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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.


Ballot Score

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Aug 14, 2023Pre-Season Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Georgia (60)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 3 Voters
1572
Points
2Alabama
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Matt Brown
1398
Points
3Ohio State (1)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 7 - 3 Voters
1400
Points
4Michigan (2)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Ryan Aber
1490
Points
5USC
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Brett McMurphy
1245
Points
6LSU
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Chad Leistikow
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1276
Points
7Penn State
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1177
Points
8Florida State
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Randy Johnson
1147
Points

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9Utah
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: 22 - Brett McMurphy
811
Points
10Washington
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 20 - Colten Bartholomew
977
Points
11Clemson
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Dave Reardon
1032
Points
12Oregon
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Greg Madia
732
Points
13Tennessee
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Jordan Crammer
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
868
Points

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14Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
386
Points
15Notre Dame
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 16 - 3 Voters
863
Points

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16Texas
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Ron Counts
Lowest: 21 - Jordan Crammer
882
Points
17Kansas State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Greg Madia
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
501
Points
18Oregon State
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Brett McMurphy
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
406
Points
19Ole Miss
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 15 - Stephen Hargis
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
281
Points
20Oklahoma
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
296
Points
21Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Tony Garcia
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
227
Points
22Tulane
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Stefan Krajisnik
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
224
Points

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23UCLA
0-0Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
66
Points

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24TCU
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Trevor Hass
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
416
Points
25North Carolina
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
292
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Iowa