Men’s College Hoops Shakeup: Duke Falls Out of AP Top 25, NC State & UNC Also Unranked

Bryan Overstreet, AP,

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New leaders are emerging in the world of men’s college basketball.Β  For the first time since 2021, the Duke Blue Devils have fallen out of the AP Top 25.Β  The North Carolina State Wolfpack and the North Carolina Tar Heels are also unranked.Β  The only Atlantic Coast Conference teams currently ranked are Virginia, Clemson and Miami.

Houston and Kansas remained firmly atopΒ The Associated Press men’s college basketball pollΒ Monday after a record weekend of Top 25 losses, while Florida Atlantic took advantage of the chaos to crack the ranking for the first time in school history.

Eleven teams in the Top 25 went down on Saturday, tying a record that has stood for nearly 12 years, while Connecticut and Marquette also lost on Sunday to give the AP poll one of its biggest shakeups in recent history.

 

RANK TEAM TREND THIS WEEK POINTS
1
HoustonΒ (17-1)

American Athletic
–
vsΒ South FloridaΒ WΒ 83-77
 1,460Β (34)
2
KansasΒ (16-1)

Big 12
–
vsΒ Iowa StateΒ WΒ 62-60
 1,446Β (23)
3
PurdueΒ (16-1)

Big Ten
–
vsΒ NebraskaΒ WΒ 73-55
 1,382Β (3)
4
AlabamaΒ (15-2)

Southeastern
–
vsΒ LSUΒ WΒ 106-66
 1,347
5
UCLAΒ (16-2)

Pacific 12
2
vsΒ ColoradoΒ WΒ 68-54
 1,237
6
GonzagaΒ (16-3)

West Coast
2
vsΒ PortlandΒ WΒ 115-75
 1,178
7
TexasΒ (15-2)

Big 12
3
vsΒ Texas TechΒ WΒ 72-70
 1,122
8
XavierΒ (15-3)

Big East
4
vsΒ MarquetteΒ WΒ 80-76
 1,047
9
TennesseeΒ (14-3)

Southeastern
4
vsΒ KentuckyΒ LΒ 63-56
 1,019
10
VirginiaΒ (13-3)

Atlantic Coast
3
@Β Florida StateΒ WΒ 67-58
 926
11
ArizonaΒ (15-3)

Pacific 12
2
@Β OregonΒ LΒ 87-68
 838
12
Iowa StateΒ (13-3)

Big 12
2
@Β KansasΒ LΒ 62-60
 795
13
Kansas StateΒ (15-2)

Big 12
2
@Β TCUΒ LΒ 82-68
 771
14
TCUΒ (14-3)

Big 12
3
vsΒ Kansas StateΒ WΒ 82-68
 753
15
UConnΒ (15-4)

Big East
9
vsΒ St. John’sΒ LΒ 85-74
 668
16
AuburnΒ (14-3)

Southeastern
5
vsΒ Mississippi StateΒ WΒ 69-63
 553
17
Miami (FL)Β (14-3)

Atlantic Coast
1
@Β North Carolina StateΒ LΒ 83-81
 487
18
CharlestonΒ (18-1)

Colonial
4
vsΒ ElonΒ WΒ 78-60
 351
19
ClemsonΒ (15-3)

Atlantic Coast
–
vsΒ DukeΒ WΒ 72-64
 339
20
MarquetteΒ (14-5)

Big East
5
@Β XavierΒ LΒ 80-76
 306
21
BaylorΒ (12-5)

Big 12
–
vsΒ Oklahoma StateΒ WΒ 74-58
 267
22
ProvidenceΒ (14-4)

Big East
3
@Β CreightonΒ LΒ 73-67
 262
23
RutgersΒ (13-5)

Big Ten
–
vsΒ Ohio StateΒ WΒ 68-64
 131
24

Conference USA
–
vsΒ North TexasΒ WΒ 66-62
 126
25
ArkansasΒ (12-5)

Southeastern
10
@Β VanderbiltΒ LΒ 97-84
 115

Others receiving votes:

North Carolina State 111, Saint Mary’s 106, Arizona State 79, New Mexico 67, Illinois 61, San Diego State 44, Michigan State 29, Duke 24, Wisconsin 14, Creighton 9, Kent State 8, Boise State 6, Texas A&M 5, Ohio State 3, Missouri 3, VCU 2, Iowa 2, North Carolina 1
Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.