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Gophers climb to 18th in AP poll

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Feb 4, 2013 at 3:39 pm

For the fifth straight week there is a new No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll. This time it's Indiana.

The Hoosiers, the preseason No. 1 who held the top spot for the first five weeks of the regular season, moved up two spots Monday, following their weekend win over No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Kansas' loss to Oklahoma State.

Duke started the current streak of new No. 1s and was followed by Louisville, Duke again, Michigan and Indiana. The last time there were five straight new No. 1s was the last five polls of 2008-09 when it was Connecticut, Pittsburgh, Connecticut again, North Carolina and Louisville.

The Hoosiers received 58 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel while Florida, which jumped two spots to second, got the other seven.

Minnesota climbed five spots to 18th in this week's poll following conference victories over Nebraska and Iowa.

1. Indiana (58)	20-2	1,615	3
2. Florida (7)	18-2	1,536	4
3. Michigan	20-2	1,490	1
4. Duke	19-2	1,413	5
5. Kansas	19-2	1,350	2
6. Gonzaga	21-2	1,249	7
7. Arizona	19-2	1,248	8
8. Miami	17-3	1,132	14
9. Syracuse	18-3	1,091	6
10. Ohio St.	17-4	1,033	11
11. Louisville	18-4	1,018	12
12. Michigan St.	18-4	994	13
13. Kansas St.	17-4	782	18
14. Butler	18-4	774	9
15. New Mexico	19-3	660	20
16. Creighton	20-3	578	21
17. Cincinnati	18-4	552	24
18. Minnesota	17-5	454	23
19. Oregon	18-4	390	10
20. Georgetown	16-4	364	—
21. Missouri	16-5	245	17
22. Oklahoma St.	15-5	235	—
23. Pittsburgh	18-5	207	—
24. Marquette	15-5	137	25
25. Notre Dame	18-4	132	—

Others receiving votes: Mississippi 75, NC State 64, Colorado St. 49, Wichita St. 49, Memphis 44, Wisconsin 28, Saint Mary's (Cal) 27, Louisiana Tech 24, Kentucky 21, San Diego St. 17, UNLV 13, Saint Louis 8, UCLA 8, VCU 8, Akron 4, Virginia 4, UConn 2, Belmont 1.