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Villanova Basketball Holds At #1 In The AP Poll

The Wildcats remain steady atop the polls.

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NCAA Basketball: Villanova at Connecticut David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports

Villanova Basketball has been ranked #1 in the AP Poll for a third straight week and the sixth time this season. For those of you keeping track, that’s more than any other team this season. Villanova also held onto its 63 first place votes, with David Cloninger (Purdue #1) and Zach Osterman (Virginia #1) as the lone holdouts.

The Big East is now down to just two teams in the Top 25, but they’re both in the Top 10. Xavier moved up to #8 after winning at Seton Hall over the weekend. They do, however, now have three schools in the “Others Receiving Votes” category in Seton Hall, Creighton, and Providence.

The Wildcats return home to face the Friars tomorrow, and then head out to redeem last year’s loss as the #1 team at Marquette on Saturday.

2018 AP Poll: Week 12

Rank School (#1 Votes) Points
Rank School (#1 Votes) Points
1 Villanova (63) 1,623
2 Virginia (1) 1,537
3 Purdue (1) 1,499
4 Duke 1,439
5 Kansas 1,338
6 Michigan State 1,243
7 West Virginia 1,217
8 Xavier 1,180
9 Cincinnati 1,087
10 North Carolina 1,014
11 Arizona 974
12 Oklahoma 917
13 Ohio State 787
14 Texas Tech 763
15 Gonzaga 610
16 Saint Mary's (Cal) 571
17 Wichita State 547
18 Clemson 474
19 Auburn 470
20 Florida 366
21 Arizona State 353
22 Tennessee 260
23 Nevada 190
24 Rhode Island 189
25 Michigan 123

Others Receiving Votes: Miami 83, Louisville 81, TCU 45, Kentucky 38, Kansas State 35, Seton Hall 25, Creighton 20, Florida State 14, Houston 5, New Mexico State 4, Boise State 2, Providence 2

Additional Polling Data

KenPom: Villanova is ranked #1 overall, #1 in Adj. Offense, and #27 in Adj. Defense

Sagarin: Villanova is ranked #2 overall, behind #1 Purdue and ahead of #3 Duke

Massey: Villanova is ranked #1 overall, #3 in Offense, and #23 in Defense

Kendrick: Anna Kendrick’s #1 film coming out in 2018 is “A Simple Favor”.