Michelle GardnerArizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ)
E-mail: Michelle.Gardner@Gannett.com
Twitter: @MGardnerSports
About: I came to the area after 16 years with the Southern California News Group where my focus was high schools and local colleges but I have covered just about everything.


Ballot Score

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Jan 22, 2024Week 12 Rankings for Michelle Gardner
1UConn (44)
17-2Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 44 Voters
Lowest: 2 - 17 Voters
1508
Points
2Purdue (17)
17-2Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 17 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 9 Voters
1472
Points
3North Carolina
15-3Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 8 Voters
Lowest: 7 - David Jablonski
1391
Points
4Houston
16-2Actual: 4
Highest: 3 - 7 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Ben Steele
1309
Points
5Kansas
15-3Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 15 - Seth Davis
1157
Points
6Tennessee
14-4Actual: 5
Highest: 4 - 16 Voters
Lowest: 10 - 2 Voters
1237
Points
7Kentucky
14-3Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 13 - Chris Murray
1205
Points
8Auburn
16-2Actual: 8
Highest: 2 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 16 - Dave Borges
1094
Points
9Illinois
14-4Actual: 10
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 25 - Dylan Sinn
862
Points
10Arizona
14-4Actual: 9
Highest: 5 - Todd Golden
Lowest: NR - Steve Greenberg
1060
Points
11Duke
13-4Actual: 12
Highest: 7 - Brice Cherry
Lowest: 23 - Dylan Sinn
832
Points
12Baylor
14-4Actual: 15
Highest: 10 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Brian Holland
645
Points

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13Memphis
15-4Actual: 19
Highest: 13 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 18 Voters
329
Points
14Wisconsin
14-4Actual: 13
Highest: 8 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 22 - Dave Borges
801
Points
15Oklahoma
15-3Actual: 11
Highest: 6 - Dave Borges
Lowest: 19 - 2 Voters
849
Points
16Marquette
13-5Actual: 14
Highest: 8 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 25 - JB Ricks
747
Points
17Dayton
15-2Actual: 16
Highest: 7 - Chris Murray
Lowest: NR - Luca Evans
546
Points
18Creighton
14-5Actual: 17
Highest: 12 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Mark Zeigler
505
Points
19Florida Atlantic
15-4Actual: 22
Highest: 10 - Luca Evans
Lowest: NR - 19 Voters
290
Points
20Utah State
17-2Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - Calum McAndrew
Lowest: NR - 6 Voters
381
Points
21BYU
14-4Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Brian Holland
Lowest: NR - 7 Voters
294
Points
22Iowa State
14-4Actual: 23
Highest: 11 - Kellis Robinett
Lowest: NR - 12 Voters
253
Points
23New Mexico
16-3Actual: 25
Highest: 15 - Scott Richey
Lowest: NR - 17 Voters
177
Points

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24Ole Miss
15-3Actual: 31
Highest: 17 - Dylan Sinn
Lowest: NR - 55 Voters
25
Points

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25TCU
13-5Actual: 30
Highest: 20 - Mark Zeigler
Lowest: NR - 52 Voters
27
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 20-Texas Tech24-Colorado State