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Kevin McNamaraWPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI)
E-mail: kvmc3333@aol.com
Twitter: @KevinMcNamara33
About: Kevin McNamara has been a Sports Writer at The Providence Journal since 1988. Kevin has covered college basketball for the paper for more than 20 years and followed the Big East, the Atlantic 10 and the Ivy League over that time. He has also covered the Red Sox in the World Series, the Celtics in the NBA Finals a bit of everything in between in his career. Kevin is a native of Coventry.


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Dec 7, 2015Week 5 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
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
5Maryland
7-1Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: 12 - Cecil Hurt
1299
Points
6Iowa State
6-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1347
Points
7Duke
8-1Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Scott Wolf
1243
Points
8Purdue
8-0Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
997
Points
9Oklahoma
5-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Cecil Hurt
1283
Points
10Villanova
7-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1230
Points
11Xavier
8-0Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo
930
Points
12Virginia
7-1Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: 20 - Jon Wilner
1003
Points
13West Virginia
7-0Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
615
Points

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14Louisville
6-1Actual: 22
Highest: 9 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
373
Points
15Miami (FL)
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
469
Points
16Providence
8-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
548
Points
17Arizona
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Cormac Gordon
811
Points
18Butler
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
416
Points

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19Utah
7-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Soren Petro
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
108
Points
20Cincinnati
8-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Michelle Kaufman
Lowest: NR - Nick Carboni
331
Points
21SMU
6-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Bob Sutton
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
413
Points

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22Baylor
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
488
Points
23Vanderbilt
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
377
Points

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24George Washington
7-1Actual: 29
Highest: 15 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
60
Points

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25Gonzaga
5-2Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
399
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Oregon