Kevin McNamaraWPRO-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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Nov 24, 2025Week 4 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Purdue (46)
6-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 46 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Bob Ballou
1509
Points
2Arizona (11)
5-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1439
Points
3Houston (4)
5-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dylan Sinn
1425
Points
4Michigan
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Kevin Sjuts
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
1080
Points
5Duke
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Toyloy Brown
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1319
Points
6Alabama
3-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Randy Heitz
1070
Points
7Florida
4-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Andy Greder
Lowest: 19 - Shane Mettlen
961
Points
8UConn
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 10 - Joe Cook
1208
Points

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9Iowa State
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
706
Points
10Louisville
5-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 14 - Dave Borges
1201
Points
11Gonzaga
5-0Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 22 - Parth Upadhyaya
863
Points
12St. John's
3-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 19 - Brian Holland
743
Points
13BYU
4-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Scott Hamilton
1033
Points
14Michigan State
5-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Randy Heitz
879
Points
15Tennessee
5-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Percy Allen
Lowest: NR - Dave Borges
495
Points
16Illinois
5-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
830
Points
17North Carolina
5-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - Shane Mettlen
595
Points
18UCLA
5-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 1 Voters
488
Points

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19Indiana
5-0Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 29 Voters
100
Points

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20Kansas
3-2Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
34
Points
21Vanderbilt
5-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Donna Ditota
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
111
Points
22NC State
4-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
214
Points
23Kentucky
4-2Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
394
Points

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24Saint Mary's
6-0Actual: 30
Highest: 21 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 49 Voters
27
Points

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25Missouri
6-0Actual: 33
Highest: 20 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
20
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Texas Tech21-Auburn22-Arkansas