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Gophers ranked 14th in AP poll

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Dec 3, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Indiana, Duke and Michigan remained the top three teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. Look all the way to the bottom and you won't see Kentucky's name for the first time since John Calipari became coach of the Wildcats.

The Hoosiers (8-0) received 45 first-place votes Monday from the 65-member national media panel, two fewer than last week.

Duke (8-0) for the second straight week had the other first-place votes.

Kentucky (4-3) lost to Notre Dame and Baylor last week, the latter a loss that snapped the Wildcats' 55-game home winning streak, the longest in the nation. Kentucky had been ranked in the last 61 polls, 11 of those weeks at No. 1.

Syracuse was fourth followed by Louisville, Florida, Ohio State, Arizona, Kansas and Gonzaga.

1. Indiana (45)	8-0	1,605	1
2. Duke (20)	8-0	1,577	2
3. Michigan	7-0	1,467	3
4. Syracuse	5-0	1,384	6
5. Louisville	6-1	1,332	5
6. Florida	6-0	1,324	7
7. Ohio St.	5-1	1,254	4
8. Arizona	5-0	1,190	9
9. Kansas	6-1	1,079	10
10. Gonzaga	8-0	1,054	12
11. Cincinnati	7-0	919	17
12. Missouri	6-1	866	16
13. Illinois	8-0	654	22
14. Minnesota	8-1	584	21
15. Georgetown	5-1	545	20
16. Creighton	7-1	469	11
17. San Diego St.	5-1	410	23
18. New Mexico	8-0	402	25
19. Michigan St.	6-2	347	13
20. North Carolina	6-2	321	14
21. UNLV	5-1	285	24
22. Notre Dame	7-1	278	—
23. Oklahoma St.	5-1	263	15
24. Wichita St.	8-0	245	—
25. NC State	4-2	234	18

Others receiving votes: Kentucky 186, Virginia Tech 170, Pittsburgh 164, Oregon 155, Alabama 96, UConn 92, Baylor 49, Colorado 44, Boise St. 22, Butler 18, Maryland 9, Temple 9, Miami 7, Colorado St. 5, Wyoming 5, Murray St. 4, LSU 1, Marquette 1.