Duke basketball, UNC basketball rankings: Where Blue Devils, Tar Heels are in polls

Duke basketball and UNC basketball remain among the top-25 teams in the rankings ahead of the third week of the college hoops season.

The 10th-ranked Blue Devils (3-1) dropped four spots in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll after their Champions Classic loss to Kentucky (3-0), which moved up seven spots to No. 11 in the coaches poll. Duke heads to No. 17 Arizona (2-1) on Friday (10:30 p.m., ESPN2) before playing top-ranked Kansas (4-0) on Nov. 26 in Las Vegas

Meanwhile, the 12th-ranked Tar Heels lost one spot, moving just outside of the top 10 after its one-game week. UNC beat American in a blowout victory on Nov. 15. UNC heads to Hawaii to play the Rainbow Warriors on Friday (12:30 a.m., ESPN2) before playing Dayton on Nov. 25 (11:30 p.m., ESPN2), on the opening day of the Maui Invitational.

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Here’s a breakdown of where Duke and UNC are in the latest college basketball rankings.

Duke basketball, UNC basketball rankings update

With Duke at No. 10 and UNC at No. 12 in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, those programs are the lone representatives for the ACC. As for AP Top 25 Poll in Week 3, Duke dropped to No. 12 and UNC stayed at No. 10 in the rankings.

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USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

First-place votes in parentheses 

1. Kansas (21)

2. UConn (3)

3. Auburn (2)

4. Gonzaga (1)

5. Iowa State

6. Purdue

7. Houston

7. Alabama

9. Tennessee

10. Duke

11. Kentucky

12. North Carolina

13. Creighton

14. Marquette

15. Baylor

16. Cincinnati

17. Arizona

18. Indiana

19. Florida

20. Illinois

21. St. John’s

22. Texas Tech

23. Texas A&M

24. Arkansas

25. Wisconsin

Staff writer Rodd Baxley can be reached at [email protected] or @RoddBaxley on X/Twitter. 

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