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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 30, 2024Week 9 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Tennessee (41)
12-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 41 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jon Wilner
1504
Points
2Auburn (20)
11-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1481
Points
3Iowa State
10-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Mark Zeigler
1392
Points
4Duke
10-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1321
Points
5Florida
13-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: NR - Johnny Congdon
1202
Points
6Alabama
11-2Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1238
Points
7Marquette
11-2Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Mike Hlas
1037
Points
8Kansas
9-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: 15 - Seth Davis
1084
Points
9Oregon
12-1Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 18 - Adam Lichtenstein
979
Points

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10Michigan State
10-2Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Mitchell Northam
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
473
Points
11UConn
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
904
Points
12Oklahoma
13-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Shane Mettlen
863
Points
13Kentucky
10-2Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Victor Flores
958
Points
14Texas A&M
11-2Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Shane Mettlen
812
Points
15UCLA
11-2Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 25 - Parth Upadhyaya
571
Points
16Houston
8-3Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
626
Points
17Mississippi State
11-1Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
483
Points

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18Baylor
8-3Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 31 Voters
139
Points

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19St. John's
11-2Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 42 Voters
98
Points
20Gonzaga
9-4Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
383
Points

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21Maryland
11-2Actual: 26
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
133
Points
22Illinois
9-3Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Shane Mettlen
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
193
Points

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23Pittsburgh
10-2Actual: 33
Highest: 18 - Louis Fernandez
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
35
Points
24Dayton
10-3Actual: 29
Highest: 15 - Mitchell Northam
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
90
Points

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25Purdue
9-4Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
281
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Cincinnati21-Memphis23-Arkansas24-Ole Miss