Duke is a unanimous No. 1 choice in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, and Connecticut has made the second-most impressive jump into the rankings since 1989.
The Blue Devils received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday. Ohio State, Pittsburgh and Kansas moved up to be second through fourth. Kansas State and Michigan State lost last week and dropped to fifth and sixth.
Connecticut moved in at No. 7 after wins over Michigan State and Kentucky in the Maui Invitational. The only bigger jump by an unranked school since the poll went to 25 teams was by Kansas. It went to No. 4 after winning the 1989 Preseason NIT.
No. 24 UNLV and No. 25 Notre Dame are the other newcomers. Temple, Gonzaga and North Carolina fell out.
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