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Shannon RyanChicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
E-mail: sryan@chicagotribune.com
Twitter: @SRyanAthletic
About: Shannon Ryan is a sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune, covering mainly college athletics. Before joining the Tribune, Ryan worked for seven years at The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the NFL and college basketball.


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Dec 4, 2017Week 5 Rankings for Shannon Ryan
1Duke (65)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 65 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 65 Voters
1625
Points
2Michigan State
7-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 24 Voters
Lowest: 5 - Paul Klee
1500
Points
3Kansas
7-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 39 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 9 Voters
1525
Points
4Florida
5-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 8 Voters
1301
Points
5Villanova
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Graham Couch
1434
Points
6Miami (FL)
7-0Actual: 10
Highest: 5 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1122
Points
7Kentucky
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Graham Couch
1174
Points
8Notre Dame
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - Kevin Lyttle
Lowest: 17 - Jesse Newell
1156
Points
9Wichita State
6-1Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 9 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Theo Lawson
1197
Points
10North Carolina
8-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: 16 - Jon Nyatawa
999
Points
11Texas A&M
7-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 14 - Carlos Silva
1192
Points
12Minnesota
8-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Graham Couch
Lowest: 23 - David Cobb
758
Points
13Xavier
7-1Actual: 13
Highest: 9 - Jon Nyatawa
Lowest: 20 - Graham Couch
768
Points
14Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Tony Parks
Lowest: 19 - Brant Wilkerson
856
Points
15Seton Hall
7-1Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
405
Points
16Cincinnati
7-1Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
583
Points
17Virginia
8-0Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 22 - Carlos Silva
728
Points
18West Virginia
7-1Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
557
Points
19Purdue
8-2Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
266
Points
20Baylor
5-2Actual: 23
Highest: 17 - Tyson Alger
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
182
Points

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21Louisville
4-2Actual: 30
Highest: 19 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 48 Voters
50
Points
22Texas Tech
6-1Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Graham Couch
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
82
Points
23UCLA
7-1Actual: 27
Highest: 18 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 44 Voters
75
Points

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24Arizona State
7-0Actual: 16
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell
609
Points
25Creighton
5-2Actual: 29
Highest: 17 - Theo Lawson
Lowest: NR - 50 Voters
53
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-TCU22-Nevada24-Tennessee25-USC