Jerry CarinoGannett (Somerville, NJ)
E-mail: jcarino@gannett.com
Twitter: @NJHoopsHaven
About: Jerry Carino is the college basketball writer for the Gannett New Jersey newspapers. He covers the Rutgers and Seton Hall beats, the Big East Conference, and blogs at http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/hoopshaven/.


Ballot Score

5

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Jan 4, 2016Week 9 Rankings for Jerry Carino
1Kansas (44)
12-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 44 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Graham Couch
1598
Points
2Oklahoma (21)
12-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters
1574
Points
3Maryland
13-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1459
Points
4Virginia
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1409
Points
5Michigan State
14-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1400
Points

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6Villanova
12-2Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
979
Points
7North Carolina
13-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jeff Faraudo
1275
Points
8Xavier
13-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 19 - Jeff Faraudo
1001
Points
9Providence
14-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Jason Butt
Lowest: 17 - Soren Petro
1108
Points
10Arizona
13-1Actual: 7
Highest: 6 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Aaron Brenner
1126
Points
11Kentucky
11-2Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
1039
Points
12Iowa State
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Cecil Hurt
844
Points
13Miami (FL)
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner
921
Points
14Butler
11-3Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - John McNamara
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
516
Points
15Duke
12-2Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: 20 - Mark Berman
830
Points
16Iowa
11-3Actual: 19
Highest: 9 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
456
Points
17Purdue
13-2Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf
450
Points
18SMU
13-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey
731
Points
19Louisville
12-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
568
Points
20West Virginia
12-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Tod Palmer
558
Points
21Texas A&M
11-2Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
420
Points
22South Carolina
13-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
286
Points
23UConn
10-3Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
107
Points
24California
12-3Actual: 27
Highest: 20 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
54
Points

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25Saint Mary's
13-1Actual: 30
Highest: 19 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
23
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Pittsburgh25-Dayton