INDIANAPOLIS -- Bloomington is among the top U.S. college towns in which to be a sports fan rooting for the home team, according to a sports publication.

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The home of Indiana University ranks sixth in a Top 20 list assembled by Sports Illustrated On Campus. Bloomington was the only Indiana city named.

Madison, Wis., was named the top college town. The magazine said Madison, home of the University of Wisconsin, is "a place where athletes and intellectuals and activists and granolas and good ol' Midwestern boys all come together in support of one thing: the Badgers."

Carbondale, Ill., home of Southern Illinois University, was named the worst college town for sports fans. The SIU students, according to the publication, are "notorious more for imbibing spirits than showing spirit."

The magazine's top 20 college towns for sports fans are:

• 1) Madison, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin
• 2) Athens, Ga. -- University of Georgia
• 3) Austin, Texas -- University of Texas
• 4) Gainesville, Fla. -- University of Florida
• 5) Boulder, Colo. -- University of Colorado
• 6) Bloomington, Ind. -- Indiana University
• 7) Eugene, Ore. -- University of Oregon
• 8) Knoxville, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee
• 9) College Station, Texas -- Texas A&M University
• 10) Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse University
• 11) Ann Arbor, Mich. -- University of Michigan
• 12) Baton Rouge, La. -- Louisiana State University
• 13) Berkeley, Calif. -- University of California
• 14) Chapel Hill, N.C. -- University of North Carolina
• 15) Columbus, Ohio -- Ohio State University
• 16) Lawrence, Kan. -- University of Kansas
• 17) Oxford, Miss. -- University of Mississippi
• 18) Iowa City, Iowa -- University of Iowa
• 19) Tuscon, Ariz. -- University of Arizona
• 20) State College, Pa. -- Penn State University