Shannon RyanChicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
E-mail: sryan@chicagotribune.com
Twitter: @SRyanAthletic
About: Shannon Ryan is a sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune, covering mainly college athletics. Before joining the Tribune, Ryan worked for seven years at The Philadelphia Inquirer, covering the NFL and college basketball.


Ballot Score

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Dec 12, 2016Week 6 Rankings for Shannon Ryan
1Villanova (56)
10-0Actual: 1
Highest: 1 - 56 Voters
Lowest: 3 - 3 Voters
1613
Points
2Baylor (6)
8-0Actual: 4
Highest: 1 - 6 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Scott Mansch
1439
Points
3UCLA (3)
10-0Actual: 2
Highest: 1 - 3 Voters
Lowest: 6 - Jon Wilner
1505
Points
4Kansas
9-1Actual: 3
Highest: 2 - 14 Voters
Lowest: 8 - Chris Murray
1455
Points
5Duke
10-1Actual: 5
Highest: 2 - 5 Voters
Lowest: 9 - Chris Murray
1391
Points
6Kentucky
9-1Actual: 6
Highest: 3 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 12 - Jon Wilner
1277
Points
7North Carolina
10-1Actual: 7
Highest: 3 - Paul Klee
Lowest: 9 - 10 Voters
1222
Points
8Indiana
8-1Actual: 9
Highest: 2 - Jon Wilner
Lowest: 13 - Kevin McNamara
1124
Points
9Louisville
9-1Actual: 11
Highest: 8 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: 16 - Dave Borges
981
Points
10Gonzaga
10-0Actual: 8
Highest: 4 - 4 Voters
Lowest: 11 - Rick Bozich
1195
Points
11Creighton
10-0Actual: 10
Highest: 6 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: 14 - Soren Petro
1043
Points
12West Virginia
8-1Actual: 12
Highest: 10 - Rick Bozich
Lowest: 17 - Jon Wilner
864
Points
13Virginia
8-1Actual: 13
Highest: 7 - Justin Ferguson
Lowest: 19 - Jon Wilner
848
Points
14Wisconsin
9-2Actual: 14
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 21 - Doug Doughty
779
Points
15South Carolina
8-0Actual: 16
Highest: 13 - 2 Voters
Lowest: 22 - 3 Voters
598
Points
16Purdue
8-2Actual: 15
Highest: 11 - Seth Davis
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
652
Points
17Arizona
8-2Actual: 19
Highest: 14 - 3 Voters
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
436
Points
18Oregon
8-2Actual: 22
Highest: 14 - Cecil Hurt
Lowest: NR - 13 Voters
251
Points
19Saint Mary's
7-1Actual: 20
Highest: 14 - Kevin Brockway
Lowest: NR - 3 Voters
391
Points
20Butler
9-1Actual: 18
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Scott Wolf
492
Points
21Notre Dame
9-1Actual: 21
Highest: 13 - Doug Doughty
Lowest: NR - Scott Richey
310
Points
22Florida State
10-1Actual: 23
Highest: 15 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 11 Voters
227
Points

EXTREME PICK

This pick is 5+ spots from the actual ranking.
23Xavier
8-2Actual: 17
Highest: 11 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - Doug Doughty
526
Points
24Florida
7-3Actual: 26
Highest: 18 - Scott Wolf
Lowest: NR - 47 Voters
44
Points
25Cincinnati
7-2Actual: 25
Highest: 16 - 2 Voters
Lowest: NR - 20 Voters
155
Points
Ranked Teams Not on Ballot: 24-USC