The Duke Blue Devils still can’t be knocked off. Duke remains the No. 1 team in the country after another comeback victory last week, this time on the road against Indiana during the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. Duke enters the week at 10-0.
NCAA basketball rankings 2017: Duke remains No. 1 while Tennessee joins poll, Louisville exits
This week’s top 25 features the return of Tennessee and the exit of Louisville.
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Kansas, Michigan State, Villanova, and Florida round out the rest of the top five this week.
While Duke will remain largely untested until it faces Florida State on Dec. 30, there are some marquee matchups against ranked teams this week. ‘Nova’s game against Gonzaga on Tuesday in the Jimmy V Classic will be a showdown of two top-15 teams.
The game of the week might be Texas A&M vs. Arizona on Tuesday. The Wildcats have fallen out of the rankings completely after starting the season at No. 2, while the Aggies enter the week at No. 7 after a surprising 7-0 start.
Notre Dame fell from No. 5 to No. 9 this week after a loss to Michigan State on Thursday. Louisville dropped out of this week’s poll for the first time in 40 weeks, while Tennessee, Nevada, Seton Hall, and Purdue are the newly ranked teams this week.
AP Poll:
Rank | Team | Record | Conference | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke | 10-0 | ACC | 1 |
| 2 | Kansas | 7-0 | Big 12 | 2 |
| 3 | Michigan State | 7-1 | Big Ten | 3 |
| 4 | Villanova | 8-0 | Big East | 4 |
| 5 | Florida | 5-1 | SEC | 6 |
| 6 | Wichita State | 6-1 | AAC | 8 |
| 7 | Texas A&M | 7-0 | SEC | 9 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 7-1 | SEC | 7 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 7-1 | ACC | 5 |
| 10 | Miami (FL) | 7-0 | ACC | 10 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 8-1 | ACC | 13 |
| 12 | Gonzaga | 7-1 | West Coast | 15 |
| 13 | Xavier | 7-1 | Big East | 21 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 8-1 | Big Ten | 12 |
| 15 | Virginia | 8-0 | ACC | 18 |
| 16 | Arizona State | 7-0 | Pac-12 | 20 |
| 17 | Cincnnati | 7-1 | AAC | 11 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 7-1 | Big 12 | 19 |
| 19 | Seton Hall | 7-1 | Big East | NR |
| 20 | TCU | 8-0 | Big 12 | 23 |
| 21 | Purdue | 8-2 | Big Ten | NR |
| 22 | Nevada | 8-0 | Mountain West | NR |
| 23 | Baylor | 5-2 | Big 12 | 16 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 6-1 | SEC | NR |
| 25 | Southern Callifornia | 4-2 | Pac-12 | 14 |
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