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Jon WilnerSan Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
E-mail: jwilner@mercurynews.com
Twitter: @wilnerhotline



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Aug 23, 2015Pre-Season Rankings for Jon Wilner
1Ohio State (61)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points

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2Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - Chadd Cripe
873
Points
3TCU
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mitch Vingle
1428
Points
4Michigan State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1256
Points
5Alabama
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
6USC
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Garland Gillen
Lowest: 17 - Ed Johnson
1085
Points

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7LSU
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
675
Points
8Florida State
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 22 - Mitch Vingle
959
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9Baylor
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Eric Hansen
1263
Points
10Georgia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Joey Knight
991
Points
11Oregon
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Sam McKewon
1156
Points
12Arizona State
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - Kirk Bohls
605
Points

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13Auburn
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Sam McKewon
1192
Points
14Georgia Tech
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Nathan Deen
Lowest: 24 - Sam McKewon
588
Points
15UCLA
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Joey Knight
Lowest: NR - Matt McCoy
698
Points
16Arkansas
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
410
Points
17Stanford
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 8 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
347
Points

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18Cincinnati
0-0Actual: 33
Highest: 18 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
8
Points
19Boise State
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
240
Points

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20Clemson
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
862
Points
21Arizona
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
311
Points
22Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
393
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23Ole Miss
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 5 - Eric Hansen
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
563
Points

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24Northern Illinois
0-0Actual: 39
Highest: 24 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
2
Points

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25Penn State
0-0Actual: 31
Highest: 19 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
20
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Oklahoma24-Missouri25-Tennessee