The Associated Press released its updated AP Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Poll on Monday, and the Duke Blue Devils stuck within the top 10 despite their midweek loss.
Head coach [autotag]Kara Lawson[/autotag] and her team dropped one spot to No. 9 after Thursday’s loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks, the defending national champions. Duke did bounce back with a Sunday win over Virginia Tech to open conference play, however, and the Blue Devils are still 9-2 with multiple ranked victories in 2024-25.
The Gamecocks held firm at No. 3, behind only the UCLA Bruins and Connecticut Huskies. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish lept over Duke to No. 8 to retake their preseason crown as the top ACC team.
The Oklahoma Sooners (No. 10) and Kansas State Wildcats (No. 13), the two teams Duke defeated in the Ball Dawgs Classic, followed close behind. The North Carolina Tar Heels, with nine wins in their first 10 games, moved up two spots to No. 14.
Duke gets a full week off with nothing on the schedule until a December 18 battle against Wofford up next, so they’ll likely stay around the same place in next week’s rankings.