John WernerWaco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX)
E-mail: jwerner@wacotrib.com
Twitter: @JohnWernerTrib
About: John Werner has been a sports writer for the Waco Tribune-Herald since 1982. He covers Baylor football and men's basketball. He's a 1979 graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos.


Ballot Score

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Oct 18, 2021Pre-Season Rankings for John Werner
1UCLA (8)
0-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Justin Jackson
1459
Points
2Kansas
0-0Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 20 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1427
Points
3Gonzaga (55)
0-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 4 - Jon Wilner
1562
Points
4Purdue
0-0Actual: 7
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Stephen Means
1213
Points
5Baylor
0-0Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - John Werner
Lowest: 18 - 3 Voters
992
Points
6Villanova
0-0Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 10 - Scott Richey
1332
Points
7Texas
0-0Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Andrew Kahn
1315
Points
8Michigan
0-0Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Stephen Tsai
Lowest: 15 - Jeff Welsch
1255
Points
9Illinois
0-0Actual: 11
Highest: 3 - Bob Ballou
Lowest: 20 - Donald Hunt
861
Points
10Duke
0-0Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Jeff Rabjohns
963
Points
11Memphis
0-0Actual: 12
Highest: 2 - Luke DeCock
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
831
Points
12Arkansas
0-0Actual: 16
Highest: 5 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
673
Points
13Kentucky
0-0Actual: 10
Highest: 4 - Bennett Conlin
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
894
Points
14Houston
0-0Actual: 15
Highest: 8 - Bruce Pascoe
Lowest: 21 - Kevin McNamara
694
Points
15Alabama
0-0Actual: 14
Highest: 7 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Rick Bozich
713
Points
16North Carolina
0-0Actual: 19
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - David Jablonski
547
Points
17Oregon
0-0Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Donald Hunt
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
775
Points
18Tennessee
0-0Actual: 18
Highest: 9 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
563
Points
19Ohio State
0-0Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - Stephen Means
Lowest: 24 - 2 Voters
581
Points
20Auburn
0-0Actual: 22
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 16 Voters
267
Points
21St. Bonaventure
0-0Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 9 Voters
238
Points
22UConn
0-0Actual: 24
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 25 Voters
161
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23Texas Tech
0-0Actual: 33
Highest: 18 - Jesse Newell
Lowest: NR - 57 Voters
17
Points
24Florida State
0-0Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
381
Points
25Indiana
0-0Actual: 27
Highest: 14 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 53 Voters
41
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 21-Maryland25-Virginia