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John SilverThe Journal Inquirer (Manchester, CT)
Twitter: @JohnFSilver
About: John Silver is the Assistant Sports Editor for the Manchester (Conn.) Journal Inquirer and is entering his eighth season covering the University of Connecticut football team. John has a decade of experience working in the newspaper field and has covered college basketball and football for the last 11 seasons. John has won a handful of regional awards for his work covering college athletics and also won the FWAA's Best Writing Contest for column writing in 2010. John will serve on the FWAA's 2012 FWAA All-America Board representing the Big East Conference and also is a voter for the Biletnikoff Award (top wide receiver) and the Davey O'Brien Award (top quarterback). A University of Connecticut graduate, John resides in Farmington, Conn. with his wife Shannon and two children, Julia and John Jr. ages 6 and 3. 


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Oct 12, 2014Week 8 Rankings for John Silver
1Mississippi State (45)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Garry Smits
1480
Points
2Florida State (12)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1415
Points
3Ole Miss (3)
6-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 4 Voters
1413
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
7Alabama
5-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1068
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
10TCU
4-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
917
Points
11Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Brent Axe
Lowest: 13 - 5 Voters
935
Points
12Oregon
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Kirk Bohls
1014
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
15Oklahoma State
5-1Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Eric Hansen
620
Points
16East Carolina
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jim Polzin
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
449
Points
17Kansas State
4-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Sparks
626
Points
18Arizona State
4-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
459
Points

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19Marshall
6-0Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
148
Points
20Stanford
4-2Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
223
Points
21USC
4-2Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Garry Smits
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
258
Points
22Clemson
4-2Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
188
Points

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23Washington
5-1Actual: 32
Highest: 19 - Kyle Ringo
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
22
Points
24Duke
5-1Actual: 28
Highest: 18 - Adam Sparks
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
45
Points

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25Rutgers
5-1Actual: 35
Highest: 22 - Keith Sargeant
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
7
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Nebraska20-Utah21-Texas A&M