Jim BensonThe Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL)
E-mail: JBENSON@PANTAGRAPH.COM
Twitter: @Pg_Benson



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Dec 8, 2014Week 5 Rankings for Jim Benson
1Kentucky (64)
9-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 64 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 64 Voters
1600
Points
2Duke
8-0Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 47 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Ron Morris
1518
Points
3Arizona
8-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 4 - 3 Voters
1486
Points
4Virginia
9-0Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Tom Keegan
Lowest: 10 - 3 Voters
1285
Points
5Louisville
7-0Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 11 - Ron Morris
1319
Points
6Wisconsin
8-1Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Jerry Carino
Lowest: 9 - John Feinstein
1316
Points
7Villanova
8-0Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Ron Morris
Lowest: 11 - Brandon Marcello
1173
Points
8Texas
7-1Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Kevin McNamara
Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters
1155
Points
9Gonzaga
7-1Actual: 9
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - 9 Voters
1145
Points
10Wichita State
5-1Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 17 - 2 Voters
929
Points
11Kansas
6-1Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 11 - 7 Voters
1083
Points
12Iowa State
5-1Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Kieran Darcy
Lowest: NR - Tyson Alger
668
Points
13Ohio State
6-1Actual: 12
Highest: 11 - 13 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
808
Points
14Utah
6-1Actual: 13
Highest: 11 - 5 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
717
Points
15Washington
7-0Actual: 17
Highest: 7 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
428
Points
16Butler
7-1Actual: 15
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Soren Petro
593
Points
17Miami (FL)
8-1Actual: 20
Highest: 11 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
359
Points
18Oklahoma
5-2Actual: 16
Highest: 11 - Doug Haller
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
557
Points
19West Virginia
8-1Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
313
Points
20North Carolina
6-2Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 21 Voters
350
Points
21St. John's
6-1Actual: 24
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 35 Voters
211
Points
22San Diego State
6-2Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Mitch Vingle
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
390
Points

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23Seton Hall
7-0Actual: 30
Highest: 15 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
57
Points
24Northern Iowa
8-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - John Feinstein
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
232
Points

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25Colorado State
8-0Actual: 33
Highest: 15 - Paul Zeise
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
28
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 19-Maryland25-Notre Dame