Brice CherryWaco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX)
Twitter: @BriceCherry
About: A lifelong rider of the Houston sports bandwagon and a lifelong hater of vegetables, Brice Cherry has been named the Texas AP sportswriter of the year several times during his Trib career, which began in 1998. He has been sports editor since 2012.


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Apr 8, 2025Final Rankings Rankings for Brice Cherry
1Florida (61)
36-4Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Houston
35-5Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 61 Voters
1464
Points
3Duke
35-4Actual: 3
Highest: 3 - 60 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Randy Heitz
1402
Points
4Auburn
32-6Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 4 - 60 Voters
1343
Points
5Tennessee
30-8Actual: 5
Highest: 5 - 23 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 5 Voters
1220
Points
6Michigan State
30-7Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 10 Voters
1188
Points
7Alabama
28-9Actual: 6
Highest: 5 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Louis Fernandez
1198
Points
8Texas Tech
28-9Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Dave Borges
1140
Points
9St. John's
31-5Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Steve Greenberg
Lowest: 20 - Randy Heitz
862
Points
10BYU
26-10Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - Seth Davis
712
Points
11Michigan
27-10Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 19 - Adam Lichtenstein
873
Points

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12Clemson
27-7Actual: 22
Highest: 12 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
265
Points
13Maryland
27-9Actual: 9
Highest: 8 - Louis Fernandez
Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner
923
Points

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14Louisville
27-8Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
309
Points
15Arizona
24-13Actual: 15
Highest: 5 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
639
Points
16Wisconsin
27-10Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: NR - Jon Rothstein
542
Points
17Iowa State
25-10Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Jeff Rabjohns
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
512
Points
18Texas A&M
23-11Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - Mick Shaffer
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
358
Points
19Gonzaga
26-9Actual: 23
Highest: 9 - Toyloy Brown
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
250
Points

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20Drake
31-4Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
122
Points

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21Purdue
24-12Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Tony Paul
704
Points

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22Kentucky
24-12Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 22 Voters
744
Points
23Saint Mary's
29-6Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
186
Points

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24Ole Miss
24-12Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Andrew Quinn
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
424
Points
25Illinois
22-13Actual: 28
Highest: 16 - Adam Lichtenstein
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
80
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Arkansas25-Memphis