Duke Basketball: Blue Devils drop to No. 4 in Associated Press Poll

The Duke Basketball team dropped to No. 4 in the latest edition of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll after once again splitting the week.

Without Zion Williamson, the Duke Basketball team won and lost a game this week and was dropped to No. 4 in the latest edition of the Associated Press Poll, the teams lowest ranking since the Preseason Poll.

The Blue Devils fell on the road to Virginia Tech, but responded on Saturday in a throttling of Miami.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels jumped the Blue Devils and moved up to No. 3, while the Top-2 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Virginia Cavaliers did not change.

After a thrashing of the Kentucky Wildcats, the Tennessee Volunteers rounded out the Top-5 this week, while Kentucky dropped to No. 6.

The Michigan Wolverines, Texas Tech Red Raiders, Michigan State Spartans, and LSU Tigers closed out the Top-10 this week.

With just two games left in the regular season, the Blue Devils will host the Wake Forest Demon Deacons on Tuesday night before traveling to Chapel Hill for the regular season finale in a rematch against the Tar Heels.

Duke still has an outside chance of winning the ACC regular season title and achieving the No. 1 seed in the ACC Tournament should the Blue Devils win its last two games, Duke would need Virginia to lose at least one of its last two (at Syracuse, vs. Louisville).

The ACC made its presence known with three teams in the Top-5 of the rankings, along with many other teams throughout the rankings.

The Florida State Seminoles moved up four sports to No. 14, and the Virginia Tech Hokies moved up five sports to No. 15, while the Louisville Cardinals received 12 votes to be included in the Top-25.

The Duke Blue Devils have two weeks to improve its resume to try and regain that No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament as Selection Sunday is on March 17.

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