The Blue Devils jumped from fourth to first in Monday's first regular-season poll. That allowed Duke to set a record with its 135th week at No. 1, breaking a tie with UCLA for most all-time. It also marked the third straight season that Duke has spent at least one week at No. 1.
Duke (2-0) claimed 48 of 65 first-place votes after beating then-No. 2 Kentucky by 34 points in the Champions Classic to open the season, the program's most lopsided win against a top-5 opponent. The Blue Devils followed that with a win Sunday against Army at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Duke's Kentucky win was impressive enough to bump the preseason No. 1 Jayhawks, who fell to No. 2 despite a quality win of their own against then-No. 10 Michigan State in the Champions Classic's first game. Kansas went from having 37 first-place votes in the preseason to just 14 this week.
Gonzaga stayed at No. 3, followed by Virginia and Tennessee each climbing a spot to round out the top 5. Nevada, North Carolina, reigning national champion Villanova and Auburn were next, while Kentucky slid eight spots to No. 10.
There were two new teams in the poll with No. 24 Marquette and No. 25 Buffalo, which made the program's first AP Top 25 appearance after a win at then-No. 13 West Virginia. The Mountaineers fell out of the poll after the loss.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Duke (48) | 2-0 | 1606 | 4 |
| 2. Kansas (14) | 1-0 | 1571 | 1 |
| 3. Gonzaga | 2-0 | 1478 | 3 |
| 4. Virginia (2) | 2-0 | 1326 | 5 |
| 5. Tennessee (1) | 2-0 | 1306 | 6 |
| 6. Nevada | 2-0 | 1277 | 7 |
| 7. North Carolina | 2-0 | 1260 | 8 |
| 8. Villanova | 2-0 | 1139 | 9 |
| 9. Auburn | 2-0 | 1132 | 11 |
| 10. Kentucky | 1-1 | 1054 | 2 |
| 11. Michigan St. | 1-1 | 919 | 10 |
| 12. Kansas St | 1-0 | 892 | 12 |
| 13. Oregon | 2-0 | 739 | 14 |
| 14. Florida St. | 2-0 | 731 | 17 |
| 15. Syracuse | 2-0 | 673 | 16 |
| 16. Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 664 | 15 |
| 17. Mississippi St. | 2-0 | 549 | 18 |
| 18. Michigan | 2-0 | 486 | 19 |
| 19. Clemson | 2-0 | 350 | 22 |
| 20. UCLA | 2-0 | 340 | 21 |
| 21. TCU | 2-0 | 323 | 20 |
| 22. LSU | 2-0 | 248 | 23 |
| 23. Purdue | 2-0 | 218 | 24 |
| 24. Marquette | 2-0 | 155 | - |
| 25. Buffalo | 2-0 | 154 | - |
Others receiving votes: West Virginia 145, Indiana 131, Nebraska 41, Wisconsin 32, Washington 29, Maryland 28, Notre Dame 24, Miami 16, Ohio St. 14, Alabama 11, Iowa St. 9, Florida 9, Louisville 8, Texas 6, Texas Tech 5, Arizona St 4, Butler 4, Vanderbilt 4, Loyola of Chicago 3, Arizona 2, St. John's 2, Marshall 2, Xavier 2, Penn 1, Furman 1, Davidson 1, S Illinois 1.
