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Jerry Carino Gannett (Somerville, NJ) About: Jerry Carino is the college basketball writer for the Gannett New Jersey newspapers. He covers the Rutgers and Seton Hall beats, the Big East Conference, and blogs at http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/hoopshaven/ .
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Jan 4, 2016 Week 9 Rankings for Jerry Carino1 Kansas (44) 12-1 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 44 Voters Lowest: 4 - Graham Couch 1598 Points
2 Oklahoma (21) 12-0 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - 21 Voters Lowest: 3 - 7 Voters 1574 Points
3 Maryland 13-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 7 Voters Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters 1459 Points
4 Virginia 12-1 Actual: 4Highest: 3 - 9 Voters Lowest: 6 - 5 Voters 1409 Points
5 Michigan State 14-1 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - 5 Voters Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters 1400 Points
6 Villanova 12-2 Actual: 11Highest: 6 - 2 Voters Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters 979 Points
7 North Carolina 13-2 Actual: 6Highest: 4 - 5 Voters Lowest: 12 - Jeff Faraudo 1275 Points
8 Xavier 13-1 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - Graham Couch Lowest: 19 - Jeff Faraudo 1001 Points
9 Providence 14-1 Actual: 8Highest: 5 - Jason Butt Lowest: 17 - Soren Petro 1108 Points
10 Arizona 13-1 Actual: 7Highest: 6 - 10 Voters Lowest: 17 - Aaron Brenner 1126 Points
11 Kentucky 11-2 Actual: 9Highest: 5 - Scott Mansch Lowest: 14 - 3 Voters 1039 Points
12 Iowa State 11-2 Actual: 13Highest: 7 - 4 Voters Lowest: 19 - Cecil Hurt 844 Points
13 Miami (FL) 12-1 Actual: 12Highest: 5 - Kevin Lyttle Lowest: 21 - Jon Wilner 921 Points
14 Butler 11-3 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - John McNamara Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 516 Points
15 Duke 12-2 Actual: 14Highest: 6 - Scott Mansch Lowest: 20 - Mark Berman 830 Points
16 Iowa 11-3 Actual: 19Highest: 9 - Cecil Hurt Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 456 Points
17 Purdue 13-2 Actual: 20Highest: 12 - Randy Rosetta Lowest: 25 - Scott Wolf 450 Points
18 SMU 13-0 Actual: 15Highest: 6 - Elton Alexander Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey 731 Points
19 Louisville 12-2 Actual: 16Highest: 11 - Dick Vitale Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 568 Points
20 West Virginia 12-1 Actual: 17Highest: 11 - 2 Voters Lowest: 24 - Tod Palmer 558 Points
21 Texas A&M 11-2 Actual: 21Highest: 15 - Mark Berman Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty 420 Points
22 South Carolina 13-0 Actual: 22Highest: 16 - Chris Dachille Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner 286 Points
23 UConn 10-3 Actual: 23Highest: 19 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 28 Voters 107 Points
24 California 12-3 Actual: 27Highest: 20 - Jon Rothstein Lowest: NR - 45 Voters 54 Points
25 Saint Mary's 13-1 Actual: 30Highest: 19 - Doug Doughty Lowest: NR - 54 Voters 23 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Pittsburgh 25-Dayton