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After falling to Virginia Tech on Jan. 12, Duke dropped to 5-3 overall (3-1 ACC).
Duke’s streak of 91 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 was second only to No. 9 Kansas, which extended its record to 229 weeks.
Today's poll is the 1,213th in AP history and just the 14th time that Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina are all unranked.
The last time that happened was on Dec. 18, 1961 – when only 10 teams were included in the AP Poll each week. pic.twitter.com/OZ8pRtnCie
The top of the poll remained unchanged with Gonzaga, Baylor and Villanova maintaining their grip on the top-three, despite Villanova not playing a game since Dec. 23 due to COVID-19 protocols.
No. 18 Alabama and No. 24 UCLA were the two new additions to the AP Top 25.
The Crimson Tide improved to 11-3 (6-0 SEC) on the season after defeating Arkansas Saturday for its seventh consecutive win.
UCLA moved to 11-2 (7-0 Pac-12) with wins over Washington State and Washington.
The Associated Press Top 25 as of Monday, January 18 is listed below:
