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Bret StrelowThe Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, NC)
E-mail: strelowb@fayobserver.com
Twitter: @bretstrelow
About: Bret Strelow has covered ACC basketball for more than a decade, attending six Final Fours. This is his third season following the league as a writer for The Fayetteville Observer. He primarily focuses on North Carolina, Duke, N.C. State and Wake Forest.


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Dec 8, 2014Week 5 Rankings for Bret Strelow
1Kentucky (64)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Duke
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Ron Morris
1518
Points
3Arizona
8-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1486
Points
4Wisconsin
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: 9 - John Feinstein
1316
Points
5Virginia
9-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Tom Keegan
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1285
Points
6Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 9 Voters
1145
Points
7Louisville
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 11 - Ron Morris
1319
Points
8Villanova
8-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 11 - Brandon Marcello
1173
Points
9Texas
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1155
Points
10Kansas
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - 7 Voters
1083
Points
11Ohio State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 11 - 13 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
808
Points
12Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
557
Points
13Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
717
Points
14Wichita State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
929
Points
15Butler
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
593
Points

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16St. John's
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
211
Points
17Washington
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
428
Points
18San Diego State
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
390
Points
19Maryland
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
370
Points

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20Iowa State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: NR - Tyson Alger
668
Points
21West Virginia
8-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
313
Points
22Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
359
Points

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23Georgetown
5-2Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Jason Smith
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
62
Points
24Illinois
7-1Actual: 27
Highest: 16 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
91
Points

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25Baylor
7-1Actual: 31
Highest: 18 - Tyson Alger
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
49
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-North Carolina23-Northern Iowa25-Notre Dame