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It was expected; Villanova's midweek loss to Xavier meant the Wildcats were surely to drop from the #1 spot, and they've done just that. However, another week brought more losses to the Top 10 and Villanova's road loss wasn't as bad as some of the others.
Kansas is the new #1 ending Villanova's three-week streak at the top, as the Wildcats fell to #3 in the latest AP Top 25. Michigan State, Virginia, and Xavier rounded out the Top 5.
A mid-week loss at #5 Xavier was enough to push the Wildcats from the #1 spot with the Jayhawks and Spartans having a good week, but in this year of parity across college basketball it was about as acceptable a loss as you'll find in the entire season.
Seton Hall, who has been on a tear recently and just took out Xavier at home over the weekend, was surprisingly left out of both polls.
Villanova, who was tabbed at #2 in the Coaches Poll, next hosts DePaul on Tuesday night at The Pavilion where they can lock up their third straight Big East regular season championship.
AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas Jayhawks (63) | 25-4 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Michigan State Spartans (2) | 24-5 | 1,510 |
| 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 25-4 | 1,479 |
| 4 | Virginia Cavaliers | 22-6 | 1,405 |
| 5 | Xavier Musketeers | 25-4 | 1,356 |
| 6 | Oklahoma Sooners | 22-6 | 1,297 |
| 7 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 23-5 | 1,211 |
| 8 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 23-6 | 1,205 |
| 9 | Oregon Ducks | 23-6 | 1,065 |
| 10 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 22-7 | 1,056 |
| 11 | Louisville Cardinals | 22-7 | 822 |
| 12 | Indiana Hoosiers | 23-6 | 819 |
| 13 | Utah Utes | 23-7 | 751 |
| 14 | Maryland Terrapins | 23-6 | 733 |
| 15 | Purdue Boilermakers | 22-7 | 613 |
| 16 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 20-8 | 572 |
| 17 | Duke Blue Devils | 21-8 | 495 |
| 18 | Arizona Wildcats | 22-7 | 450 |
| 19 | Baylor Bears | 21-8 | 447 |
| 20 | Texas A&M Aggies | 22-7 | 419 |
| 21 | Iowa State Cyclones | 20-9 | 413 |
| 22 | Kentucky Wildcats | 21-8 | 405 |
| 23 | Texas Longhorns | 19-10 | 338 |
| 24 | SMU Mustangs | 24-4 | 196 |
| 25 | California Golden Bears | 21-8 | 178 |
| Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St 43, Saint Joseph's 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Vanderbilt 3, Saint Mary's 3, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1 | |||
| Dropped out: Notre Dame 23. | |||
USA TODAY Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | HI/LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas (31) | 25-4 | 799 | 2 | 1/7 |
| 2 | Villanova | 25-4 | 734 | 1 | 1/17 |
| 3 | Michigan St (1) | 24-5 | 733 | 7 | 1/13 |
| 4 | Virginia | 22-6 | 673 | 3 | 3/13 |
| 5 | Xavier | 25-4 | 637 | 5 | 4/NR |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 22-6 | 623 | 4 | 1/8 |
| 7 | Miami-Florida | 23-5 | 607 | 11 | 9/NR |
| 8 | North Carolina | 23-6 | 584 | 6 | 1/11 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 22-7 | 518 | 12 | 7/23 |
| 10 | Oregon | 23-6 | 510 | 13 | 12/NR |
| 11 | Indiana | 23-6 | 434 | 15 | 14/NR |
| 12 | Maryland | 23-6 | 405 | 9 | 2/9 |
| 13 | Purdue | 22-7 | 330 | 19 | 8/24 |
| 13 | Utah | 23-7 | 330 | 23 | 16/NR |
| 15 | Iowa | 20-8 | 321 | 8 | 4/NR |
| 16 | Arizona | 22-7 | 307 | 10 | 6/20 |
| 17 | Baylor | 21-8 | 288 | 16 | 13/25 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 22-7 | 261 | 21 | 5/NR |
| 19 | Kentucky | 21-8 | 226 | 14 | 1/21 |
| 20 | Iowa St. | 20-9 | 221 | 17 | 2/21 |
| 21 | Duke | 21-8 | 211 | 18 | 3/NR |
| 22 | Texas | 19-10 | 187 | 25 | 25/NR |
| 23 | Wichita St. | 23-7 | 68 | 28 | 11/NR |
| 24 | St. Mary's | 24-4 | 61 | 27 | 25/NR |
| 25 | California | 21-8 | 58 | 32 | 13/NR |
| Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 52; Notre Dame 42; Seton Hall 39; Texas Tech 36; Providence 28; St. Joseph?s 17; Pittsburgh 17; South Carolina 16; Dayton 14; Valparaiso 6; St. Bonaventure 4; Colorado 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 1. | |||||
| Dropped out: SNo. 20 Notre Dame, No. 22 Dayton, No. 24 Providence. | |||||