Connor EaregoodThe Detroit News (Detroit, MI)
E-mail: cearegood@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @connorearegood
About: Connor Earegood covers Michigan State athletics for The Detroit News. He previously covered the Detroit Red Wings for The Hockey News and Michigan athletics for The Michigan Daily.


Ballot Score

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Dec 1, 2025Week 5 Rankings for Connor Earegood
1Purdue (40)
7-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 40 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1494
Points
2Arizona (6)
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 5 Voters
1442
Points
3Michigan (15)
7-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Andy Greder
1417
Points
4UConn
6-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1244
Points
5Houston
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Mark Berman
1085
Points
6Duke
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1355
Points
7Michigan State
7-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Randy Heitz
1095
Points
8BYU
6-1Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Seth Davis
1036
Points
9Louisville
7-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 13 - Seth Davis
1177
Points
10Alabama
5-2Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 18 - Brian Holland
868
Points
11Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Chris Lea
934
Points
12Iowa State
7-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Zach Klein
975
Points
13Tennessee
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: 23 - Kevin Sjuts
771
Points
14Illinois
6-2Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
656
Points
15Florida
5-2Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Chris Lea
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
567
Points
16North Carolina
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
518
Points
17Kentucky
5-2Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
451
Points
18Auburn
6-2Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
375
Points
19Texas Tech
6-2Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
386
Points
20St. John's
4-3Actual: 23
Highest: 14 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
200
Points

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21UCLA
5-2Actual: 27
Highest: 11 - Joe Cook
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
59
Points
22Arkansas
5-2Actual: 25
Highest: 17 - Mia O'Brien
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
127
Points
23Indiana
7-0Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
312
Points

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24Vanderbilt
8-0Actual: 17
Highest: 6 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
474
Points
25Kansas
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
339
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-USC