Steve Wiseman The 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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Dec 19, 2016 Week 7 Rankings for Steve Wiseman1 Villanova (56) 11-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 56 Voters Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters 1614 Points
2 UCLA (3) 12-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 3 Voters Lowest: 5 - Craig Meyer 1514 Points
3 Kansas 10-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 13 Voters Lowest: 8 - Paul Klee 1450 Points
4 Duke 10-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 5 Voters Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters 1385 Points
5 Baylor (6) 11-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 6 Voters Lowest: 8 - Scott Mansch 1439 Points
6 Kentucky 10-1 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - 5 Voters Lowest: 8 - Jon Rothstein 1337 Points
7 Gonzaga 11-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 3 Voters Lowest: 11 - Mike Barber 1211 Points
8 North Carolina 10-2 Actual: 8Highest: 4 - Graham Couch Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters 1170 Points
9 Creighton 11-0 Actual: 9Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf Lowest: 15 - Soren Petro 1058 Points
10 Xavier 9-2 Actual: 17Highest: 10 - Steve Wiseman Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters 542 Points
11 Louisville 10-1 Actual: 10Highest: 8 - 7 Voters Lowest: 15 - David Cloninger 1044 Points
12 West Virginia 9-1 Actual: 11Highest: 8 - John Feinstein Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner 937 Points
13 Butler 10-1 Actual: 13Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 16 - 10 Voters 821 Points
14 Indiana 8-2 Actual: 16Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters 719 Points
15 Virginia 9-1 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - 2 Voters Lowest: 19 - Seth Davis 886 Points
16 Wisconsin 10-2 Actual: 14Highest: 10 - Dave Borges Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt 781 Points
17 Purdue 9-2 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters 754 Points
18 Arizona 10-2 Actual: 18Highest: 13 - Andrew Lopez Lowest: 25 - Zach Osterman 501 Points
19 Virginia Tech 9-1 Actual: 27Highest: 19 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 54 Voters 40 Points
20 Oregon 10-2 Actual: 20Highest: 13 - Cecil Hurt Lowest: NR - 11 Voters 299 Points
21 Florida State 11-1 Actual: 21Highest: 14 - Scott Richey Lowest: NR - 5 Voters 290 Points
22 USC 10-0 Actual: 23Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 13 Voters 212 Points
23 Cincinnati 9-2 Actual: 24Highest: 16 - Graham Couch Lowest: NR - 10 Voters 202 Points
24 South Carolina 9-1 Actual: 22Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 9 Voters 218 Points
25 Saint Mary's 8-1 Actual: 19Highest: 16 - Patrick Murray Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 389 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Notre Dame