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2023 Week 2 Duke Blue Devils Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
AlphaH4wk	2
Jakesnake42	2	77.66 (Read Above)
T-Thugs	2	Duke starts off the year with a solid home victory over an AP top 10 Clemson.
tallg8tor	2
ACCBiggz	3
cfbguy	4
CFBHurts	4
soonersthebetter	4
udubdavid	6
placid_salad	7	LW #7
Bank_Gothic	9
Hey_Its_Roomie	9	Large margin of victory over P5
Ruhrgebietheld	9
BigBoutros	10
dabul-master	10
GeauxTri	10
HarbingerOfFun	10
HieloLuz	11
Striker743	11	Up 7 - giving UNC the nod as the better win. Duke had a lot going their way with a Monday night home game. Game was closer than indicated with the Clemson redzone turnovers.
tmothy07	11
kamiller2020	12	Duke didn't play their best football game and they beat Clemson by 21. Let me say that again, Duke didn't play their best football game and beat CLEMSON by 21. If you walk away from that game clowning Clemson more than praising Duke, you didn't watch closely enough. Duke ran basic coverage in the secondary and gave Klubnik nowhere to throw the ball. Duke got pushed around on the line of scrimmage but made enough plays in the back end to not let Clemson's RBs torch them. They forced timely turnovers and played great team defense(look at the plugged holes on key downs and the contain on the edges). Riley Leonard played the best defense he'll face all season and looked mostly poised. Sure there were some inaccurate throws, but there were also some great plays. Duke is a great football team that's balanced enough to match up with anybody. I don't know if they'll make the ACC title game or a NY6. The schedule has some landmines. But Duke can walk into Tallahassee and play with Florida State. Notre Dame is going to be in for a long game with the Blue Devils. I don't see a single team on Duke's schedule they are incapable of beating, and that tells you a lot about this team under Elko.
SkiFlashing	12
UNC_Samurai	12
Dropbackandpunt	13
HHcougar	13	And there it is. The #2 resume immediately shoots Duke up to #13 in my rankings, despite being unranked in my power rankings. Fun storyline... but Duke is gonna go like 7-5
SCsprinter13	13
Sometimeswelose	13
Branzilla91	14
I_am_bot_beep_boop	14
nw____	14
ReallyCreative	14
SpadeRyker	14
tks231	14
Xtremeloco	14
70stang	15	Duke beat a P5 team at home to be 1-0
aggiebruin27	15
DrKennethJNoisewater	15
jrluhn	15
KirbyDumber88	15
nemoran	15
noahthearc	15
Rakarei	15
strikersteve60	15
AlexanderComet	16
Blooblod	16
bretticus33	16	Duke pulled off one of the upsets of the week with an impressive and comprehensive beatdown of Clemson. Mike Elko has done an incredible job turning around Duke and will have top programs looking to sign him on if he keeps it up.
CommodoreN7	16
corundum9	16
Daigotsu	16
darkra01	16
ewolfy13	16	Impressive performance against a solid clemson team, albeit facing a freshman QB on the road. Thrived on turnovers
MoneyManeVick	16
RavenclawWiz816	16
RiffRamBahZoo	16
ScarletFever333	16
T-nawtical	16
typicaliconoclast	16
bakonydraco	17	76.87
BallSoHerd	17
Blazeth	17
DarkLegend64	17
DylanCarlson3	17
Feral_Squirrel	17
hascogrande	17
Helifino	17
HUSKEROYAL	17
JCiLee	17
nbingham196	17
ThaCarter	17
ucieaters33	17
VerySeriousBanana	17
WarEagle9	17
arrowfan624	18
BamaPride95	18
cyberchaox	18	LW: NR
DisraeliEers	18
fredmerc111	18	This team looks attractive as hell, I wish my team was like that.
Hugefootballfan44	18	LW: NR
jeedf	18
monkeymatt1836	18
MWiatrak2077	18
one98d	18
realclean	18
tdeff19	18
TDenverFan	18
Techwid	18
TopGoose	18
12panther	19
52hoova	19
AudiieVerbum	19
BearsAreGreat1	19
Cassiyus	19
cornholesurfer	19	C ya Dabo. The Blue devils technically upset Clemson, but there was no doubt they were the better team. Clemson offensive woes or a stout Duke D? Probably a bit of both but what an opener for the Blue Devils.
dogwoodmaple	19
e8odie	19
jimbobbypaul	19	LY: 27 TY: 23
jjjoebox	19	(N/A) The Devil went down to Clemson and had themselves a time
Lex_Ludorum	19
lillipup03	19
MahjongDaily	19
Maladroit44	19
Megalomanizac	19
Mr_Brews	19
oghawks18	19
owlalwaysloveyew	19
plannedsickdays	19
PrimalCookie	19
RegionalBias	19	Electric finish. Not overreacting to Clemson fumbling twice near the goal line. Congrats Devils.
romulusjsp	19	(NR) Despite having a good season last year I didn't really have Duke on my radar, but what a hell of a way to prove it on Monday night. Trying not to overreact too much, but Clemson are not ranked on this ballot because they looked truly horrendous out there
TheJeemTeam	19
ThePelvicWoo	19
TheZachster	19
wameron	19
bannista7	20
CambodianDrywall	20
Charlemagne42	20
coletheredditer	20	19. Cage The Elephant, both of these were the ones I least expected to be here.
Corgi_Koala	20
DarthYoda2594	20
eclectic_tastes	20
grjohnst	20
huskerfan4life520	20
IceColdDrPepper_Here	20
malowry0124	20
NyquillusDillwad20	20
PumpSmash	20
seaotter2	20
The_Good_Constable	20
thexraptor	20
tjstanley	20
woakley	20
Zloggt	20	D E V I L I S H D U K E !
Acm0028	21
BosskOnASegway	21
BUSean	21
halldaylong	21
Hobbes_121	21
Johnnycockseed	21
mellolizard	21
pileatedloon	21
puffadda	21
RollWarTideEagle	21
skuhlke	21
SlaminSammons	21
SteemieRayVaughn	21
tdoger	21
texas2089	21	The Blue Devils came to play. They were among my first 5 teams out, and this performance showed exactly why I had such high hopes for this squad. Riley Leonard posted nearly 300 yards of total offense and showed exactly why he's one of the top QB prospects in next year's NFL draft. Duke had their own issues with turnovers, but the defense and special teams forced 3 of their own. Duke was outgained in this game but they showed the moxie to bounce back and win this game in convincing fashion against a good Clemson team.
Arteza147	22
boxman151515	22
BRNXB0MBERS	22
CptCheese	22
deadtofall12	22
GoBlueScrewOSU7	22
Hackasizlak	22
jmac_21	22
nburt13	22
peachios	22
physedka	22
RegulatorRWF	22
ALStark69	23	NR Dropped out: 17 TCU, 23 Texas Tech, 25 South Carolina
Archaic_1	23
bwburke94	23
Cecil_Hardboner	23
CharlemagneOfTheUSA	23	Movement: (NR) - Never thought I'd cheer for Duke, but Elko is really doing something special down there.
CockADoodleBOOM	23
djowen68	23
Drexlore	23
molodyets	23
Nathanael-Greene	23
practicallybert	23
Red261	23
sasmith2015	23
Staind075	23
ya111101	23
311polo	24
COLU_BUS	24	Like I said on Clemson, I'd like for Duke to be above Clemson but its a one game sample size. Next week they almost certainly will as the preseason weighting gets removed even more.
D1N2Y	24
DaewooLanosMFerrr	24
Darth_Ra	24
ikindalikelemons	24
Pollaski	24
washington_jefferson	24
wesman212	24
ChaseTheFalcon	25
Conglossian	25
Due_Connection179	25	Last Week NR vs #12 Clemson : Won 28-7
EpicSchwinn	25	Whew. This team is gonna be trouble for folks. ACC chaos personified and I love it.
falconlover79	25
justsaynotoreddit	25	0.6462
Longvols	25
PHubbs	25
Pikachu1989	25
Pure_Protein_Machine	25
RheagarTargaryen	25
TaylorLeprechaun	25	NR
TouchdownHeroes	25	LW: HM

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
ColombianInIowa24	2	How about my Blue Devils! After a resounding victory against Clemson my Blue Devils get #2, which will sadly even out in the coming weeks. Unlike Texas State, we in Durham still have little chance to run the gauntlet with Notre Dame, UNC and FSU on our schedule.
JetoGrov	2	There is a strong case that Duke should be #1 in my rankings. After all, I was incredibly high on Clemson this year and low on LSU; so that would lend one to believe that Duke's win was more impressive...but, to be entirely honest, I think I'm still pissed at Clemson. That game was so bonkers...and while I'm not one to rely on the fluky argument (a win is a win), the dominance displayed by FSU gives them a slight edge over Duke for top win after Week 1.
PNW_Jeff	2	Second most impressive win of the weekend.
squibby	2
visor841	3
manbeardawg	4	Absolutely dominated what I expect will be a good (though not really good) Clemson team. I expect the Blue Devils to surprise more folks before the season's over.
cartierboy25	7
BananaBouquet	8
CheapTrickIsOkay	8
cmcabrera	9
mauliknshah	10
Yung_Carrot	10
Pylon-Cam	11
Fantastic-Calendar-9	12	LW: 24, huge win over Clemson, 2nd best team in ACC?
DeerPrison	13
jibberishdhyukl	13	Huge upset over Clemson
RadiationRichard	13
SharkMovies	13
bethe2ndmouse	14
grtgbln	14
stoeseri000	14	Big jump up in my ratings this week folkowing that performance.
Yelich04	14
Dontworryaboutit1	15
JMWZ	15
KrispyKangaroo96	15
maxwell6233	15
Noelthemexican	15
PSUMediaPA	15
siggyrambler	15
bthombeast	16
drneilpretenamen	16
Jadenflo	16
Jay682002	16
JoeFreshwata	16
Maize_n_Boom	16
OSUfan88	16
ScaratheBear	16	The result: A 28-7 upset over Clemson at home to start the season off with a bang. Riley Leonard, unknown QB before the game, went off and was basically the entirety of Dukes offense. Mike Elko's defense was phenomenal, and despite a big talent advantage in favor of Clemson, the Duke D looked as though it was easily keeping pace. Really a coming out party for the Blue Devils, and potentially a kickstart to a championship contending season. Just wanna say, told ya so. The reasoning: I had Duke 22nd in the preseason poll, and feel that a solid jump is right enough for them. I think that the defense is gonna carry Duke through a lot of these games, but Riley Leonard is the truth at QB and could pull the team through games as well. Duke runs the gamut of good ACC teams this year, playing Notre Dame, Florida State, and North Carolina, so we'll see how good they really are through the season. Next up: Duke gets a trio of winnable games against Lafayette, Northwestern, and @UConn before another top 10 game against Notre Dame. Expect Wallace Wade to be bumping for that one if Duke is undefeated.
Shion314	16
slashbopzing	16
thejawa	16
TXUSAW	16
cfbpeoplespoll	17	Good home win against a questionable Clemson team that made a lot of mistakes.
Elegant_Extreme3268	17
KansasChaser2021	17
meowrkatt	17
nebsA1	17
Serenityy8	17
70277027	18
_TGT7	18
Blyvzy	18
Dawg-Bite	18
drewscottt	18
iHasMagyk	18	Slaughtered Clemson
jaybigs	18
journey1986	18	This defense looks GOOD. Potential top 15 matchup against ND at the end of the month?
MajikSix	18
MemeofMemeJTG999999	18	(1-0) (unranked) W: 28-7 vs. #9 Clemson (0-1) Next Week: vs. Lafayette (1-0)
patriots230	18
Protoco2	18
rocco2246	18
tcomn	18	Impressive win, but Clemson played about as bad as possible. Was it luck? Duke's schedule will show us what this team is really made of.
big_thunder_man	19
charmingcharles2896	19	Duke's defense is very good, impressive. If their offense, and especially their quarterback play improve, they'll be a serious contender in the ACC.
ETHTrillionaire	19
geauxsaints777	19
Greyson04	19
ianmcmoney	19
mathmanhale	19
mcdsmaster8824	19
ndbfsu22	19
Ok_Elderberry7070	19
OSU_Shecter	19
sconbon	19
Sflabuckeye13	19
throwaway_6786	19	Clemson was so worried about FSU and UNC that they forgot about little ole Duke. There's no question that the Blue Devils were aided by Tiger gaffes, but the sheer physicality of Duke's OL pushed Clemson's front 7 in ways I've rarely seen over the last decade. Also, I think that might have been a bit of a coming out party for Riley Leonard, but we've seen one-hit wonders before, so don't get too excited.
TinderForMidgets	19
Tornadohunter24	19
bbshock21	20
BoukenGreen	20
bruhstevenson	20
Cascadia-Rising	20
chillmagic420	20
ClandestineFox	20
Consistent_Train128	20
GeyWeyner12	20
ItsFreakinHarry2	20
J4ckiebrown	20
JustYourAvrageWorker	20
Keveroni	20
kevinsdomain	20
narwhalz27	20
Piptit	20
Small_Bet_9433	20
StateOfTheArt-	20
TheFalconGuy	20
thehornedlamb	20
TheNSAAgent777	20
youngs2309	20	UCLA
10catsinspace	21
ActuallyJasonPrice	21
AnAngryPanda1	21
Bernard_Samson	21
DownshiftGD	21
dterp13	21
JHallquist	21	Huge upset win at home vs Clemson! Not just a basketball school.
losbullitt	21
saquad69	21
TheBeekman8	21	Whooped Clemson who did not look good at all. But I think this squad is legit. Mike Elko and Riley Leonard have this team looking good.
TheGlassRemains	21
twr96	21
Tylex123	21
ViewFrom209	21
Bereft13	22
CarnellWilliams	22
colton_97	22
diehardcubforever	22
evil_muffins_5436	22
frone	22
FsuNolezz	22
HideNZeke	22
Is_Flacco_Elite	22
IT_JUST_MEANS_JORT	22
JamoRedhead	22
mithrandir2398	22
Pyroblockx	22
RealignmentJunkie	22
Steelthornn	22
titansfan174	22
Underground_Bread	22
UVUboi2	22
ziggysaysnada	22
Cooliamabeast	23
Dan20698	23
divey043	23
DragonFire101Gamer	23	If you beat a team, most of the time you should be ranked above them
maknasty09	23
mubert	23
redrumsoxLoL	23
Scott72901	23
StannisGrammarMannis	23
thatoneguyD13	23	Third best win so far. Dominant over a team I had #5 last week.
ard8	24
ch1l1_ch33s3	24
demolisty24	24	Does this need an explanation?
judolphin	24
just-regular-I-guess	24
ManiacalBlazer	24
mill1634	24
MrOoferLoofer	24	Amazing game vs mistake plagued clemson
MuhMuhManRay	24
OutRiteWite	24
StumpVanDerHuge	24	Helped Clemson keep up their proud tradition of Clemsoning but more than that these guys are decent.
TommyTwoTaps	24
tunaduck	24
bloodmuffins793	25
LivewireCK	25
tapswitch	25
True_Ad5324	25
usernamegoeshere763	25
Weathergeekal	25
WRSpill	25

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