Villanova Basketball still unranked in latest AP Poll

Villanova remains on the outside looking in when it comes to the AP Poll this week. The Wildcats would be the next team in, but wins over DePaul and Providence were predictably not enough to get them back into the Top 25.

This makes it four consecutive weeks that Villanova has been unranked, and five total for the season. It’s the longest consecutive streak since the start of the 2013-14 season, and the most total weeks unranked since 2012-2013.

However, the Wildcats may have a chance to put that streak to bed with the newly ranked #24 St. John’s Red Storm coming to the Finn on Tuesday night. It will be the first time Villanova has played a higher ranked team on campus since #6 Xavier on New Year’s Eve in 2015.

The Johnnies join #21 Marquette, who they beat last week by 20 points, as the only two ranked Big East teams. Villanova (56) is joined in the “Others Receiving Votes” category by Seton Hall (14).

Others Receiving Votes: Villanova 56, Wisconsin 45, Iowa 40, Minnesota 23, Purdue 20, Nebraska 15, Maryland 14, Seton Hall 14, Alabama 7, UCF 6, Louisville 3, Texas 2, Arizona St 1, Florida 1, North Texas 1.

Additional Polling Data

Some would argue these “experts” are more relevant than the AP Poll.

KenPom: Nova is 24th overall, 14th in Adj. Offense, and 60th in Adj. Defense

Sagarin: Nova is 19th overall, 22ndd in Predictive, 14th in Golden Mean, and 23rd in Recent

Massey: Nova is 27th overall, 14th in Power Rating, 45th in Offense, and 19th in Defense

Kendrick: Anna Kendrick’s reaction to the pollsters leaving Villanova out of the Top 25.