Scott GleesonUSA Today (Chicago, IL)
E-mail: sgleeson@usatoday.com
Twitter: @ScottMGleeson
About: Scott, an Illinois State grad who grew up watching Michael Jordan stick his tongue out, joined USA TODAY Sports after stints with The Washington Examiner and SLAM. He's an avid marathon runner with an embarrassing addiction to boyband music.


Ballot Score

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Dec 3, 2018Week 5 Rankings for Scott Gleeson
1Gonzaga (43)
8-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 43 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jesse Newell
1578
Points
2Duke (1)
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 5 - 4 Voters
1463
Points
3Virginia (1)
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis
1367
Points
4Kansas (19)
6-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 19 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch
1539
Points
5Nevada
8-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Ken Weinman
Lowest: 8 - Thuc Nhi Nguyen
1300
Points
6Michigan
8-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - John Bednarowski
1339
Points
7Auburn
6-1Actual: 8
Highest: 6 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 14 Voters
1154
Points
8Tennessee
6-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 12 - Jesse Newell
1238
Points
9Kentucky
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 17 - Jesse Newell
1070
Points
10Florida State
6-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 20 - Jon Nyatawa
871
Points
11Michigan State
6-2Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 20 - Chris Murray
915
Points
12North Carolina
6-2Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - Mark Berman
782
Points
13Virginia Tech
6-1Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - John Bednarowski
675
Points
14Kansas State
6-1Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
629
Points
15Wisconsin
7-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Mark Cooper
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
809
Points

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16Maryland
7-1Actual: 23
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
204
Points
17Ohio State
7-1Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
385
Points
18Iowa
6-1Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Elton Alexander
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
417
Points
19Buffalo
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 8 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
515
Points
20Villanova
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 10 - Tom Bragg
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
356
Points

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21Indiana
6-2Actual: 35
Highest: 21 - Scott Gleeson
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
13
Points
22Arizona State
7-0Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
384
Points

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23Texas Tech
7-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
783
Points
24Furman
8-0Actual: 25
Highest: 14 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 32 Voters
101
Points

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25Creighton
6-2Actual: 31
Highest: 20 - James Crepea
Lowest: NR - 45 Voters
42
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Mississippi State24-Nebraska