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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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Jan 23, 2017Week 12 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Kansas (28)
18-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 28 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Graham Couch
1572
Points
2Villanova (35)
19-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 35 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1591
Points
3Gonzaga (2)
19-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1471
Points
4Kentucky
17-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1414
Points
5Baylor
18-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Kevin McNamara
1379
Points
6North Carolina
18-3Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Clay Fowler
1171
Points
7Florida State
18-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Doug Doughty
1215
Points
8Arizona
18-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters
1190
Points
9Oregon
18-2Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 16 - Chris Goff
1035
Points
10UCLA
19-2Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1177
Points
11Wisconsin
16-3Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 21 - Patrick Murray
746
Points
12Notre Dame
17-3Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Andrew Lopez
767
Points
13Virginia
15-3Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Soren Petro
Lowest: 20 - Seth Davis
803
Points
14Louisville
16-4Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 21 - John Feinstein
796
Points
15Duke
15-4Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
628
Points

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16Butler
17-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 20 - Rick Bozich
914
Points
17Creighton
18-2Actual: 16
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Rick Bozich
731
Points
18Saint Mary's
17-2Actual: 21
Highest: 17 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
290
Points
19West Virginia
15-4Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Mike Barber
Lowest: 24 - Scott Mansch
569
Points
20Cincinnati
17-2Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
478
Points
21Purdue
16-4Actual: 20
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
412
Points
22Maryland
17-2Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
261
Points

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23UNC Wilmington
19-2Actual: 29
Highest: 23 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
14
Points

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24Iowa State
12-6Actual: 30
Highest: 23 - Geoff Grammer
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
12
Points
25South Carolina
15-4Actual: 23
Highest: 19 - Mike Barber
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
171
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Xavier25-Florida