A new week and a new number one. The hype train is riding high in Durham as the Blue Devils leapt back up to number one, despite the number two Michigan Wolverines being undefeated. Voters were clearly impressed with their victory over Texas Tech, despite not playing a true road game all season.
The loss by Kansas to Bobby Hurley’s Arizona State felled the Jayhawks down a few spots, meanwhile losing to the number nineteen team didn’t help UNC’s cause for the rankings, and the number is once again double digits for the Tar Heels. Let’s take a look at the poll:
AP Top 25
- Duke (35 first place votes)
- Michigan (9)
- Tennessee (12)
- Virginia (4)
- Kansas (4)
- Nevada
- Gonzaga
- Michigan State
- Florida State
- Virginia Tech
- Texas Tech
- Auburn
- (the) Ohio State
- North Carolina
- Wisconsin
- Kentucky
- Arizona State
- Marquette
- Mississippi State
- North Carolina State
- Buffalo
- Houston
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Oklahoma