Brice CherryWaco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX)
Twitter: @BriceCherry
About: A lifelong rider of the Houston sports bandwagon and a lifelong hater of vegetables, Brice Cherry has been named the Texas AP sportswriter of the year several times during his Trib career, which began in 1998. He has been sports editor since 2012.


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Dec 8, 2025Week 6 Rankings for Brice Cherry
1Arizona (33)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 33 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1461
Points
2Michigan (19)
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Andy Greder
1440
Points
3Duke (7)
10-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 5 - C.J. Moore
1400
Points
4Iowa State (1)
9-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1304
Points
5UConn
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Dylan Sinn
1263
Points
6Houston
8-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1064
Points
7Purdue
8-1Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Brenna Greene
1173
Points
8Michigan State
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1017
Points
9Gonzaga
9-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Chris Lea
1054
Points
10BYU
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1007
Points
11Alabama
7-2Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 15 - Brenden Martin
854
Points
12North Carolina
8-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - John Johnson
Lowest: 22 - Shane Mettlen
724
Points
13Louisville
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - John Johnson
Lowest: 17 - Tony Paul
877
Points
14Illinois
7-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - David Jablonski
771
Points
15Texas Tech
7-2Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
508
Points

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16Seton Hall
9-1Actual: 31
Highest: 16 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
31
Points

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17Villanova
7-1Actual: 37
Highest: 17 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
9
Points
18Florida
5-3Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Matt Young
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
422
Points
19Tennessee
7-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
286
Points

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20Vanderbilt
9-0Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
686
Points
21Kansas
7-3Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
380
Points
22Auburn
7-3Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
264
Points

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23Arkansas
7-2Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 5 Voters
488
Points
24Iowa
8-1Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: NR - 38 Voters
60
Points
25St. John's
5-3Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
254
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Nebraska24-Virginia25-UCLA