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Stephen ThompsonPittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
E-mail: sthompson@post-gazette.com
Twitter: @stephenethom
About: Stephen Thompson is a staff writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.


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Oct 14, 2024Pre-Season Rankings for Stephen Thompson
1UConn (11)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1345
Points
2Kansas (30)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Bob Ballou
1449
Points
3Houston (4)
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Bob Ballou
1343
Points
4Alabama (14)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1428
Points
5Gonzaga (1)
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
1157
Points
6Iowa State
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1177
Points

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7Creighton
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 7 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
631
Points
8Duke
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Parth Upadhyaya
Lowest: 12 - Dylan Sinn
1154
Points
9North Carolina
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Jon Wilner
1037
Points
10Baylor
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 3 Voters
1109
Points

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11Arkansas
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
625
Points
12Arizona
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
905
Points
13Texas A&M
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Bob Ballou
737
Points
14Tennessee
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - C.J. Moore
Lowest: 22 - Jon Rothstein
775
Points

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15St. John's
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 15 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
91
Points

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16Miami (FL)
0-0Actual: 37
Highest: 16 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
11
Points
17Purdue
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
678
Points

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18Auburn
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 18 - Stephen Thompson
901
Points
19Kentucky
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
191
Points

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20Rutgers
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 28 Voters
102
Points
21Texas
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
332
Points

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22Wisconsin
0-0Actual: 45
Highest: 22 - Stephen Thompson
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
5
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23Wake Forest
0-0Actual: 30
Highest: 17 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
37
Points

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24Michigan State
0-0Actual: 32
Highest: 16 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
29
Points

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25Providence
0-0Actual: 39
Highest: 23 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
9
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-Indiana18-Marquette20-Cincinnati21-Florida22-UCLA24-Ole Miss