Indiana is No. 1 in The Associated Press' Top 25 for the fourth straight week, while Gonzaga moved to No. 2 for the first time in school history.
While the West Coast Bulldogs made some news at the top of the poll Monday, Louisiana Tech, the Bulldogs from Down South, moved into the rankings for the first time since a 13-week run in 1984-85, their only appearance in the poll.
Louisiana Tech, which is 25th this week, was led back then to a ranking as high as No. 7 by a forward named Karl Malone. Gonzaga at that time had a point guard named John Stockton. They went on to become one of the greatest combinations in NBA history with the Utah Jazz, were members of the Dream Team and both were inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
The Hoosiers, who have been ranked No. 1 for a total of 10 weeks this season, received all but one first-place vote from the 65-member national media panel.
Gonzaga, which got the other No. 1 vote, was ranked third last week. The Bulldogs were also that high in the poll for the final two weeks of 2003-04.
Duke moved up three spots to third and is followed by Michigan and Miami, which dropped from second after falling to Wake Forest, the Hurricanes' first Atlantic Coast Conference loss this season.
Kansas is sixth, followed by Georgetown, Florida, Michigan State and Louisville.
Saint Louis, which beat Butler and VCU last week, moved into 18th in the poll, the Billikens' first ranking since being in for one week last season.
Colorado State, which was 22nd and lost twice last week, and VCU, which was 24th, dropped out.
Oklahoma State dropped one spot to No. 15 in this week's Associated Press poll and to No. 18 in the USA Today poll after losing to Kansas at home, but also beating West Virginia at Morgantown this past week.
OU, coming off wins at Texas Tech and hosting Baylor, received five votes in this week's USA Today poll, but did not receive any votes in this week's AP poll.
The Associated Press Top 25
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (64) 24-3 1,624 1
2. Gonzaga (1) 27-2 1,530 3
3. Duke 24-3 1,461 6
4. Michigan 23-4 1,411 7
5. Miami 22-4 1,317 2
6. Kansas 23-4 1,272 9
7. Georgetown 21-4 1,236 11
8. Florida 22-4 1,164 5
9. Michigan St. 22-6 1,105 4
10. Louisville 22-5 1,047 10
11. Arizona 23-4 998 12
12. Syracuse 22-5 915 8
13. Kansas St. 22-5 875 13
14. New Mexico 23-4 764 16
15. Oklahoma St. 20-6 692 14
16. Ohio St. 20-7 675 18
17. Wisconsin 19-8 558 19
18. Saint Louis 21-5 495 —
19. Memphis 24-3 453 21
20. Butler 22-6 351 15
21. Notre Dame 22-6 328 25
22. Marquette 19-7 317 17
23. Pittsburgh 21-7 158 20
24. Oregon 22-6 61 23
25. Louisiana Tech 24-3 54 —
Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 49, VCU 45, Akron 43, Wichita St. 35, Saint Mary's (Cal) 24, Illinois 19, UConn 18, UNLV 13, North Carolina 8, California 5, Middle Tennessee 2, Belmont 16, Missouri 1, Stephen F. Austin 1.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. Indiana (28) 24-3 772 1
2. Gonzaga (3) 27-2 738 3
3. Duke 24-3 700 6
4. Michigan 23-4 654 7
5. Kansas 23-4 619 9
6. Florida 22-4 596 4
7. Miami 22-4 581 2
8. Georgetown 21-4 552 11
9. Louisville 22-5 535 10
10. Michigan State 22-6 520 5
11. Arizona 23-4 458 12
12. Syracuse 22-5 420 8
13. Kansas State 22-5 398 13
14. New Mexico 23-4 369 16
15. Ohio State 20-7 328 18
16. Wisconsin 19-8 284 17
17. Memphis 24-3 281 19
18. Oklahoma State 20-6 277 14
19. Saint Louis 21-5 199 —
20. Notre Dame 22-6 169 25
21. Butler 22-6 161 15
22. Marquette 19-7 104 20
23. Saint Mary's 24-5 54 —
24. Akron 22-4 53 —
25. VCU 22-6 52 24
Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 38, Oregon 37, Middle Tennessee 29, Louisiana Tech 24, San Diego State 13, UNLV 12, Wichita State 12, Colorado State 10, UConn 5, Illinois 5, Oklahoma 5, California 3, North Carolina 3, UCLA 2, Belmont 1, Creighton 1, Kentucky 1.
