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Pat CaputoThe Oakland Press (Pontiac, MI)
Twitter: @patcaputo98
About: Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."


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Oct 15, 2017Week 8 Rankings for Pat Caputo
1Alabama (61)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Penn State
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 37 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 8 Voters
1432
Points
3Georgia
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1417
Points
4Ohio State
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Ed Daigneault
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1184
Points
5TCU
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1322
Points
6Wisconsin
6-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Jonny Miller
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1241
Points
7Clemson
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1117
Points

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8Notre Dame
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Jason Galloway
Lowest: 19 - Jerry DiPaola
798
Points
9Oklahoma
5-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Jason Butt
1066
Points
10Washington
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
811
Points

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11Michigan State
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: 23 - Soren Petro
563
Points
12USC
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 19 - Brent Axe
886
Points

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13Miami (FL)
5-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Michael Lev
1109
Points
14South Florida
6-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - Bob Asmussen
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
573
Points
15NC State
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Jerry DiPaola
573
Points
16Washington State
6-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Safid Deen
Lowest: NR - Rick Wright
578
Points
17Michigan
5-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Jerry DiPaola
558
Points

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18Oklahoma State
5-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Pat Caputo
900
Points

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19LSU
5-2Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Jerry DiPaola
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
108
Points
20UCF
5-0Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Dave Reardon
Lowest: 23 - 3 Voters
387
Points

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21Virginia Tech
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Parrish Alford
Lowest: 21 - Pat Caputo
727
Points
22Stanford
5-2Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Andy Bitter
Lowest: NR - Chris Murray
274
Points
23Auburn
5-2Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Ryan Aber
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
303
Points
24West Virginia
4-2Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Jeff Miller
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
157
Points
25Virginia
5-1Actual: 29
Highest: 22 - John Adams
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
10
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Memphis