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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 12, 2016Week 6 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Villanova (56)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 56 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1613
Points
2UCLA (3)
10-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Jon Wilner
1505
Points
3Kansas
9-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chris Murray
1455
Points
4Duke
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Chris Murray
1391
Points
5Baylor (6)
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Scott Mansch
1439
Points
6Kentucky
9-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1277
Points
7North Carolina
10-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Paul Klee
Lowest: 9 - 10 Voters
1222
Points
8Gonzaga
10-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Rick Bozich
1195
Points
9Indiana
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - Kevin McNamara
1124
Points
10Creighton
10-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 14 - Soren Petro
1043
Points

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11Xavier
8-2Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
526
Points
12Louisville
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 16 - Dave Borges
981
Points
13West Virginia
8-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
864
Points
14Virginia
8-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Justin Ferguson
Lowest: 19 - Jon Wilner
848
Points
15Wisconsin
9-2Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Doug Doughty
779
Points
16Purdue
8-2Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
652
Points
17Arizona
8-2Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
436
Points
18South Carolina
8-0Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 3 Voters
598
Points

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19Virginia Tech
8-1Actual: 28
Highest: 19 - Steve Wiseman
Lowest: NR - 56 Voters
32
Points
20Butler
9-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Scott Wolf
492
Points
21Oregon
8-2Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
251
Points
22Florida State
10-1Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
227
Points
23Notre Dame
9-1Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - Scott Richey
310
Points
24Cincinnati
7-2Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
155
Points

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25Saint Mary's
7-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Kevin Brockway
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
391
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-USC