Kevin McNamaraWPRO-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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Jan 6, 2025Week 10 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Tennessee (45)
14-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 45 Voters
Lowest: 3 - Jon Wilner
1484
Points
2Auburn (15)
13-1Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 15 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 2 Voters
1453
Points
3Iowa State
12-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 5 - 2 Voters
1369
Points
4Duke
12-2Actual: 4
Highest: 2 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 7 - 2 Voters
1309
Points
5Alabama
12-2Actual: 5
Highest: 3 - Scott Richey
Lowest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
1260
Points
6Marquette
13-2Actual: 7
Highest: 4 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 11 - Adam Lichtenstein
1134
Points
7Kentucky
12-2Actual: 6
Highest: 4 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 16 - Victor Flores
1154
Points

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8Michigan State
12-2Actual: 16
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
616
Points
9Florida
13-1Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - Dave Preston
Lowest: 13 - Kyle Franko
1045
Points
10UConn
12-3Actual: 9
Highest: 6 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 17 - Dylan Sinn
964
Points
11Kansas
10-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Randy Heitz
Lowest: 20 - Scott Richey
809
Points
12Texas A&M
12-2Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 16 - Mark Zeigler
924
Points
13Houston
10-3Actual: 12
Highest: 6 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
768
Points
14Mississippi State
13-1Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Luca Evans
Lowest: NR - Jon Wilner
690
Points
15Illinois
11-3Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 24 - Bret Bloomquist
693
Points
16Oklahoma
13-1Actual: 17
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
553
Points
17Gonzaga
12-4Actual: 18
Highest: 10 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
469
Points
18Oregon
13-2Actual: 15
Highest: 6 - Bret Bloomquist
Lowest: 22 - 2 Voters
624
Points

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19Baylor
9-4Actual: 29
Highest: 18 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 51 Voters
32
Points
20UCLA
11-3Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - Dave Borges
Lowest: NR - 15 Voters
234
Points
21Michigan
11-3Actual: 24
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
160
Points
22Pittsburgh
12-2Actual: 26
Highest: 17 - Mitchell Northam
Lowest: NR - 36 Voters
91
Points
23West Virginia
11-2Actual: 21
Highest: 9 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
277
Points

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24Memphis
12-3Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
385
Points
25Utah State
14-1Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 27 Voters
119
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Purdue23-Ole Miss