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Bob HoltArkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
E-mail: bholt@arkansasonline.com
Twitter: @BobHoltADG
About: Bob Holt has covered University of Arkansas athletics for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 1981.


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Oct 14, 2024Pre-Season Rankings for Bob Holt
1Kansas (30)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Bob Ballou
1449
Points
2Alabama (14)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1428
Points
3Houston (4)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Bob Ballou
1343
Points
4Duke
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Parth Upadhyaya
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1154
Points
5Iowa State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1177
Points
6UConn (11)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
7Gonzaga (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
1157
Points
8Baylor
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1109
Points
9North Carolina
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner
1037
Points
10Auburn
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 18 - Stephen Thompson
901
Points
11Arizona
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
905
Points
12Tennessee
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - C.J. Moore
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
775
Points
13Purdue
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
678
Points
14Arkansas
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
625
Points
15Creighton
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
631
Points
16Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Bob Ballou
737
Points
17Indiana
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
492
Points
18Marquette
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
484
Points
19Kentucky
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
191
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
20Illinois
0-0Actual: 26
Highest: 12 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
92
Points
21Florida
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
249
Points
22Cincinnati
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
271
Points
23Texas
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
332
Points
24Rutgers
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
102
Points
25Xavier
0-0Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Mike Hlas
Lowest: NR - 40 Voters
73
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-UCLA24-Ole Miss