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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Oct 14, 2018 Week 8 Rankings for Jim Alexander1 Alabama (60) 7-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 60 Voters Lowest: 2 - Keith Sargeant 1524
2 Ohio State (1) 7-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - Keith Sargeant Lowest: 3 - 8 Voters 1457
3 Clemson 6-0 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 6 Voters Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters 1392
4 Notre Dame 7-0 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - Ryan Aber Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters 1355
5 Texas 6-1 Actual: 7Highest: 5 - 9 Voters Lowest: 13 - Jason Galloway 1144
6 LSU 6-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 9 - Michael Lev 1244
7 NC State 5-0 Actual: 16Highest: 7 - Jim Alexander Lowest: 23 - Tom Murphy 592
8 Oklahoma 5-1 Actual: 9Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters 999
9 Oregon 5-1 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 18 - Garry Smits 917
10 Georgia 6-1 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - Scott Hamilton Lowest: 14 - Blake Toppmeyer 1085
11 Michigan 6-1 Actual: 6Highest: 5 - 13 Voters Lowest: 11 - 4 Voters 1146
12 Florida 6-1 Actual: 11Highest: 6 - 6 Voters Lowest: 18 - Kirk Bohls 931
13 UCF 6-0 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - Neill Ostrout Lowest: 24 - Don Williams 979
14 South Florida 6-0 Actual: 21Highest: 14 - Jim Alexander Lowest: NR - 20 Voters 242
15 Kentucky 5-1 Actual: 14Highest: 10 - Soren Petro Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 678
16 Cincinnati 6-0 Actual: 20Highest: 13 - Conor O’Neill Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 243
17 Colorado 5-1 Actual: 30Highest: 17 - Jim Alexander Lowest: NR - 44 Voters 49
18 West Virginia 5-1 Actual: 13Highest: 11 - 3 Voters Lowest: 22 - Keith Sargeant 700
19 Iowa 5-1 Actual: 19Highest: 10 - Don Williams Lowest: NR - 13 Voters 266
20 San Diego State 5-1 Actual: 27Highest: 20 - Jim Alexander Lowest: NR - 39 Voters 53
21 Washington State 5-1 Actual: 25Highest: 15 - Mike Barber Lowest: NR - 25 Voters 136
22 Duke 5-1 Actual: 34Highest: 20 - Neill Ostrout Lowest: NR - 56 Voters 17
23 Michigan State 4-2 Actual: 24Highest: 15 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 25 Voters 199
24 Washington 5-2 Actual: 15Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 24 - Jim Alexander 640
25 Penn State 4-2 Actual: 18Highest: 13 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - Neill Ostrout 523
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Texas A&M 22-Mississippi State 23-Wisconsin
