Duke Rises to No. 2 In Final Regular Season AP and Coaches’ Polls

After Virginia fell on Saturday to Louisville, there were a lot of people wondering how the final regular season version of the AP and Coaches’ polls would shake out. Would the Cavaliers remain the No. 2 team in America, or would the loss drop them a few spots?

Today, we got the answer, and there is a new second-best team in the country behind the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats: the Duke Blue Devils. After taking down rival North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Mike Krzyzewski’s team jumped to the No. 2 spot in both of America’s major polls. The AP’s top five is rounded out, in order, by Virginia, Villanova and Arizona, while the Coaches’ has the Wildcats third, the Cavaliers fourth and the Wisconsin Badgers fifth.

Here’s the entire AP Poll, via ESPN:

1. Kentucky (65 first-place votes)
2. Duke
3. Virginia
4. Villanova
5. Arizona
6. Wisconsin
7. Gonzaga
8. Maryland
9. Kansas
10. Northern Iowa
11. Notre Dame
12. Wichita State
13. Iowa State
14. Louisville
15. Oklahoma
16. Baylor
17. Utah
18. Wast Virginia
19. North Carolina
20. SMU
21. Arkansas
22. Butler
23. Georgetown
24. Davidson
25. Boise State

And here is this week’s Coaches’ Poll, also from ESPN:

1. Kentucky (32)
2. Duke
3. Villanova
4. Virginia
5. Wisconsin
6. Arizona
7. Gonzaga
8. Maryland
9. Notre Dame
10. Kansas
11. Northern Iowa
12. Wichita State
13. Louisville
14. Oklahoma
15. Iowa State
16. Baylor
17. Utah
18. West Virginia
19. North Carolina
20. Arkansas
21. SMU
22. Butler
23. Georgetown
24. Davidson
25. San Diego State