On Monday, 61 people voted. Associated Press Poll: Top 25 — and exactly 57 of them are listed either Arizona or Michigan in No. 1.
Question: Should Duke be offended?
To be clear, my top two rankings also include Michigan and Arizona, with Duke coming in third. So I don't complain or criticize. But it's interesting that the Blue Devils have largely been left out of the conversation for first place, even though they are: A) Duke, B) 10-0 with wins over Michigan State, Florida, Kansas And ArkansasC) led by the best player in the sport (Cameron Boozer), and D) No. 1 in MasseyRatings.com.
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Duke did receive first-place votes in this week's AP poll from Chris Lee, Percy Allen and Seth Davis, but that represented just 4.9% of all first-place votes. Again, I'm not complaining or criticizing. Duke is ranked No. 3 in the updated daily CBS Sports Top 25 and 1 college basketball rankings released Tuesday morning; That's where Jon Scheyer's team is in the AP poll.
I just think that if we had known on opening day of the season that Duke would start 10-0 with four wins over preseason top 25 teams and be led by a freshman who is running away with the race for National Player of the Year, most of us would have assumed that the Blue Devils would be ranked No. 1 going into Tuesday night's game with Lipscomb. — but that's not the case, which is probably just a testament to the equally impressive and undefeated starts that Michigan and Arizona have also provided.
In any case, there are now seven undefeated teams in college basketball – Michigan, Arizona, Duke, Iowa State, Nebraska, Vanderbilt and… Miami-Ohio! But the Redhawks' perfect record could be in jeopardy late Tuesday night, given that they are 1.5-point underdogs at Wright State.
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