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Steve WisemanThe Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
E-mail: swiseman@heraldsun.com
Twitter: @stevewisemanNC
About: Steve Wiseman, the Duke beat writer for the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun, has written about sports for daily newspapers since graduating from Illinois State University in 1989. He has covered ACC and SEC sports beats, as well as the NFL's Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. He also spent two years covering the South Carolina General Assembly. Prior to coming to Durham, he worked for the Columbia (S.C.) State, Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal, Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record.


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Jan 5, 2015Week 9 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Kentucky (64)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Duke
13-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 63 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Ron Morris
1535
Points
3Virginia
13-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1446
Points
4Wisconsin
14-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1397
Points
5Louisville
13-1Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
6Gonzaga
14-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 5 Voters
1275
Points
7Arizona
13-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 9 - Scott Wolf
1260
Points
8Villanova
13-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel
1089
Points
9Utah
12-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 15 - Joey Johnston
1059
Points
10Notre Dame
14-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Geoff Grammer
775
Points
11Maryland
14-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Ron Morris
966
Points
12Texas
12-2Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: 15 - 3 Voters
976
Points
13Kansas
11-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - Brandon Marcello
884
Points
14Oklahoma
10-3Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jeff Faraudo
674
Points
15North Carolina
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: 21 - Joey Johnston
591
Points
16West Virginia
13-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Joey Johnston
Lowest: 21 - 3 Voters
712
Points
17Iowa State
10-2Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
663
Points
18Wichita State
12-2Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cecil Hurt
686
Points
19Seton Hall
12-2Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: 24 - Gary Williams
448
Points
20VCU
11-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
311
Points
21St. John's
11-3Actual: 24
Highest: 19 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
92
Points

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22Stanford
10-3Actual: 34
Highest: 21 - John Werner
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
29
Points
23Iowa
10-4Actual: 27
Highest: 20 - Bob Holt
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
63
Points
24Butler
11-4Actual: 28
Highest: 21 - Marcus Jackson
Lowest: NR - 43 Voters
53
Points
25Ohio State
12-3Actual: 22
Highest: 18 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
184
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Baylor23-Arkansas25-Old Dominion