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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 29, 2014Week 8 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Kentucky (65)
13-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 65 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 65 Voters
1625
Points
2Duke
10-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Ron Morris
1559
Points
3Virginia
11-0Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 42 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Dave Borges
1457
Points
4Louisville
11-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Randy Rosetta
1327
Points
5Wisconsin
12-1Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jon Wilner
1395
Points
6Arizona
12-1Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - John McNamara
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1243
Points
7Gonzaga
12-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 28 Voters
1249
Points
8Villanova
12-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 10 - Jeff Faraudo
1316
Points
9Utah
9-2Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Joey Johnston
956
Points
10Notre Dame
12-1Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Geoff Grammer
709
Points
11Texas
10-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Chris Murray
903
Points
12Maryland
12-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Randy Rosetta
869
Points

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13Oklahoma
8-3Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
530
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14Iowa State
9-1Actual: 9
Highest: 9 - 30 Voters
Lowest: 18 - Chris Dachille
1005
Points
15St. John's
11-1Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Jason Smith
Lowest: 24 - Aaron Brenner
690
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16Northern Iowa
11-1Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Chris Dachille
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
216
Points
17North Carolina
9-3Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Paul Zeise
483
Points
18West Virginia
11-1Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
584
Points
19Ohio State
11-2Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
435
Points

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20VCU
9-3Actual: 27
Highest: 19 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 34 Voters
101
Points

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21Kansas
9-2Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 24 - Seth Davis
775
Points
22Washington
11-1Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 6 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
253
Points

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23Wichita State
10-2Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - 4 Voters
Lowest: NR - Paul Zeise
630
Points
24Baylor
10-1Actual: 22
Highest: 11 - Aaron Brenner
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
238
Points
25Colorado State
13-0Actual: 24
Highest: 11 - Ben Frederickson
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
194
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Georgetown