The Blue Devils were No. 1 in the preseason poll and received 34 of 65 first-place votes from a national media in the AP Top 25 released Monday after they won their first two games.
No. 2 Michigan State received 13 first-place votes, No. 3 Arizona got 16 and No. 4 Kansas had 2. Duke had 33 first-place votes in the preseason poll.
Villanova moved up one spot to No. 5, with Wichita State, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina and Southern California rounding out the top 10.
Duke opened the season with convincing wins over Elon and Utah Valley, giving coach Mike Krzyzewski 1,000 victories with the program.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 12, 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 (34) | 2-0 | 1577 | 1 |
| 2. Michigan St. (13) | 1-0 | 1529 | 2 |
| 3. Arizona (16) | 2-0 | 1511 | 3 |
| 4. Kansas (2) | 1-0 | 1446 | 4 |
| 5. Villanova | 1-0 | 1307 | 6 |
| 6. Wichita St. | 1-0 | 1277 | 7 |
| 7. Kentucky | 2-0 | 1219 | 5 |
| 8. Florida | 0-0 | 1125 | 8 |
| 9. North Carolina | 1-0 | 1078 | 9 |
| 10. Southern Cal | 1-0 | 1023 | 10 |
| 11. Miami | 2-0 | 911 | 13 |
| 12. Cincinnati | 1-0 | 890 | 12 |
| 13. Notre Dame | 1-0 | 860 | 14 |
| 14. Minnesota | 1-0 | 675 | 15 |
| 15. Xavier | 1-0 | 605 | 17 |
| 16. Texas A&M | 1-0 | 577 | 25 |
| 17. Gonzaga | 1-0 | 525 | 18 |
| 18. Louisville | 1-0 | 518 | 16 |
| 19. Purdue | 2-0 | 426 | 20 |
| 20. Northwestern | 1-0 | 374 | 19 |
| 21. Saint Mary's (Cal) | 1-0 | 315 | 22 |
| 22. Seton Hall | 2-0 | 283 | 23 |
| 23. UCLA | 1-0 | 266 | 21 |
| 24. West Virginia | 0-1 | 211 | 11 |
| 25. Baylor | 1-0 | 205 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Alabama 98, Rhode Island 55, Virginia 45, TCU 43, Providence 36, Missouri 32, Virginia Tech 17, Wisconsin 9, Texas 7, Michigan 7, Texas Tech 6, Butler 6, Oklahoma 5, Mount St Marys 4, Arkansas 4, SMU 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Maryland 2, Nevada 2, Oakland 2, Dayton 2, Harvard 1, South Carolina 1, Oregon 1.
