For the first time since the preseason poll for the 2007-2008 season on Nov. 6, the Duke Blue Devils were absent this week from the AP Top 25 poll. And in those last nine years, the world has changed, for better or for worse.
Here are the seven ways the world was different the last time Duke wasn't ranked in the AP Top-25 poll:
1) The original iPhone had recently been released, and it was much clunkier than the newest versions.
