The Duke Blue Devils took down the NC State Wolfpack in their own stadium on Saturday to earn their seventh win of the season with two more games to go. In the latest ACC power rankings from USA TODAY Sports, however, Duke did not move.
Heading into Week 12, Craig Meyer considers Duke the seventh-best team in the ACC. After the school’s first 5-0 start in three decades, the Blue Devils had lost three of their last four entering Saturday’s in-state rivalry game, but the Wolfpack win can give them some forward momentum.
Miami, who entered the week undefeated, shook up the top of the rankings with an upset loss at the hands of Georgia Tech. The SMU Mustangs took over the top spot as the last team without a conference loss, and the Hurricanes and Clemson Tigers followed suit in second and third.
For their final two games, Duke will face Virginia Tech and Wake Forest, two teams that Meyer ranked 11th and 15th in the conference. If the Blue Devils want to move up, they’ll have to handle business and hope the teams ahead of them lose as well.