Duke picked off a second straight win at home on Saturday, taking down Boston College for a 15-point win, but the second-half surge against the Eagles wasn’t enough to move Duke back into the top 10 of KenPom’s rankings.
The Blue Devils sit 13th in the site’s adjusted efficiency metric after Saturday’s games, narrowly ahead of the Kansas Jayhawks.
Two SEC teams off to great starts, Tennessee and Auburn, both lost to unranked conference foes on Saturday, but their strong campaigns to date meant both remained within the top 10 despite the defeats.
The Tigers actually rounded out the top five, remaining in fifth despite the loss to Florida. Houston, Purdue, Connecticut, and Arizona remained ahead of them in the first four spots.
As has been the case for most of the year, North Carolina remains the only ACC team ahead of Duke in the standings. The Tar Heels rank eighth after a Saturday win over Miami.
Wake Forest and Clemson slotted in as the next-highest teams in the conference at 29th and 32nd, respectively.