Steve WisemanThe Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
E-mail: swiseman@heraldsun.com
Twitter: @stevewisemanNC
About: Steve Wiseman, the Duke beat writer for the Durham (N.C.) Herald-Sun, has written about sports for daily newspapers since graduating from Illinois State University in 1989. He has covered ACC and SEC sports beats, as well as the NFL's Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints. He also spent two years covering the South Carolina General Assembly. Prior to coming to Durham, he worked for the Columbia (S.C.) State, Biloxi (Miss.) Sun-Herald, Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald-Journal, Charlotte Observer and Hickory (NC) Daily Record.


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Oct 31, 2014Pre-Season Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Kentucky (52)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 7 - John McNamara
1604
Points
2Wisconsin (8)
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Tom Keegan
1483
Points
3Duke
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1415
Points
4Arizona (5)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dick Vitale
1518
Points
5North Carolina
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1274
Points
6Kansas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 9 - Fletcher Mackel
1346
Points
7Florida
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mark Berman
1153
Points
8Louisville
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - John McNamara
Lowest: 15 - Cecil Hurt
1114
Points
9Texas
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 2 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 25 - Chris Dachille
1061
Points
10Wichita State
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Randy Rosetta
1027
Points
11Villanova
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - Joe Rexrode
Lowest: 25 - Cormac Gordon
885
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12Nebraska
0-0Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
309
Points
13Iowa State
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: 21 - Zach Osterman
781
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14Virginia
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters
1090
Points
15San Diego State
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
560
Points
16Michigan State
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
521
Points
17Ohio State
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Zach Osterman
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
340
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18Gonzaga
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - Adam Jude
840
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19Colorado
0-0Actual: 29
Highest: 14 - Jeff Faraudo
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
57
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20VCU
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
574
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21Stanford
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 12 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
71
Points
22Harvard
0-0Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Fletcher Mackel
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
98
Points
23Michigan
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
167
Points
24Syracuse
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - Randy Rosetta
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
178
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25Arkansas
0-0Actual: 33
Highest: 17 - Ron Morris
Lowest: NR - 58 Voters
21
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 17-UConn19-Oklahoma22-SMU25-Utah