Duke Holds Top Spot, Florida Climbs in Final AP Poll

0:00On March 9th, Duke holds steady at number 1 in the final AP Top 25 poll before Selection Sunday. Arizona sits at number 2, Michigan at number 3, and Florida climbed into the number 4 spot. These top teams are jockeying for prime seating in the upcoming NCAA tournament, Florida overtook Yukon, which slipped to number 6 after an upset loss to Marquette last weekend. That defeat handed St. John's the outright big-ease regular season title, setting up a potential third match-up between the two in their conference. Tournament this week, Arkansas surged three spots to number 17, capping the regular season with wins over Texas and Missouri, even without StarGuard, Darius Akkuff. Junior in the lineup against Missouri, meanwhile, Houston rounds out the top 5, while Iowa State and Michigan State hold strong at 7-8. Undefeated Miami of Ohio dropped one spot to number 20, despite a perfect 31-0 record, and two recent wins. Tennessee fell two places to 25 after dropping three of their last four games, including

1:03a loss to Vanderbilt. With conference tournaments kicking off this week, these rankings will shape the bracket reveals this weekend, as teams like Duke eye the top overall, seed.