Now, even more voters have them there.
The Blue Devils, who beat then-No. 2 Michigan State 88-81 in Chicago, pulled in 54 of 65 first-place votes from a national media panel in the AP Top 25 released Monday. That was an increase of 20 first-place votes over the first regular-season poll released last week.
Arizona was the only other team to receive a No. 1 nod, getting 11 first-place votes and taking the Spartans' place at No. 2. Kansas moved up to third after topping then-No. 7 Kentucky in the other game at the Champions Classic, while Michigan State and Villanova rounded out the top 5.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 19, 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 (54) | 4-0 | 1613 | 1 |
| 2. Arizona (11) | 3-0 | 1527 | 3 |
| 3. Kansas | 3-0 | 1504 | 4 |
| 4. Michigan St. | 2-1 | 1390 | 2 |
| 5. Villanova | 3-0 | 1345 | 5 |
| 6. Wichita St. | 2-0 | 1321 | 6 |
| 7. Florida | 3-0 | 1117 | 8 |
| 8. Kentucky | 3-1 | 1104 | 7 |
| 9. North Carolina | 2-0 | 1079 | 9 |
| 10. Southern Cal | 3-0 | 1055 | 10 |
| 11. Miami | 3-0 | 918 | 11 |
| 12. Cincinnati | 3-0 | 893 | 12 |
| 13. Notre Dame | 3-0 | 857 | 13 |
| 14. Minnesota | 4-0 | 754 | 14 |
| 15. Xavier | 3-0 | 750 | 15 |
| 16. Texas A&M | 2-0 | 618 | 16 |
| 17. Gonzaga | 3-0 | 540 | 17 |
| 18. Purdue | 4-0 | 527 | 19 |
| 19. Louisville | 2-0 | 466 | 18 |
| 20. Seton Hall | 4-0 | 370 | 22 |
| 21. Saint Mary's (Cal) | 4-0 | 344 | 21 |
| 22. Baylor | 3-0 | 206 | 25 |
| 23. UCLA | 3-0 | 191 | 23 |
| 23. West Virginia | 2-1 | 191 | 24 |
| 25. Alabama | 3-0 | 133 | - |
Others receiving votes: Virginia 93, Texas Tech 81, TCU 36, Northwestern 20, Nevada 19, Providence 11, Maryland 9, Michigan 9, Texas 7, Creighton 6, Oklahoma 5, Temple 4, Oregon 4, Arkansas 3, Texas Arlington 2, Rhode Island 1, Belmont 1, Stephen F Austin 1.
