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Pat CaputoThe Oakland Press (Pontiac, MI)
Twitter: @patcaputo98
About: Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."


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Aug 21, 2017Pre-Season Rankings for Pat Caputo
1Alabama (52)
14-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 52 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Pat Dooley
1513
Points
2USC (2)
10-3Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Mitch Vingle
1325
Points
3Ohio State (3)
11-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 5 - 6 Voters
1414
Points
4Washington
12-2Actual: 8
Highest: 3 - Adam Jude
Lowest: 16 - Pat Dooley
1150
Points
5Florida State (4)
10-3Actual: 3
Highest: 1 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 7 - Mitch Vingle
1396
Points
6Oklahoma
11-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1170
Points
7Penn State
11-3Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Mitch Vingle
1196
Points

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8Georgia
8-5Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 24 - Mitch Vingle
690
Points
9Auburn
8-5Actual: 12
Highest: 3 - John Adams
Lowest: 23 - Dave Reardon
880
Points

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10Clemson
14-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1201
Points
11Oklahoma State
10-3Actual: 10
Highest: 2 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: 23 - Mitch Vingle
889
Points
12Michigan
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Jeff Miller
Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters
881
Points
13Stanford
10-3Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Pat Dooley
Lowest: NR -
695
Points
14Florida
9-4Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
624
Points
15LSU
8-4Actual: 13
Highest: 5 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: 23 - Robert Gagliardi
784
Points
16Louisville
9-4Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Matt McCoy
Lowest: 25 - Mitch Vingle
629
Points
17South Florida
11-2Actual: 19
Highest: 10 - Kirk Bohls
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
327
Points

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18Wisconsin
11-3Actual: 9
Highest: 3 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: 19 - Adam Zucker
926
Points

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19Northwestern
7-6Actual: 31
Highest: 19 - Pat Caputo
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
25
Points
20Washington State
8-5Actual: 24
Highest: 18 - Lauren Brownlow
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
133
Points

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21Pittsburgh
8-5Actual: 32
Highest: 21 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
23
Points
22Kansas State
9-4Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - Sam McKewon
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
317
Points

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23Miami (FL)
9-4Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Matt Brown
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
492
Points
24Virginia Tech
10-4Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
240
Points
25Texas
5-7Actual: 23
Highest: 9 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 26 Voters
173
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-West Virginia25-Tennessee