Duke was a unanimous No. 1 in the AP college basketball poll for the second straight week Monday, while three teams fell from the Top 25.
The Blue Devils (8-0), who beat Temple and Michigan last week, received all 72 first-place votes and 1,800 points from the national media panel.
Missouri, Maryland and Kansas held second through fourth and Florida moved up one spot to round out the first five.
Arizona and Virginia each moved up one place to sixth and seventh, and were followed in the Top Ten by Oklahoma State, Kentucky and Illinois.
Boston College moved up two places to lead the Second Ten and was followed by Stanford, Syracuse, Marquette, Iowa, Saint Joseph's, UCLA, Georgetown, Wake Forest and Ball State.
The complete poll can be found in Scoreboard on 2B.
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