Ben PortnoyThe State (Columbia, SC)
E-mail: bportnoy@thestate.com
Twitter: @bportnoy15
About: Ben Portnoy is The State’s South Carolina Gamecocks football beat writer. He’s a five-time Associated Press Sports Editors award honoree and has earned recognition from the Mississippi Press Association and the National Sports Media Association. Portnoy previously covered Mississippi State for the Columbus Commercial Dispatch and Indiana football for the Journal Gazette in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.


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Oct 23, 2022Week 9 Rankings for Ben Portnoy
1Tennessee (13)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 13 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Mike Berardino
1476
Points
2Ohio State (18)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 18 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1513
Points
3Georgia (31)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 31 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1530
Points
4Michigan
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: 7 - Joe Giglio
1382
Points
5Clemson (1)
8-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1318
Points
6TCU
7-0Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Don Williams
1213
Points
7Alabama
7-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: 7 - 15 Voters
1266
Points
8Oklahoma State
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - 12 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters
1064
Points
9Oregon
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Kirk Bohls
1114
Points
10UCLA
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Stephen Hargis
803
Points
11Utah
5-2Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 19 - Robert Cessna
766
Points
12USC
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Nathan Baird
927
Points
13Syracuse
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Don Williams
Lowest: 24 - Chuck Landon
626
Points
14Wake Forest
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - Steve Wiseman
Lowest: 17 - Sam McKewon
927
Points
15Penn State
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 20 - Pete Martini
783
Points
16Ole Miss
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Mike Barber
Lowest: 21 - Garland Gillen
744
Points
17Cincinnati
6-1Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Pete Martini
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
386
Points
18Kentucky
5-2Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Stephen Hargis
Lowest: NR - Ron Counts
429
Points
19Illinois
6-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: 24 - Nate Mink
508
Points
20LSU
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
502
Points
21Tulane
7-1Actual: 23
Highest: 18 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Don Williams
243
Points
22Kansas State
5-2Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: 25 - 9 Voters
272
Points
23North Carolina
6-1Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
278
Points
24Texas
5-3Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
38
Points
25Liberty
7-1Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
35
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-NC State25-South Carolina