Kevin McNamara WPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI) About: Kevin McNamara has been a Sports Writer at The Providence Journal since 1988. Kevin has covered college basketball for the paper for more than 20 years and followed the Big East, the Atlantic 10 and the Ivy League over that time. He has also covered the Red Sox in the World Series, the Celtics in the NBA Finals a bit of everything in between in his career. Kevin is a native of Coventry.
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Dec 28, 2015 Week 8 Rankings for Kevin McNamara1 Michigan State (64) 13-0 Actual: 1Highest: 1 - 64 Voters Lowest: 3 - Soren Petro 1623 Points
2 Kansas (1) 10-1 Actual: 2Highest: 1 - Soren Petro Lowest: 5 - Graham Couch 1534 Points
3 Maryland 11-1 Actual: 4Highest: 2 - 2 Voters Lowest: 8 - Kevin Lyttle 1428 Points
4 Oklahoma 11-0 Actual: 3Highest: 2 - 22 Voters Lowest: 5 - Doug Haller 1498 Points
5 Xavier 12-0 Actual: 6Highest: 3 - Aaron Brenner Lowest: 11 - 2 Voters 1296 Points
6 Virginia 10-1 Actual: 5Highest: 4 - 8 Voters Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters 1351 Points
7 Miami (FL) 10-1 Actual: 13Highest: 6 - Kevin Lyttle Lowest: 23 - Jon Wilner 867 Points
8 Butler 10-1 Actual: 9Highest: 8 - 7 Voters Lowest: 18 - Cecil Hurt 984 Points
9 Purdue 12-1 Actual: 14Highest: 9 - 3 Voters Lowest: 18 - 2 Voters 818 Points
10 North Carolina 10-2 Actual: 7Highest: 4 - Pat Rooney Lowest: 15 - Jeff Faraudo 1219 Points
11 Villanova 9-2 Actual: 16Highest: 9 - Seth Davis Lowest: 21 - Michelle Kaufman 643 Points
12 Providence 12-1 Actual: 12Highest: 7 - Michelle Kaufman Lowest: 22 - Seth Davis 923 Points
13 Kentucky 10-2 Actual: 10Highest: 7 - 3 Voters Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis 963 Points
14 Arizona 12-1 Actual: 8Highest: 6 - 4 Voters Lowest: 16 - 2 Voters 1081 Points
15 SMU 11-0 Actual: 17Highest: 9 - Jon Rothstein Lowest: NR - Terry Toohey 636 Points
16 Louisville 11-2 Actual: 18Highest: 11 - Michelle Kaufman Lowest: NR - 3 Voters 516 Points
17 Duke 9-2 Actual: 15Highest: 8 - Scott Mansch Lowest: 23 - Mark Berman 781 Points
18 Iowa State 10-1 Actual: 11Highest: 5 - Randy Rosetta Lowest: 18 - Kevin McNamara 938 Points
19 West Virginia 10-1 Actual: 19Highest: 12 - 2 Voters Lowest: NR - 4 Voters 500 Points
20 Utah 10-2 Actual: 21Highest: 16 - Fletcher Mackel Lowest: NR - 7 Voters 224 Points
21 Pittsburgh 10-1 Actual: 29Highest: 20 - Cormac Gordon Lowest: NR - 50 Voters 42 Points
22 South Carolina 11-0 Actual: 24Highest: 17 - Aaron Brenner Lowest: NR - 12 Voters 175 Points
23 Texas A&M 9-2 Actual: 20Highest: 15 - Mark Berman Lowest: NR - Zac Boyer 371 Points
24 UConn 8-3 Actual: 26Highest: 19 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 48 Voters 49 Points
25 UCLA 9-4 Actual: 25Highest: 18 - Seth Davis Lowest: NR - 50 Voters 51 Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 22-Cincinnati 23-Baylor