Kevin McNamara WPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI) 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 26, 2016 Week 8 Rankings for Kevin McNamara1 Villanova (56) 12-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 56 Voters Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters 1614 Points
2 UCLA (3) 13-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 3 Voters Lowest: 5 - Craig Meyer 1518 Points
3 Kansas 11-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 13 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1461 Points
4 Duke 12-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 3 Voters Lowest: 13 - Graham Couch 1375 Points
5 Baylor (6) 12-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 6 Voters Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis 1458 Points
6 Gonzaga 12-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 4 Voters Lowest: 12 - Mike Barber 1222 Points
7 Louisville 11-1 Actual: 6Highest: 5 - 7 Voters Lowest: 10 - Craig Handel 1260 Points
8 Kentucky 10-2 Actual: 8Highest: 3 - Graham Couch Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters 1171 Points
9 North Carolina 11-2 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - Graham Couch Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters 1113 Points
10 Virginia 10-1 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 19 - Seth Davis 892 Points
11 Creighton 12-0 Actual: 10Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Soren Petro 1049 Points
12 West Virginia 11-1 Actual: 11Highest: 9 - 4 Voters Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner 933 Points
13 Butler 11-1 Actual: 13Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 16 - 6 Voters 837 Points
14 Purdue 11-2 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: 20 - Patrick Murray 745 Points
15 Wisconsin 11-2 Actual: 14Highest: 11 - 3 Voters Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt 772 Points
16 Florida State 12-1 Actual: 20Highest: 14 - Scott Richey Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 326 Points
17 Arizona 11-2 Actual: 18Highest: 13 - Andrew Lopez Lowest: 23 - Matt Vautour 512 Points
18 Indiana 10-2 Actual: 16Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 19 - Scott Wolf 709 Points
19 Xavier 10-2 Actual: 17Highest: 11 - Steve Wiseman Lowest: 22 - 3 Voters 548 Points
20 USC 13-0 Actual: 22Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 248 Points
21 Notre Dame 10-2 Actual: 24Highest: 16 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 204 Points
22 Virginia Tech 10-1 Actual: 27Highest: 19 - Steve Wiseman Lowest: NR - 53 Voters 37 Points
23 Saint Mary's 10-1 Actual: 19Highest: 16 - Patrick Murray Lowest: NR - Graham Couch 407 Points
24 Florida 9-3 Actual: 25Highest: 17 - Scott Wolf Lowest: NR - 32 Voters 76 Points
25 Maryland 12-1 Actual: 26Highest: 16 - Doug Doughty Lowest: NR - 52 Voters 40 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Oregon 23-Cincinnati