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John FeinsteinNational Public Radio (Washington, DC)
Twitter: @jfeinsteinbooks
About: John Feinstein is the bestselling author of Moment of Glory, Are You Kidding Me? (with Rocco Mediate), Living on the Black, Tales from Q School, Last Dance, Next Man Up, Let Me Tell You a Story (with Red Auerbach), Caddy for Life, Open, The Punch, The Last Amateurs, The Majors, A March to Madness, A Civil War, A Good Walk Spoiled, A Season on the Brink, Play Ball, Hard Courts, and four sports mystery novels for young readers. He writes for The Washington Post, Washingtonpost.com, and Golf Digest.


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Dec 7, 2015Week 5 Rankings for John Feinstein
1Michigan State (62)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Soren Petro
1617
Points
2Kansas (1)
6-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 9 - Adam Sparks
1442
Points
3North Carolina (2)
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1425
Points
4Kentucky
7-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Chuck McGill
1325
Points
5Duke
8-1Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Scott Wolf
1243
Points

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6Purdue
8-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
997
Points
7Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Cecil Hurt
1283
Points
8Villanova
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1230
Points
9Maryland
7-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: 12 - Cecil Hurt
1299
Points
10Xavier
8-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
930
Points
11Virginia
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1003
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12Iowa State
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1347
Points
13Arizona
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cormac Gordon
811
Points
14Providence
8-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
548
Points
15SMU
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
413
Points
16Gonzaga
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
399
Points
17Butler
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
416
Points
18Miami (FL)
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
469
Points

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19West Virginia
7-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
615
Points
20Cincinnati
8-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - Nick Carboni
331
Points
21Utah
7-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Soren Petro
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
108
Points

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22George Washington
7-1Actual: 29
Highest: 15 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
60
Points

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23Baylor
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
488
Points
24Vanderbilt
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
377
Points

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25Navy
7-2Actual: 41
Highest: 25 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 64 Voters
1
Point
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Louisville24-Oregon