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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.


Ballot Score

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Sep 24, 2023Week 5 Rankings for Steve Wiseman
1Georgia (55)
4-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 4 - David Jablonski
1562
Points
2Michigan (1)
4-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - Robert Cessna
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1445
Points
3Texas (2)
4-0Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Mike Niziolek
1401
Points
4Ohio State (1)
4-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - Matt Baker
Lowest: 7 - 4 Voters
1370
Points
5Florida State (3)
4-0Actual: 5
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 4 Voters
1366
Points
6Penn State
4-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 3 Voters
1244
Points
7USC
3-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 20 - Scott Springer
1169
Points
8Washington (1)
3-0Actual: 7
Highest: 1 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: 10 - Brian Howell
1228
Points
9Utah
4-0Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 16 - Emily Leiker
981
Points
10Oregon
4-0Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - Scott Springer
Lowest: 11 - 4 Voters
1076
Points
11Notre Dame
4-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Kirk Kenney
Lowest: 16 - Pete Martini
904
Points
12LSU
3-1Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 19 - Adam Zucker
813
Points
13Alabama
3-1Actual: 12
Highest: 8 - Brian Howell
Lowest: 18 - Ryan Thorburn
862
Points
14North Carolina
4-0Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Mike Niziolek
Lowest: 23 - Kirk Bohls
659
Points
15Duke
4-0Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 24 - Jon Wilner
648
Points
16Oklahoma
4-0Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Don Williams
Lowest: 19 - David Briggs
716
Points
17Washington State
4-0Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Michael Lev
Lowest: 19 - 5 Voters
652
Points
18Miami (FL)
4-0Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Pete Martini
Lowest: 23 - Colten Bartholomew
523
Points
19Ole Miss
3-1Actual: 20
Highest: 15 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
349
Points
20Oregon State
3-1Actual: 19
Highest: 16 - Colten Bartholomew
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
366
Points
21Florida
3-1Actual: 22
Highest: 16 - Michael Lev
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
220
Points
22Tennessee
3-1Actual: 21
Highest: 15 - Dave Preston
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
260
Points
23Missouri
4-0Actual: 23
Highest: 18 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
197
Points
24Kansas
4-0Actual: 24
Highest: 19 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
132
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
25UCLA
3-1Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - Don Williams
Lowest: NR - 54 Voters
28
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 25-Fresno State