Ben SteeleMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
E-mail: bsteele@journalsentinel.com
Twitter: @bensteelemjs
About: Marquette men's basketball beat writer for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.


Ballot Score

-36

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Dec 18, 2023Week 7 Rankings for Ben Steele
1Purdue (48)
10-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 48 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1534
Points
2Kansas (6)
10-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1457
Points
3Houston (8)
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Jon Wilner
1394
Points
4UConn
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 15 Voters
1367
Points
5Arizona
8-1Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 2 Voters
1372
Points
6Marquette
9-2Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
1235
Points
7Oklahoma
10-0Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Dave Preston
1062
Points
8Tennessee
8-3Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Dave Borges
983
Points
9Illinois
8-2Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Luke DeCock
727
Points
10Florida Atlantic
9-2Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: NR - Dylan Sinn
716
Points
11Kentucky
8-2Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters
981
Points
12Baylor
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Mark Berman
896
Points
13North Carolina
7-3Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Chris Murray
773
Points
14Colorado State
10-1Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
588
Points
15Gonzaga
8-3Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Lauren Walsh
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
642
Points
16BYU
10-1Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
569
Points
17Ole Miss
10-0Actual: 25
Highest: 11 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
180
Points

EXTREME PICK

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18Memphis
8-2Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
274
Points
19Clemson
9-1Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 25 - 5 Voters
501
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
20Creighton
9-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 3 Voters
734
Points
21Wisconsin
8-3Actual: 24
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
269
Points
22Virginia
9-1Actual: 22
Highest: 7 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
287
Points
23James Madison
10-0Actual: 20
Highest: 8 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
442
Points
24Colorado
8-2Actual: 28
Highest: 17 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
84
Points
25Utah
8-2Actual: 29
Highest: 21 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
37
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Texas21-Duke