Rebels slip to No. 21 in AP Poll
UNLV dropped one place in The Associated Press men's basketball poll, coming in at No. 21 prior to Monday's game at Texas-El Paso.
Unranked Butler soared into the No. 19 spot by beating then-No. 1 Indiana, and UNLV couldn't avoid the slip with a home win over Division III La Verne, 91-44, on Thursday.
Indiana fell to No. 6 with the loss to Butler, and Duke jumped one place to the No. 1 spot, with Michigan at No. 2.
Duke (9-0) has reached No. 1 at least once in a record 16 seasons under coach Mike Krzyzewski, and has played more games as the No. 1 team during Coach K's 33 seasons (209) than as an unranked team (141).
No team in the country has the resume the Blue Devils do this season. They have three wins over teams ranked in the top five at the time - then-No. 3 Kentucky, then-No. 2 Louisville and then-No. 4 Ohio State, all in a span of 16 days.
Indiana (9-1) held the top spot from the preseason poll through the first five weeks. Butler beat the Hoosiers 88-86 in overtime Saturday.
Duke received 62 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. Michigan (11-0), which received the other No. 1 votes, and Syracuse moved up one place each to second and third. They were followed in the top 10 by Arizona, Louisville, Indiana, Ohio State, Florida, Kansas and Illinois.
