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 15, 2025Week 7 Rankings for Brice Cherry
1Arizona (42)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 6 Voters
1500
Points
2Michigan (15)
10-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Andy Greder
1470
Points
3Duke (3)
10-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - C.J. Moore
1406
Points
4Iowa State (1)
11-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 6 - Randy Heitz
1336
Points
5UConn
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
1286
Points
6Houston
10-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1079
Points
7Purdue
10-1Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Brenna Greene
1195
Points
8Michigan State
9-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Toyloy Brown
1037
Points
9Gonzaga
10-1Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Chris Lea
1109
Points
10BYU
9-1Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Dylan Sinn
1017
Points
11North Carolina
9-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - John Johnson
Lowest: 24 - Shane Mettlen
794
Points
12Louisville
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 14 - 5 Voters
921
Points
13Nebraska
11-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - David Jablonski
Lowest: 21 - Matt Young
655
Points
14Arkansas
8-2Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Jeff Borzello
Lowest: 21 - Seth Davis
726
Points
15Alabama
7-3Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Brian Holland
644
Points

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16Seton Hall
10-1Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
46
Points
17Tennessee
7-3Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
286
Points
18Illinois
8-3Actual: 18
Highest: 14 - Victor Flores
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
483
Points
19Texas Tech
7-3Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
314
Points

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20Vanderbilt
10-0Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis
766
Points

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21Villanova
8-2Actual: 35
Highest: 21 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
5
Points

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22Kansas
8-3Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Percy Allen
502
Points
23Auburn
8-3Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
283
Points
24St. John's
6-3Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
250
Points

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25California
10-1Actual: 33
Highest: 20 - Owen Siebring
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
13
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Florida23-Virginia25-Georgia