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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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Dec 8, 2014Week 5 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Kentucky (64)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Duke
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Ron Morris
1518
Points
3Arizona
8-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1486
Points
4Louisville
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 11 - Ron Morris
1319
Points
5Villanova
8-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 11 - Brandon Marcello
1173
Points
6Virginia
9-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Tom Keegan
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1285
Points
7Wisconsin
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: 9 - John Feinstein
1316
Points
8Texas
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1155
Points
9Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 9 Voters
1145
Points
10Kansas
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - 7 Voters
1083
Points
11Wichita State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
929
Points
12Iowa State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: NR - Tyson Alger
668
Points
13Ohio State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 11 - 13 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
808
Points

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14West Virginia
8-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
313
Points
15Butler
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
593
Points
16Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
717
Points
17San Diego State
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
390
Points
18Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
359
Points
19Northern Iowa
8-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
232
Points

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20VCU
5-3Actual: 38
Highest: 20 - Steve Wiseman
Lowest: NR - 63 Voters
6
Points
21Washington
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
428
Points

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22Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
557
Points
23Maryland
8-1Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
370
Points

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24Creighton
7-2Actual: 37
Highest: 23 - Matt Vautour
Lowest: NR - 61 Voters
7
Points
25North Carolina
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
350
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-St. John's25-Notre Dame