Steve WisemanThe Herald-Sun (Durham, NC)
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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Nov 14, 2016Week 2 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Duke (58)
2-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Craig Handel
1613
Points
2Oregon
1-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Hugh Kellenberger
1349
Points
3Kentucky (1)
2-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Craig Handel
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1508
Points
4Villanova (5)
1-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1492
Points
5North Carolina
2-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Jon Rothstein
1347
Points
6Indiana (1)
1-0Actual: 6
Highest: 1 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - Craig Handel
1322
Points
7Kansas
0-1Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Craig Handel
1206
Points
8Arizona
1-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1092
Points
9Wisconsin
1-0Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - Craig Handel
Lowest: 12 - 5 Voters
1097
Points
10Louisville
1-0Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
811
Points
11Virginia
1-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Tony Parks
Lowest: 16 - Paul Klee
1121
Points
12Xavier
1-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Tod Palmer
Lowest: 19 - Tony Parks
1025
Points
13Michigan State
0-1Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - Hugh Kellenberger
Lowest: NR - Mark Berman
729
Points
14Purdue
1-0Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - Scott Mansch
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
700
Points
15Gonzaga
1-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: NR - Graham Couch
725
Points
16UCLA
2-0Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
622
Points
17Saint Mary's
1-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Craig Handel
Lowest: NR - Kevin McNamara
593
Points
18Iowa State
1-0Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
254
Points

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19Cincinnati
1-0Actual: 24
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
120
Points
20Creighton
1-0Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
232
Points
21Syracuse
1-0Actual: 18
Highest: 8 - Craig Handel
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
551
Points
22Rhode Island
1-0Actual: 21
Highest: 14 - Cormac Gordon
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
250
Points

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23Virginia Tech
1-0Actual: 35
Highest: 18 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 59 Voters
21
Points

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24Butler
1-0Actual: 33
Highest: 17 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 60 Voters
26
Points
25Florida State
1-0Actual: 28
Highest: 15 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 43 Voters
95
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-West Virginia23-Texas25-California