A festive week of holiday tournaments and made-for-television matchups in men’s college basketball shook up the Ferris Mowers Men's Basketball Coaches Poll. When the dust settled, a familiar name is back on top.
Duke takes over the No. 1 position, vaulting all the way up from No. 6 after upending previous No. 1 Gonzaga in an entertaining contest Friday night in Las Vegas. The Blue Devils received 19 of 31 first-place votes cast this week. It’s accustomed territory for Duke over the years, but the last time the Blue Devils were No. 1 was November of 2019.