Poll Rank: #12

15.0 (-1.7), -3; SOR: 13.7 (22nd), MOV: 16.3 (10th)

FSU seems really good, and they kept it close for 3 quarters.

Lost To Florida State, if only Riley Leonard was healthy.

Tough result after Leonard went down. FSU probably wins anyways, but there's already a what if.

Someone heal that ankle

-7 Biggest faller: North Carolina (10->18)

-4

Tough loss but I still think this is a really, really good football team. They'll be even more dangerous with a healthy Leonard (assuming his ankle isn't a lot worse after last night's reinjury, which seems to be the case). I'm kind of giving them the benefit of the doubt here-- I am willing to let the rankings work themselves out as the season progresses.

39.00

Points: 52.19 | Wins: 1 T4, 1 T5, 1 T6, 2 T7 | Losses: 1 T1,1 T2 | 1 WB | 1 LB | 1 LP |

364.74, Down 7, Best Win: 44 Clemson; Losses to 1 Florida St and 14 Notre Dame

-5

35.286

LW# 14

5-2. Lost to Florida State in a game that Florida State didn't pull away from until late. Other loss is to a very good Notre Dame.

Elko and Leonard aren't messing around. This is a great team, and I think they still have a lot of potential (depending on some other teams) to make an ACC championship run. If they do, they'll most likely get a rematch with FSU. However, that's all contingent on the team actually being good without Leonard. While he isn't the best QB (in my own opinion), I think having him is the catalyst for a lot of other playmakers on the team. Without him out there, they're just okay. But when Leonard has the ball in his hand, Duke looks almost super-human in how they play the game. It's a level of game intelligence and understanding you don't usually see from the program, and it's a very nice thing to see.

L 20-38 @ Florida State

(5-2) No good, very bad fourth quarter against Florida State

Lost to a good FSU team, yes, but by multiple possessions. Not great. But big game vs Louisville coming up.

LW: 16

A really good team that has a good prove it game vs Louisville.

LW 15

The win over Clemson has lost some serious luster...but I dunno, this team is plucky...and ranking teams at this part of the rankings is tough.

(-7)

(-4) [5-2] Credentials:

2022 ACC Coastal Joint Runners-Up, Military Bowl Champs, Received Votes in Final AP Poll [9-4] |
2023 Results So Far: 28-7 vs Clemson [4-3], 42-7 vs Lafayette [FCS, 6-1], 38-14 vs Northwestern [3-4], 41-7 @ UConn [1-6], 14-21 vs Notre Dame [6-2], 24-3 vs NC State [4-3], 20-38 @ Florida State [7-0]