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Shannon RyanChicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
E-mail: sryan@chicagotribune.com
Twitter: @SRyanAthletic
About: Shannon Ryan is a sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune, covering mainly college athletics. Before joining the Tribune, Ryan worked for seven years at The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the NFL and college basketball.


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Jan 25, 2016Week 12 Rankings for Shannon Ryan
1Oklahoma (36)
16-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 2 Voters
1592
Points
2North Carolina (29)
18-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 29 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1586
Points
3Iowa
16-3Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chris Murray
1473
Points
4Kansas
16-3Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Chris Dachille
1369
Points
5Texas A&M
17-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Graham Couch
1332
Points
6Villanova
17-3Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Doug Doughty
1261
Points
7Xavier
17-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Tom Green
Lowest: 14 - Jon Wilner
1186
Points
8Virginia
15-4Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Seth Davis
903
Points

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9Miami (FL)
15-3Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
753
Points
10West Virginia
16-3Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Kevin Lyttle
1105
Points
11Providence
17-3Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Ray Coleman
Lowest: 22 - Cecil Hurt
1005
Points
12SMU
18-1Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - 3 Voters
838
Points
13Michigan State
17-4Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Adam Sparks
Lowest: 19 - Marcus Fuller
869
Points

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14Maryland
17-3Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 17 - Jason Butt
1111
Points
15Baylor
15-4Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Randy Rosetta
594
Points
16Iowa State
15-4Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 20 - 2 Voters
792
Points
17Louisville
16-3Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Aaron Brenner
719
Points
18Arizona
16-4Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
502
Points
19Indiana
17-3Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 24 - 3 Voters
466
Points
20Kentucky
15-4Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
403
Points
21Purdue
17-4Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Soren Petro
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
328
Points
22Wichita State
14-5Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Chuck McGill
Lowest: NR - 30 Voters
151
Points
23Duke
15-5Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Nick Carboni
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
145
Points
24Oregon
16-4Actual: 23
Highest: 18 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
149
Points
25Notre Dame
14-5Actual: 25
Highest: 18 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
136
Points