The Blue Devils received 52 first-place votes from a 65-member media panel in the poll released Monday. No. 2 Louisville received eight first-place votes and No. 3 Michigan State, the preseason No. 1, had four.
Kansas and North Carolina rounded out the top five, with No. 7 Virginia receiving the final first-place vote.
Kentucky moved up to No. 1 last week after knocking off top-ranked Michigan State to open the season. The Wildcats fell flat a day later, losing 67-64 to unranked Evansville in Lexington and dropped to No. 9 in this week’s poll.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17, 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 | |
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1. Duke (52) | 4-0 | 1608 | 2 |
2. Louisville (8) | 4-0 | 1501 | 4 |
3. Michigan St. (4) | 2-1 | 1496 | 3 |
4. Kansas | 2-1 | 1389 | 5 |
5. North Carolina | 3-0 | 1262 | 6 |
6. Maryland | 3-0 | 1240 | 7 |
7. Virginia (1) | 3-0 | 1232 | 9 |
8. Gonzaga | 4-0 | 1227 | 8 |
9. Kentucky | 2-1 | 1110 | 1 |
10. Ohio St. | 3-0 | 1006 | 16 |
11. Oregon | 4-0 | 998 | 14 |
12. Texas Tech | 3-0 | 947 | 11 |
13. Seton Hall | 3-1 | 837 | 12 |
14. Arizona | 4-0 | 644 | 19 |
15. Utah St. | 4-0 | 619 | 17 |
16. Memphis | 3-1 | 574 | 13 |
17. Villanova | 2-1 | 560 | 10 |
18. Xavier | 4-0 | 463 | 21 |
19. Auburn | 4-0 | 420 | 22 |
20. Tennessee | 3-0 | 402 | - |
21. VCU | 4-0 | 365 | - |
22. Texas | 4-0 | 238 | - |
23. Colorado | 2-0 | 208 | 25 |
24. Baylor | 2-1 | 179 | 24 |
25. Washington | 2-1 | 150 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Florida St. 91, Florida 67, LSU 61, Saint Mary's (Cal) 55, Evansville 43, Oklahoma 29, Vermont 11, Michigan 11, Marquette 11, Purdue 11, Butler 10, Mississippi St. 9, Virginia Tech 7, West Virginia 6, Providence 5, Wisconsin 5, Liberty 4, Arkansas 3, Missouri 2, UConn 2, Southern Cal 2, New Mexico 2, San Diego St. 2, Dayton 1.