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John McNamaraThe Capital Gazette (Annapolis, MD)
E-mail: jmcnamara@capgaznews.com
Twitter: @CapitalOfBBall
About: John McNamara covers Maryland basketball and football for the Annapolis Capital, where he has worked for the last 19 years. Prior to that, he worked for the Prince George's Journal and the Hagerstown Morning Herald after graduating with a degree in Journalism from the University of Maryland in 1983.


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Dec 7, 2015Week 5 Rankings for John McNamara
1Michigan State (62)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Soren Petro
1617
Points
2Iowa State
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1347
Points

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3Villanova
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1230
Points
4Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Cecil Hurt
1283
Points
5Kansas (1)
6-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 9 - Adam Sparks
1442
Points
6Kentucky
7-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Chuck McGill
1325
Points
7Duke
8-1Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Scott Wolf
1243
Points

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8North Carolina (2)
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1425
Points
9Maryland
7-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: 12 - Cecil Hurt
1299
Points
10Purdue
8-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
997
Points
11Virginia
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1003
Points
12Xavier
8-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
930
Points
13Arizona
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cormac Gordon
811
Points

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14Gonzaga
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
399
Points
15West Virginia
7-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
615
Points
16Baylor
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
488
Points
17Vanderbilt
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
377
Points

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18Oregon
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
241
Points
19Miami (FL)
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
469
Points
20Butler
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
416
Points
21Cincinnati
8-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - Nick Carboni
331
Points

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22Texas A&M
7-2Actual: 28
Highest: 13 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
69
Points
23SMU
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
413
Points

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24Providence
8-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
548
Points
25Syracuse
6-2Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - Pat Rooney
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
78
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Louisville25-Utah