolina
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
551
Points
20Ole Miss
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Stephen Hargis
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
379
Points

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21TCU
0-1Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - Colten Bartholomew
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
27
Points
22Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Steve Wiseman
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
407
Points
23Tulane
1-0Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
241
Points
24Duke
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Audrey Dahlgren
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
343
Points
25UCLA
1-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
55
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Colorado23-Texas A&M