Blue Ribbon's Top 25 Is Out With Duke at #5

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Anyway, he shared the magazine's Top 25, and as you can see, it's ACC-heavy, with five spots including three in the Top Ten.

By contrast, the Big Ten also has five, but with only one ranked above #15, the Big 12 four, the AAC three, the SEC, Pac-12 and WCC two. The MVC and the A-10 have one each.

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1. Kentucky
2. Arizona
3. Wisconsin
4. North Carolina
5. Duke
6. Kansas
7. Wichita State
8. Virginia
9. Gonzaga
10. Florida
11. Louisville
12. Texas
13. Villanova
14. VCU
15. Ohio State
16. Connecticut
17. San Diego State
18. Iowa State
19. SMU
20. Michigan State
21. Syracuse
22. Stanford
23. Michigan
24. Nebraska
25. Oklahoma