Duke basketball enters the 2025-26 season picked to finish No. 1 in the ACC per the league's preseason media poll that was released on Tuesday, Oct. 14.

It marks the 10th time in the last 13 seasons the Blue Devils have opened as the league’s preseason favorite.

Fourth-year head coach Jon Scheyer and the Blue Devils were selected to finish first with 866 total votes and 34 first-place votes. Duke finished just 24 points ahead of No. 2 Louisville, which had 842 total points and 15 first-place votes. North Carolina came in at No. 3 with 741 votes followed by NC State with 710. Voting is made up of select media members.

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