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College basketball rankings: Villanova jumps to 8th in AP poll, 10th in Coaches

Mitchell Leff

Following the opening week of the 2014 Big East schedule that saw Villanova (13-1, 2-0) claim victories on the road at Butler and a 30-point win at home over Providence, Jay Wright's Wildcats have been tabbed with the #8 ranking in the newest poll released by the AP writers on Monday.

Arizona (15-0) and Syracuse (14-0) remain the top two teams in the country.

No other Big East team is ranked, although Creighton and Xavier are receiving votes.

Coaches Poll to be completed as information is released...

AP Top 25

Rank School Record Points Prev
1 Arizona Wildcats 15-0 1
2 Syracuse Orange 14-0 2
3 Ohio State Buckeyes 15-0 3
4 Wisconsin Badgers 15-0 4
5 Michigan State Spartans 13-1 5
6 Wichita St. Shockers 15-0 8
7 Baylor Bears 12-1 9
8 Villanova Wildcats 13-1 11
9 Iowa St. Cyclones 13-0 13
10 Florida Gators 11-2 12
11 Oklahoma St. Cowboys 12-2 6
12 Louisville Cardinals 13-2 14
13 San Diego St. Aztecs 12-1 21
14 Kentucky Wildcats 10-3 15
15 Colorado Buffaloes 13-2 20
16 Duke Blue Devils 11-3 7
17 Oregon Ducks 13-1 10
18 Kansas Jayhawks 9-4 16
19 UMass Minutemen 12-1 23
20 Iowa Hawkeyes 12-3 22
21 Missouri Tigers 12-1 25
22 Gonzaga Bulldogs 14-2 24
23 Illinois Illini 13-2 26
24 Memphis Tigers 10-3 18
25 Kansas St. Wildcats 11-3 36

USA Today Coaches Poll

Rank Team Record Points First Prev
1 Arizona 15-0 798 30 1
2 Syracuse 14-0 761 1 2
3 Ohio State 15-0 741 1 3
4 Wisconsin 15-0 687 0 5
4 Michigan State 13-1 687 0 4
6 Wichita State 15-0 632 0 7
7 Iowa St. 13-0 543 0 12
8 Louisville 13-2 503 0 10
9 Baylor 12/1/2014 488 0 11
10 Villanova 13-1 476 0 14
11 Florida 11/2/2014 473 0 13
12 Oklahoma State 12/2/2014 446 0 6
13 Duke 11/3/2014 399 0 8
13 Oregon 13-1 399 0 9
15 San Diego State 12/1/2014 379 0 19
16 Kentucky 10/3/2014 362 0 16
17 Colorado 13-2 272 0 24
18 Gonzaga 14-2 253 0 21
19 UMass 12/1/2014 225 0 22
20 Kansas 9/4/2014 151 0 17
21 Missouri 12/1/2014 113 0 25
22 Memphis 10/3/2014 108 0 18
23 Creighton 12/2/2014 90 0 NR
23 Iowa 12/3/2014 90 0 23
25 UCLA 12/2/2014 66 0 NR