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Villanova Basketball Holds At #3 In Latest AP Poll

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NCAA Basketball: Villanova at Xavier Frank Victores-USA TODAY Sports

The Villanova Wildcats held at #3 in today’s AP Poll after an up and down week in the Big East. The Wildcats recovered from an upset loss at Providence by sweeping their home and home series with Xavier at the Cintas Center over the weekend. They still trail behind #1 Virginia and #2 Michigan State, and will likely need those teams to lose in order to move back up the poll.

In the Big East, Xavier also remained at #4. It’s a sign of respect to both the Musketeers and Villanova by the voting members. Now if they could only find a way to move some other deserving Big East schools up the ladder. Creighton and Butler remain in the “Others Receiving Votes” category.

Villanova next plays on Wednesday at the Wells Fargo Center against DePaul.

2018 AP Poll: Week 16

Rank School (#1 Votes) Points
Rank School (#1 Votes) Points
1 Virginia (42) 1,601
2 Michigan State (19) 1,565
3 Villanova (4) 1,509
4 Xavier 1,398
5 Duke 1,292
6 Texas Tech 1,206
6 Gonzaga 1,206
8 Kansas 1,166
9 Purdue 1,130
10 North Carolina 1,074
11 Cincinnati 954
12 Auburn 873
13 Wichita State 870
14 Arizona 831
15 Clemson 683
16 Ohio State 680
17 Michigan 615
18 Rhode Island 455
19 Tennessee 427
20 Nevada 330
21 West Virginia 329
22 Saint Mary's (Cal) 291
23 Houston 263
24 Middle Tennessee 87
25 Florida State 63

Others Receiving Votes: Baylor 52, Kentucky 33, Arizona State 32, Arkansas 23, UCLA 20, St. Bonaventure 13, Virginia Tech 12, Creighton 10, Penn State 6, Missouri 5, Kansas State 5, Texas A&M 4, TCU 4, Loyola-Chicago 2, Butler 2, East Tennessee State 1, Alabama 1, Boise State 1, Oklahoma 1

Additional Polling Data

Some would argue these “experts” are more important than the AP Poll. Movement from last week is in parenthesis:

KenPom: Nova is #2 overall (Even), #1 in Adj. O (Even), and #42 in Adj. D (Up 6)

Sagarin: Nova is #1 overall (Even), ahead of #2 Duke and #3 Virginia

Massey: Nova is #2 overall (Even), #1 in O (Up 2), and #43 in D (Down 1)

Kendrick: I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. The World for the 3rd time this month over the weekend. Anna Kendrick plays the sister of the titular character.