Ben SteeleMilwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
E-mail: bsteele@journalsentinel.com
Twitter: @bensteelemjs
About: Marquette men's basketball beat writer for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.


Ballot Score

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Mar 11, 2019Week 19 Rankings for Ben Steele
1Gonzaga (41)
29-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 41 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 5 Voters
1572
Points
2Virginia (23)
28-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 23 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 42 Voters
1559
Points
3North Carolina
26-5Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1474
Points
4Duke
26-5Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1298
Points
5Kentucky
26-5Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Jesse Newell
1373
Points
6Michigan State
25-6Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 9 - 8 Voters
1226
Points
7Texas Tech
26-5Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Seth Davis
1211
Points
8Tennessee
27-4Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Donna Ditota
1200
Points
9LSU
26-5Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - T.J. Werre
Lowest: 16 - Jesse Newell
1089
Points
10Michigan
26-5Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: 13 - 2 Voters
1041
Points
11Houston
29-2Actual: 11
Highest: 7 - Chris Murray
Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters
963
Points
12Florida State
25-6Actual: 12
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
856
Points
13Purdue
23-8Actual: 13
Highest: 6 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 21 - Bob Holt
831
Points
14Kansas State
24-7Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 21 - 2 Voters
680
Points
15Virginia Tech
23-7Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: 22 - Luke DeCock
625
Points
16Buffalo
28-3Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - John Feinstein
Lowest: 25 - Jesse Newell
539
Points
17Nevada
28-3Actual: 14
Highest: 5 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 20 - 3 Voters
684
Points
18Wisconsin
22-9Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
466
Points
19Wofford
28-4Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Jesse Newell
387
Points
20Kansas
23-8Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Shannon Ryan
Lowest: 24 - Seth Davis
602
Points
21Maryland
22-9Actual: 21
Highest: 16 - David Cloninger
Lowest: NR - Brian Holland
319
Points
22Auburn
22-9Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
268
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23Mississippi State
22-9Actual: 28
Highest: 22 - Bob Holt
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
37
Points
24VCU
25-6Actual: 27
Highest: 20 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 41 Voters
53
Points
25UCF
23-7Actual: 26
Highest: 19 - Thuc Nhi Nguyen
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
62
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 23-Marquette24-Cincinnati25-Villanova