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Emily LeikerSyracuse.com (Syracuse, NY)
E-mail: eleiker@syracuse.com
Twitter: @emleiker
About: Emily Leiker is a sports reporter covering Syracuse athletics. Though her primary beat is football, she's also covered men's lacrosse and provided additional reporting on other beats. Prior to joining Syracuse.com, Emily spent time at USA Today, the News & Obeserver (Raleigh) and Columbia Missourian. She's covered three Division I football seasons, including ones that featured coach firings and departures, NCAA sanctions and AP Top 25 rankings. Between 2020 and 2022, Emily received three awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors and one from the Association of Women in Sports Media. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 2022 and is originally from Lynnwood, Washington.


Ballot Score

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Sep 17, 2023Week 4 Rankings for Emily Leiker
1Georgia (57)
3-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 57 Voters
Lowest: 4 - David Jablonski
1566
Points
2Michigan (2)
3-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1481
Points
3Penn State
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Emily Leiker
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1217
Points
4USC
3-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Tom D'Angelo
1296
Points
5Washington
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 11 - Brian Howell
1194
Points
6Texas (3)
3-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Mike Niziolek
1380
Points
7Ohio State
3-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Mike Barber
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1291
Points
8Florida State (1)
3-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Matt Baker
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1378
Points
9Notre Dame
4-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters
1066
Points
10Oregon
3-0Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - David Jablonski
942
Points
11LSU
2-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
805
Points
12Oregon State
3-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters
715
Points
13Oklahoma
3-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Don Williams
Lowest: 23 - Brian Fonseca
606
Points
14North Carolina
3-0Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Kirk Bohls
567
Points
15Duke
3-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 25 - Jon Wilner
530
Points
16Colorado
2-0Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - Ryan Aber
509
Points
17Alabama
2-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
796
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
18Utah
3-0Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Adam Cole
921
Points
19Ole Miss
3-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Stephen Hargis
Lowest: 22 - Kirk Kenney
657
Points
20Miami (FL)
3-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
359
Points
21Washington State
3-0Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
278
Points
22UCLA
3-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
204
Points
23Iowa
3-0Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
125
Points
24Missouri
3-0Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
72
Points
25Kansas State
2-1Actual: 28
Highest: 18 - Audrey Dahlgren
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
54
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Tennessee25-Florida