Gophers drop to 14th in new AP Top 25; Duke is unanimous No. 1

Notre Dame won the Maui Invitational with an impressive comeback against Wichita State. The Fighting Irish didn't fare as well against another top 10 team, leading a shuffling at the top half of The Associated Press Top 25 poll .

Minnesota dropped from 12th to 14th sfter losing its first game of the season last week to No. 10 Miami. The Gophers are one of only three teams in the Top 25, with Michigan State at No. 3 and Purdue No. 21.

Star Tribune basketball writer Marcus Fuller ranked the Gophers at No. 13 this week.

Duke (10-0) received all 65 first-place votes in the poll released Monday after a pair of easy victories, its second straight week as the unanimous No. 1. The next three spots also remained the same from last week: Kansas, Michigan State and Villanova.

Notre Dame was No. 5 last week, but dropped to No. 9 following its 81-63 loss to the Spartans.

"They come at you with fresh bodies, they just keep coming at you and it takes its toll," Notre Dame coach Mike Brey said of Michigan State.

Florida moved up to No. 5 despite not playing last week, followed by Wichita State, Texas A&M, Kentucky and Miami at No. 10 behind the Irish.

The Irish were no match for Michigan State last week, taken out of rhythm by the Spartans while falling into an early hole. Notre Dame did make a push in the second half, but Michigan State pushed back to run away with it.

The Irish bounced back to beat St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday despite the ejections of preseason All-American Bonzie Colson (flagrant two foul) and Brey. The pair ended up in the locker room watching the rest of the game on Colson's phone.

"That's new territory for me," Brey said. "That was very unusual."

PACK ON THE RISE

Nevada has made big strides in Eric Musselman's three seasons and this was expected to be his best team yet.

Nevada has lived up to expectations so far, winning its first eight games for its best start as a Division I program (since 1970). The Wolf Pack were No. 22 in this week's poll for their first ranking since finishing the 2006-07 season at No. 15.

"It's great to see that we have that record now, but we have to keep improving and don't want to stop now and be 8-1 or 8-2," Caroline said after the Wolf Pack shook off an ugly first half to beat UC Irvine 76-65 last week. "We're rolling and we have to keep moving along."

RISING FAST

Xavier had the biggest rise in this week's poll, moving up eight spots to No. 13 after a pair of Top-25 wins. The Musketeers beat No. 16 Baylor 76-63 and No. 11 Cincinnati 89-76 last week.

Arizona State moved up four spots to No. 20 after being ranked last week for the first time since 2009.

Louisville dropped out of the poll from No. 17 after losing to Purdue and Seton Hall.

USC is down 11 spots to No. 25 following consecutive losses and Baylor fell seven places to No. 23 after losses to Xavier and Wichita State. Cincinnati was down six spots to No. 17 following its loss to Xavier.

NEWCOMERS

No. 19 Seton Hall, No. 21 Purdue and No. 24 Tennessee joined Nevada in moving into the poll this week.

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