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 26, 2016 Week 8 Rankings for Steve Wiseman1 Villanova (56) 12-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 56 Voters Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters 1614
2 UCLA (3) 13-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 3 Voters Lowest: 5 - Craig Meyer 1518
3 Kansas 11-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 13 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1461
4 Duke 12-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 3 Voters Lowest: 13 - Graham Couch 1375
5 Baylor (6) 12-0 Actual: 4Highest: 1 - 6 Voters Lowest: 8 - Seth Davis 1458
6 Gonzaga 12-0 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - 4 Voters Lowest: 12 - Mike Barber 1222
7 Louisville 11-1 Actual: 6Highest: 5 - 7 Voters Lowest: 10 - Craig Handel 1260
8 Creighton 12-0 Actual: 10Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - Soren Petro 1049
9 Kentucky 10-2 Actual: 8Highest: 3 - Graham Couch Lowest: 11 - 3 Voters 1171
10 North Carolina 11-2 Actual: 9Highest: 4 - Graham Couch Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters 1113
11 Xavier 10-2 Actual: 17Highest: 11 - Steve Wiseman Lowest: 22 - 3 Voters 548
12 West Virginia 11-1 Actual: 11Highest: 9 - 4 Voters Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner 933
13 Butler 11-1 Actual: 13Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 16 - 6 Voters 837
14 Indiana 10-2 Actual: 16Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner Lowest: 19 - Scott Wolf 709
15 Virginia 10-1 Actual: 12Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 19 - Seth Davis 892
16 Wisconsin 11-2 Actual: 14Highest: 11 - 3 Voters Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt 772
17 Purdue 11-2 Actual: 15Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: 20 - Patrick Murray 745
18 Arizona 11-2 Actual: 18Highest: 13 - Andrew Lopez Lowest: 23 - Matt Vautour 512
19 Virginia Tech 10-1 Actual: 27Highest: 19 - Steve Wiseman Lowest: NR - 53 Voters 37
20 Oregon 11-2 Actual: 21Highest: 15 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 321
21 Florida State 12-1 Actual: 20Highest: 14 - Scott Richey Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 326
22 USC 13-0 Actual: 22Highest: 17 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 248
23 Cincinnati 10-2 Actual: 23Highest: 18 - 3 Voters Lowest: NR - 9 Voters 207
24 Saint Mary's 10-1 Actual: 19Highest: 16 - Patrick Murray Lowest: NR - Graham Couch 407
25 Notre Dame 10-2 Actual: 24Highest: 16 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 204
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Florida
