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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Feb 24, 2025Week 17 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Auburn (60)
25-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 60 Voters
1500
Points
2Florida
24-3Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 25 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 8 Voters
1397
Points
3Duke
24-3Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1406
Points
4Houston
23-4Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
1327
Points
5Alabama
22-5Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Zach Klein
1198
Points
6Tennessee
22-5Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1236
Points
7Michigan State
22-5Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1055
Points
8St. John's
24-4Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 7 Voters
1132
Points
9Iowa State
21-6Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman
1004
Points
10Wisconsin
21-6Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Louis Fernandez
Lowest: 19 - Bob Ballou
800
Points
11Texas Tech
21-6Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Zach Klein
915
Points
12Michigan
20-6Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Tony Paul
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
657
Points
13Maryland
21-6Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
630
Points
14Kentucky
18-9Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
461
Points
15Missouri
20-7Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Ian Kress
Lowest: NR - Brice Cherry
683
Points
16Texas A&M
20-7Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
797
Points

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17Arizona
18-9Actual: 22
Highest: 11 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
289
Points

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18Mississippi State
19-8Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
264
Points
19Louisville
21-6Actual: 19
Highest: 15 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mia O'Brien
372
Points

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20Clemson
22-5Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 20 - 4 Voters
712
Points
21Saint Mary's
25-4Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
284
Points
22Purdue
19-9Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
328
Points
23Ole Miss
19-8Actual: 27
Highest: 21 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
28
Points
24Marquette
20-7Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
309
Points

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25UCLA
20-8Actual: 32
Highest: 21 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
14
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 18-Memphis25-BYU