Jim Alexander The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA) About: Jim Alexander is an Inland Empire native who started with his hometown newspaper, The Press-Enterprise, longer ago than he cares to admit. He's been a sports columnist off and on since 1992, and a full-time columnist since 2010. Yes, he's opinionated, but no, that's not the only club in his bag. He's covered every major league and major sports beat in Southern California over the years, so not much surprises him any more. (And he and Justin Turner have this in common: Both attended Cal State Fullerton. Jim has no plans to replicate Turner's beard.)
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Aug 20, 2018 Pre-Season Rankings for Jim Alexander1 Alabama (42) 0-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 42 Voters Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro 1505
2 Clemson (18) 0-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 18 Voters Lowest: 4 - Bob Asmussen 1476
3 Georgia 0-0 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 3 Voters Lowest: 9 - Mitch Vingle 1350
4 Washington 0-0 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - 3 Voters Lowest: 12 - Sam McKewon 1215
5 Wisconsin (1) 0-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - Bob Asmussen Lowest: 13 - Rachel Richlinski 1271
6 Michigan State 0-0 Actual: 11Highest: 5 - Kirk Bohls Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters 877
7 Miami (FL) 0-0 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 19 - Sam McKewon 1027
8 Penn State 0-0 Actual: 10Highest: 4 - Pat Dooley Lowest: 16 - Don Williams 1012
9 Oklahoma 0-0 Actual: 7Highest: 3 - 2 Voters Lowest: 11 - 5 Voters 1173
10 Ohio State 0-0 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 2 Voters Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters 1256
11 TCU 0-0 Actual: 16Highest: 8 - Matt Brown Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 533
12 Michigan 0-0 Actual: 14Highest: 4 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - Robert Cessna 773
13 Auburn 0-0 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - John Clay Lowest: 16 - Chris Murray 1013
14 Stanford 0-0 Actual: 13Highest: 8 - 3 Voters Lowest: 22 - Garland Gillen 778
15 Notre Dame 0-0 Actual: 12Highest: 5 - Rece Davis Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters 804
16 West Virginia 0-0 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 511
17 USC 0-0 Actual: 15Highest: 11 - Don Williams Lowest: 24 - Mitch Vingle 543
18 Florida State 0-0 Actual: 19Highest: 10 - Sam McKewon Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 384
19 Virginia Tech 0-0 Actual: 20Highest: 9 - Garland Gillen Lowest: NR - 10 Voters 351
20 Boise State 0-0 Actual: 22Highest: 11 - Gary Horowitz Lowest: NR - 6 Voters 292
21 Mississippi State 0-0 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - John Clay Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 450
22 Oregon 0-0 Actual: 24Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner Lowest: NR - 31 Voters 148
23 Texas 0-0 Actual: 23Highest: 15 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 17 Voters 216
24 LSU 0-0 Actual: 25Highest: 16 - Steve Virgen Lowest: NR - 38 Voters 106
25 South Carolina 0-0 Actual: 26Highest: 11 - Mitch Vingle Lowest: NR - 34 Voters 96
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-UCF
