Kevin McNamaraWPRO-Providence / KevinMcSports.com (Providence, RI)
E-mail: kvmc3333@aol.com
Twitter: @KevinMcNamara33
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 27, 2025Week 13 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Auburn (62)
18-1Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 62 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 62 Voters
1550
Points
2Duke
17-2Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 58 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 4 Voters
1484
Points
3Iowa State
17-2Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - 3 Voters
1404
Points
4Alabama
17-3Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1342
Points
5Florida
18-2Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 10 Voters
Lowest: 8 - 2 Voters
1278
Points
6Michigan State
17-2Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Jon Wilner
1170
Points
7Houston
16-3Actual: 6
Highest: 2 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: 9 - 4 Voters
1242
Points
8Tennessee
17-3Actual: 8
Highest: 5 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Rick Bozich
1149
Points
9Kentucky
14-5Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Mike Hlas
858
Points
10Marquette
17-3Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: 16 - Seth Davis
1068
Points
11Kansas
14-5Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Scott Richey
877
Points
12Mississippi State
16-4Actual: 14
Highest: 9 - Mike Hlas
Lowest: 24 - Brice Cherry
715
Points
13Purdue
16-5Actual: 10
Highest: 7 - Seth Davis
Lowest: 20 - Mitchell Northam
892
Points
14Texas A&M
15-5Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Mike Hlas
775
Points
15Illinois
14-6Actual: 18
Highest: 12 - Victor Flores
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
384
Points
16St. John's
17-3Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Mark Berman
588
Points
17Oregon
16-4Actual: 16
Highest: 10 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
448
Points
18Wisconsin
16-4Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Reece Van Haaften
Lowest: NR - 4 Voters
440
Points
19Missouri
16-4Actual: 20
Highest: 12 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
352
Points
20Louisville
15-5Actual: 21
Highest: 12 - Mitchell Northam
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
346
Points
21Texas Tech
15-4Actual: 22
Highest: 11 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
308
Points

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22Arizona
13-6Actual: 30
Highest: 15 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
47
Points
23Michigan
14-5Actual: 26
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 33 Voters
129
Points
24Ole Miss
15-5Actual: 23
Highest: 12 - Mike Hlas
Lowest: NR - 23 Voters
215
Points

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25Memphis
16-4Actual: 19
Highest: 12 - Justin Jackson
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
383
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-Vanderbilt25-UConn