The Hurricanes have dropped two of their last three games, and that has cost them in the rankings, while nearby Florida Atlantic cracked the Associated Press men’s college basketball Top 25 poll for the first time in school history.
Miami (14-3, 5-2 ACC) fell one spot to No. 17 in this week’s AP poll, following their overtime road loss to North Carolina State on Saturday.
FAU, which has just one NCAA Tournament appearance in three decades of Division I hoops, continued its rise under Dusty May, a onetime student manager for Bob Knight who also worked for Mike White at Florida.