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And this week, Duke sits atop the poll at #1

The Duke Blue Devils moved to the top of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll this afternoon,

Since the year 2000, Duke has more wins than any other college basketball team
Since the year 2000, Duke has more wins than any other college basketball team

garnering all but one first place vote.  Duke has now been number one sixty times since the polls inception in 1999.  UNC is a distant second since that same time frame. 

The Blue Devils will carry that #1 ranking into Winston Salem on Wednesday night to take on last weeks #1 team in Wake Forest.  Duke joins, UNC, Pitt and Wake Forest as teams that have held the position so far this season.

 1. Duke(30) 18-1 774
 2. Connecticut (1) 18-1 733
 3. Pittsburgh 18-1 706
 4. Wake Forest 16-1 666
 5. Oklahoma 19-1 663
 6. North Carolina 17-2 636
 7. Louisville 15-3 547
 8. Marquette 17-2 538
 9. Michigan State 16-3 475
10. Xavier 17-2 458