Duke and Texas were on top of the Associated Press’ basketball poll again Monday, keeping this weekend’s 1 vs. 2 matchup intact.

A familiar name returned near the bottom of the poll as North Carolina jumped in at 23rd following its upset victory at Kentucky.

Duke (7-0) stayed unbeaten with a 77-75 home victory over Virginia Tech on a 40-foot buzzer beater by Sean Dockery on Sunday night. The close win cost the Blue Devils, who won 75-67 on Wednesday at Indiana, eight first-place votes from last week, but they were on top of 53 ballots and had 1,767 points.

Texas (7-0), which beat Texas-Pan American and Texas-Arlington by an average of 33 points last week, had nine first-place votes – three more than last week – and 1,699 points from the national media panel.

Duke and Texas play Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J., the 35th 1-2 matchup since the AP poll began in the 1948-49 season.

The most recent one was last season’s NCAA championship game when North Carolina beat No. 1 Illinois, 75-70.

The Tar Heels lost their top seven scorers from that team – four of them underclassmen who went in the NBA draft lottery – and they weren’t ranked in the preseason poll. Led by a talented freshman class, North Carolina didn’t wait long to return to the ranks of the ranked.

The Tar Heels lost a rematch of April’s title game 68-64 on Tuesday as part of the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, then went and beat then-No. 10 Kentucky, 83-79.

“It may be satisfying to such a young team, but I don’t believe it will cause them to lose their focus because they know it is so early in the season,” Tar Heels coach Roy Williams said Monday. “For me personally, the polls are fine, but I really don’t pay attention to where we are ranked.”

Connecticut (6-0) stayed third, just six points behind Texas.