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

-9

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Mar 4, 2019Week 18 Rankings for Shannon Ryan
1Virginia (21)
26-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 21 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1553
Points
2Gonzaga (42)
29-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 22 Voters
1578
Points
3Tennessee
26-3Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1366
Points
4North Carolina
24-5Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 37 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Bruce Pascoe
1428
Points
5Duke (1)
25-4Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1399
Points
6Kentucky
24-5Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1274
Points

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7Kansas
22-7Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 18 - Carlos Silva
798
Points
8Michigan
26-4Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1216
Points

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9Virginia Tech
22-6Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
668
Points
10Texas Tech
24-5Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: 13 - Scott Richey
1100
Points
11Michigan State
23-6Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 13 - 5 Voters
1039
Points
12Purdue
22-7Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Tom Bragg
999
Points
13LSU
24-5Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 18 - Jesse Newell
1005
Points
14Florida State
23-6Actual: 14
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 24 - David Cloninger
702
Points
15Nevada
26-3Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
579
Points
16Houston
27-2Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters
895
Points

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17Maryland
21-9Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
207
Points
18Marquette
23-6Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Tom Bragg
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
626
Points
19Kansas State
22-7Actual: 18
Highest: 13 - Paul Klee
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
499
Points
20Wisconsin
20-9Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
322
Points
21Cincinnati
25-4Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
408
Points
22Wofford
26-4Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Brant Wilkerson
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
269
Points
23Buffalo
26-3Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Dick Vitale
437
Points
24UCF
22-6Actual: 25
Highest: 20 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
48
Points

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25Louisville
19-11Actual: 32
Highest: 20 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
12
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Villanova