Duke is No. 1 in 1st Regular-Season AP Top 25, Alabama Receiving Votes

Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press' first regular-season poll of the 2017-18 season.

The Blue Devils were No. 1 in the preseason poll and received 34 of 65 first-place votes from a national media in the AP Top 25 released Monday after winning their first two games.

No. 2 Michigan State received 13 first-place votes, No. 3 Arizona got 16 and No. 4 Kansas had 2. Duke had 32 first-place votes in the preseason poll.

Villanova moved up one spot to No. 5, with Wichita State, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina and Southern California rounding out the top 10.

Duke opened the season with convincing wins over Elon and Utah Valley, giving coach Mike Krzyzewski 1,000 victories with the program.

	Record	Pts	Prv
1. Duke (34)	2-0	1577	1
2. Michigan St. (13)	1-0	1529	2
3. Arizona (16)	2-0	1511	3
4. Kansas (2)	1-0	1446	4
5. Villanova	1-0	1307	6
6. Wichita St.	1-0	1277	7
7. Kentucky	2-0	1219	5
8. Florida	0-0	1125	8
9. North Carolina	1-0	1078	9
10. Southern Cal	1-0	1023	10
11. Miami	2-0	911	13
12. Cincinnati	1-0	890	12
13. Notre Dame	1-0	860	14
14. Minnesota	1-0	675	15
15. Xavier	1-0	605	17
16. Texas A&M	1-0	577	25
17. Gonzaga	1-0	525	18
18. Louisville	1-0	518	16
19. Purdue	2-0	426	20
20. Northwestern	1-0	374	19
21. Saint Mary's (Cal)	1-0	315	22
22. Seton Hall	2-0	283	23
23. UCLA	1-0	266	21
24. West Virginia	0-1	211	11
25. Baylor	1-0	205	24

Others receiving votes: Alabama 98, Rhode Island 55, Virginia 45, TCU 43, Providence 36, Missouri 32, Virginia Tech 17, Wisconsin 9, Texas 7, Michigan 7, Texas Tech 6, Butler 6, Oklahoma 5, Mount St Marys 4, Arkansas 4, SMU 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Maryland 2, Nevada 2, Oakland 2, Dayton 2, Harvard 1, South Carolina 1, Oregon 1.

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