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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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Sep 25, 2022Week 5 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Georgia (55)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1565
Points
2Alabama (4)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Sam McKewon
1487
Points
3Ohio State (4)
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 33 Voters
1483
Points
4Clemson
4-0Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 9 - Nate Mink
1311
Points
5Michigan
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 4 - 36 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters
1354
Points
6USC
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Mike Berardino
1236
Points
7Oklahoma State
3-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 20 - Nathan Baird
1081
Points
8Kentucky
4-0Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - Tom Murphy
Lowest: 13 - Jack Ebling
1127
Points
9Penn State
4-0Actual: 11
Highest: 4 - Nathan Baird
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
876
Points
10NC State
4-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 23 - 2 Voters
920
Points
11Washington
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Matt Brown
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
657
Points
12Oregon
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: NR - Ryan Pritt
727
Points
13Ole Miss
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - David Briggs
691
Points

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14Tennessee
4-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 18 - Kirk Kenney
1119
Points
15Oklahoma
3-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Ben Portnoy
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
529
Points
16Texas A&M
3-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Mike Berardino
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
543
Points
17BYU
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 3 Voters
482
Points
18Baylor
3-1Actual: 16
Highest: 9 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
550
Points

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19Utah
3-1Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - 2 Voters
760
Points
20Wake Forest
3-1Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 14 Voters
265
Points
21Pittsburgh
3-1Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
209
Points
22Arkansas
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 13 - Joe Giglio
Lowest: NR - Jack Ebling
457
Points
23Cincinnati
3-1Actual: 27
Highest: 13 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 46 Voters
60
Points
24Kansas State
3-1Actual: 25
Highest: 13 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
166
Points
25Kansas
4-0Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
125
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Minnesota23-Florida State