Indiana remains at No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25 despite losing a game this week, surviving a week of upsets to become the first team in over a month to hold onto the top ranking.
The Hoosiers (21-3) lost to Illinois on a last-second basket Thursday but rebounded with a win at Ohio State on Sunday. In a week when four of the top five teams and six of the top 10 lost, it was enough to keep the No. 1 ranking.
It ends a stretch of five consecutive weeks with a new No. 1, two weeks short of the longest such stretch in 1993-94. Duke started the run followed by Louisville, Duke again, Michigan and Indiana.
The Hoosiers received 26 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday, while Duke, the only member of the top five not to lose last week, moved up two spots to second after getting 20 first-place votes.
Miami, which received 17 No. 1 votes, jumped from eighth to No. 3, the Hurricanes' highest ranking ever. Michigan dropped one spot to fourth, while Gonzaga, which got the other two first-place votes, moved up one spot to fifth.
Syracuse was sixth, followed by Florida, which dropped from second, Michigan State, Arizona and Kansas State.
The top 10 teams to lose last week were No. 1 Indiana, No. 2 Florida, No. 3 Michigan, No. 5 Kansas, No. 7 Arizona and No. 10 Ohio State.
There were four newcomers to the rankings this week: No. 20 Wisconsin, No. 22 Memphis, No. 24 Colorado State and No. 25 Kentucky.
Wisconsin, Memphis and Kentucky, the defending national champion, were all ranked early in the season, while Colorado State makes it first appearance in the poll since March 9, 1954.
They replace Creighton, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Missouri, the only one of the four not to lose two games last week.
Oklahoma State moved up to No. 16 and No. 17 in the polls after two road wins at Kansas and at Texas.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. Duke (18) 21-2 744 4
2. Indiana (6) 21-3 717 1
3. Gonzaga (1) 23-2 681 6
4. Miami (5) 19-3 674 11
5. Michigan (1) 21-3 663 3
6. Florida 19-3 628 2
7. Syracuse 20-3 608 9
8. Michigan State 20-4 582 8
9. Arizona 20-3 491 7
10. Butler 20-4 460 14
11. Kansas State 19-4 455 15
12. Louisville 19-5 393 12
13. Kansas 19-4 364 5
14. Ohio State 17-6 353 10
15. Georgetown 17-4 329 21
16. Oklahoma State 17-5 259 24
17. Pittsburgh 20-5 246 25
18. New Mexico 20-4 203 16
19. Wisconsin 17-7 150 —
20. Marquette 17-5 144 —
21. Notre Dame 19-5 140 —
22. San Diego State 18-5 120 25
23. Creighton 20-5 102 13
24. Colorado State 19-4 79 —
25. Memphis 20-3 76 —
Others receiving votes: Missouri 72, Oregon 63, Virginia Commonwealth 63, Cincinnati 38, Minnesota 28, Kentucky 27, Saint Mary's 27, Louisiana Tech 18, Saint Louis 13, Middle Tennessee 11, Mississippi 11, Illinois 10, Akron 9, UNLV 8, Wichita State 8, UCLA 3, Stephen F. Austin 2, Belmont 1, Oklahoma 1, Virginia 1.
The Associated Press Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (26) 21-3 1,559 1
2. Duke (20) 21-2 1,515 4
3. Miami (17) 19-3 1,499 8
4. Michigan 21-3 1,428 3
5. Gonzaga (2) 23-2 1,371 6
6. Syracuse 20-3 1,293 9
7. Florida 19-3 1,286 2
8. Michigan St. 20-4 1,178 12
9. Arizona 20-3 1,062 7
10. Kansas St. 19-4 1,012 13
11. Butler 20-4 943 14
12. Louisville 19-5 842 11
13. Ohio St. 17-6 828 10
14. Kansas 19-4 823 5
15. Georgetown 17-4 679 20
16. Pittsburgh 20-5 591 23
17. Oklahoma St. 17-5 587 22
18. Marquette 17-5 493 24
19. New Mexico 20-4 433 15
20. Wisconsin 17-7 305 —
21. Notre Dame 19-5 264 25
22. Memphis 20-3 193 —
23. Oregon 19-5 137 19
24. Colorado St. 19-4 125 —
25. Kentucky 17-6 87 —
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 80, Missouri 69, Cincinnati 68, Saint Mary's (Cal) 62, Creighton 56, San Diego St. 53, Louisiana Tech 43, VCU 35, Saint Louis 34, Illinois 26, NC State 24, Akron 12, UCLA 8, UNLV 6, Indiana St. 5, Virginia 4, Wichita St. 3, Belmont 2, Mississippi 1, Oklahoma 1.
