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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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Dec 6, 2021 Week 5 Rankings for Jerry Carino1 Purdue (61) 8-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 61 Voters Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters 1525 Points
2 Baylor 8-0 Actual: 2Highest: 2 - 42 Voters Lowest: 8 - Jon Wilner 1421 Points
3 Duke 7-1 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 15 Voters Lowest: 8 - Stephen Tsai 1390 Points
4 Gonzaga 7-2 Actual: 5Highest: 2 - Jesse Newell Lowest: 12 - 2 Voters 1240 Points
5 UCLA 8-1 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - Ben Steele Lowest: 10 - Jesse Newell 1293 Points
6 Villanova 6-2 Actual: 6Highest: 2 - 2 Voters Lowest: 14 - 2 Voters 1175 Points
7 Texas 6-1 Actual: 7Highest: 5 - 6 Voters Lowest: 16 - Jeff Rabjohns 1101 Points
8 Kansas 6-1 Actual: 8Highest: 3 - 2 Voters Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters 1068 Points
9 Kentucky 6-1 Actual: 10Highest: 5 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - Dave Borges 972 Points
10 Arkansas 8-0 Actual: 12Highest: 5 - Theo Lawson Lowest: NR - Jesse Newell 905 Points
11 Arizona 7-0 Actual: 11Highest: 3 - David Jablonski Lowest: 18 - Donna Ditota 919 Points
12 Alabama 7-1 Actual: 9Highest: 3 - Dave Preston Lowest: 15 - 2 Voters 1029 Points
13 Tennessee 6-1 Actual: 13Highest: 8 - Seth Davis Lowest: 25 - Rick Bozich 762 Points
14 Houston 7-1 Actual: 14Highest: 3 - Jesse Newell Lowest: 22 - Mark Berman 686 Points
15 Michigan State 7-2 Actual: 19Highest: 12 - Rick Bozich Lowest: NR - 9 Voters 405 Points
16 UConn 8-1 Actual: 15Highest: 12 - Jon Wilner Lowest: NR - Stephen Tsai 527 Points
17 Colorado State 9-0 Actual: 26Highest: 15 - Stephen Tsai Lowest: NR - 37 Voters 90 Points
18 Iowa State 8-0 Actual: 17Highest: 9 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 499 Points
19 USC 8-0 Actual: 16Highest: 10 - Rick Bozich Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 510 Points
20 Auburn 7-1 Actual: 18Highest: 15 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 2 Voters 419 Points
21 Wisconsin 7-1 Actual: 22Highest: 8 - Jeff Rabjohns Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 338 Points
22 Florida 6-1 Actual: 20Highest: 9 - Jeff Rabjohns Lowest: NR - David Jablonski 386 Points
23 Ohio State 6-2 Actual: 21Highest: 10 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 8 Voters 370 Points
24 Seton Hall 7-1 Actual: 23Highest: 14 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 20 Voters 177 Points
25 Xavier 7-1 Actual: 27Highest: 16 - Dave Preston Lowest: NR - 44 Voters 78 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-BYU 25-LSU