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Virginia stays put at No. 4 in the latest AP Poll as top ten go unchanged

Duke takes the top spot and the Pac-12...is nowhere to be found.

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The Virginia Cavaliers will close out 2018 with a No. 4 ranking as the Hoos stayed put in this week’s AP Poll. There was very little movement this week as most of the teams were inactive or took care of business.

No team in the top top ten moved at all, led by Duke at No. 1 for the second straight week. Kentucky jumped three spots to No. 13 after beating North Carolina (now No. 15).

Virginia’s first five ACC games will feature home games against No. 9 Florida State and No. 10 Virginia Tech before heading on the road to No. 1 Duke.

Arizona State was the lone team to fall out of the rankings as they followed up their emotional upset of No. 1 Kansas by losing to Princeton on their home court. Nebraska joined the rankings this week at No. 24, giving the Big Ten seven ranked teams. The ACC put six teams in the polls and the Pac-12 is without a ranked team.

Check out the full poll below:

AP Poll - Week 9

Rank Team Conference Record Previous Week
Rank Team Conference Record Previous Week
1 Duke ACC 11-1 1
2 Michigan Big Ten 13-0 2
3 Tennessee SEC 11-1 3
4 Virginia ACC 11-0 4
5 Kansas Big 12 11-1 5
6 Nevada Mountain West 13-0 6
7 Gonzaga West Coast 12-2 7
8 Michigan State Big Ten 11-2 8
9 Florida State ACC 11-1 9
10 Virginia Tech ACC 11-1 10
11 Texas Tech Big 12 11-1 11
12 Auburn SEC 11-2 12
13 Kentucky SEC 10-2 16
14 Ohio State Big Ten 12-1 13
15 North Carolina ACC 9-3 14
16 Marquette Big East 11-2 18
17 Mississippi State SEC 12-1 19
18 NC State ACC 12-1 20
19 Houston AAC 13-0 22
20 Buffalo Mid-American 12-1 21
21 Indiana Big Ten 11-2 23
22 Wisconsin Big Ten 10-3 15
23 Oklahoma Big-12 11-1 25
24 Nebraska Big Ten 11-2 NR
25 Iowa Big Ten 11-2 24
Others receiving votes: Arizona St 116, Kansas St 61, Villanova 43, Seton Hall 24, TCU 20, Cincinnati 14, Iowa St. 10, Florida 6, Purdue 6, Toledo 5, Louisville 3, St. John’s 1, North Texas 1