USA TODAY Sports’ Paul Myerberg updated his ranking of all 134 FBS college football teams on Monday, and the Duke Blue Devils dropped one spot to 44th.
Duke remained in the top 50 despite a concerning showing against Connecticut in Week 3. The Huskies, who lost to Maryland 50-7 in their season opener, scored 21 unanswered points midway through the game to take the lead entering the fourth quarter.
Blue Devils quarterback [autotag]Maalik Murphy[/autotag] threw a go-ahead touchdown, his eighth of the season, to seal the comeback effort, but Duke still dropped more than a half-dozen spots on ESPN’s FPI rankings.
Miami beat Ball State by 62 points, the Hurricanes’ third straight blowout win, and Myerberg kept them at No. 11 to remain the highest-ranked team in the conference. Louisville, last year’s conference runner-up, remained in the top 20 at 18th after a bye week.
Pittsburgh and California both jumped over the Blue Devils after impressive wins, knocking Duke down to the 10th-ranked team in the conference.