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.


Ballot Score

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Jan 29, 2018Week 13 Rankings for Shannon Ryan
1Villanova (47)
20-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 18 Voters
1607
Points
2Virginia (17)
20-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 5 Voters
1572
Points
3Purdue (1)
21-2Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - David Cloninger
Lowest: 3 - 60 Voters
1501
Points
4Duke
18-3Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 9 - David Cloninger
1372
Points
5Michigan State
20-3Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 22 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 5 Voters
1347
Points
6Cincinnati
19-2Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: 12 - Graham Couch
1208
Points
7Xavier
19-3Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Graham Couch
1278
Points
8Kansas
17-4Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Carlos Silva
1224
Points
9Arizona
18-4Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jesse Newell
1103
Points
10Saint Mary's
21-2Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 25 - Kevin McNamara
753
Points
11Auburn
19-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 21 - Chris Dachille
882
Points
12Gonzaga
19-4Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
750
Points
13Oklahoma
15-5Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - David Cobb
Lowest: 22 - Jesse Newell
840
Points

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14Michigan
17-6Actual: 24
Highest: 9 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
103
Points
15Ohio State
18-5Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 24 - Geoff Grammer
566
Points

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16Texas Tech
17-4Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 19 - Dave Borges
987
Points
17North Carolina
16-6Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
470
Points
18Clemson
17-4Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - Chris Dachille
414
Points
19Tennessee
15-5Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
512
Points
20Rhode Island
17-3Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
327
Points

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21West Virginia
16-5Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
709
Points
22Florida
15-6Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Jon Rothstein
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
172
Points

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23Wichita State
17-4Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 25 - Seth Davis
635
Points
24Kentucky
16-5Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Marcus Fuller
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
344
Points
25Florida State
16-5Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
76
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Arizona State