Duke’s win against Michigan has propelled the Blue Devils to a familiar perch: No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll.
The Blue Devils climbed two spots to top Monday’s poll, marking the 148th appearance at No. 1 to add to what was already the record for any program. Duke (25-2) claimed 56 of 61 first-place votes to supplant Michigan (25-2) after Saturday’s 68-63 win against the Wolverines in Washington.
RANK TEAM RECORD PREVIOUS
1 Duke 25-2 3
2 Arizona 25-2 4
3 Michigan 25-2 1
4 Iowa State 23-4 6
5 Houston 23-4 2
6 UConn 25-3 5
7 Florida 21-6 12
8 Purdue 22-5 9
9 Gonzaga 27-2 11
10 Illinois 22-6 10
11 Virginia 24-3 14
12 Nebraska 23-4 9
13 Michigan State 22-5 15
14 Kansas 20-7 8
15 St. John’s 22-5 17
16 Texas Tech 20-7 13
17 Alabama 20-7 25
18 North Carolina 21-6 20
19 BYU 20-7 23
20 Arkansas 20-7 20
21 Miami (OH) 27-0 22
22 Tennessee 20-7 22
23 Saint Louis 25-2 18
24 Louisville 20-7 21
25 Vanderbilt 21-6 19
That win came in a matchup of the top two teams in the NCAA men’s selection committee’s preliminary top 16 seeds for March Madness, released hours before the game. The Blue Devils enter this week with a national-best 12 Quadrant 1 wins, along with nine wins against AP Top 25 teams.