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.


Ballot Score

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Mar 3, 2025Week 18 Rankings for Kevin McNamara
1Auburn (61)
27-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 61 Voters
Lowest: 1 - 61 Voters
1525
Points
2Duke
26-3Actual: 2
Highest: 2 - 55 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 6 Voters
1458
Points
3Houston
25-4Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Dylan Sinn
1396
Points
4Florida
25-4Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - Adam Lichtenstein
Lowest: 9 - Brice Cherry
1247
Points
5Tennessee
24-5Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Dave Preston
1326
Points
6Alabama
23-6Actual: 7
Highest: 5 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1176
Points
7Michigan State
24-5Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - Zach Klein
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1165
Points
8St. John's
26-4Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - Mitchell Northam
Lowest: 9 - 2 Voters
1179
Points
9Texas Tech
22-7Actual: 9
Highest: 7 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - Randy Heitz
947
Points
10Wisconsin
22-7Actual: 12
Highest: 9 - Parth Upadhyaya
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
815
Points
11Iowa State
22-7Actual: 10
Highest: 9 - 11 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Mark Berman
918
Points
12Maryland
22-7Actual: 13
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
628
Points
13Missouri
21-8Actual: 15
Highest: 9 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
603
Points
14Clemson
24-5Actual: 11
Highest: 5 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: 19 - Dylan Sinn
905
Points
15Michigan
22-7Actual: 17
Highest: 10 - Mark Zeigler
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
494
Points
16Louisville
23-6Actual: 14
Highest: 10 - Dick Vitale
Lowest: NR - Mia O'Brien
606
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
17Texas A&M
20-9Actual: 22
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 8 Voters
364
Points
18Kentucky
19-10Actual: 19
Highest: 11 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: NR - 10 Voters
417
Points
19Purdue
20-9Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Mark Berman
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
454
Points
20Arizona
19-10Actual: 24
Highest: 14 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - 22 Voters
162
Points
21Saint Mary's
27-4Actual: 21
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 2 Voters
399
Points
22Marquette
22-7Actual: 20
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 5 Voters
409
Points
23Mississippi State
20-9Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 39 Voters
87
Points
24Vanderbilt
20-9Actual: 27
Highest: 17 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 37 Voters
78
Points
25VCU
24-5Actual: 26
Highest: 15 - David Jablonski
Lowest: NR - 24 Voters
85
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 16-Memphis23-BYU