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The Villanova Wildcats are still the top cats in this week's AP Top 25.
'Nova finished the week with 44 first-place votes, besting the soaring Kansas Jayhawks who received 21 of their own this week. The Wildcats will now enter their second week ever as the No. 1 team in the AP poll, continuing on a terrific 2015-16 campaign.
Down past the Oklahoma Sooners, Iowa Hawkeyes, North Carolina Tar Heels, Maryland Terrapins and Virginia Cavaliers are the Xavier Musketeers. The Musketeers, following a 1-1 performance last week with a loss to Creighton and a win over Butler, slip down to the No. 8 spot after being at No. 5 last week. X shares the No. 8 spot with the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference.
The Providence Friars meanwhile are skating on some thin ice. Losers of four of their last six, including a loss to Marquette this past week the Friars fell to No. 23 in the Top 25. Providence was able to salvage their week, like Xavier, with a victory on Saturday against the Georgetown Hoyas but trouble is certainly looming for them.
AP Top 25
Rank | Team | Record | Points |
1 | Villanova Wildcats (44) | 22-3 | 1601 |
2 | Kansas Jayhawks (21) | 21-4 | 1578 |
3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 20-4 | 1471 |
4 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 20-5 | 1349 |
5 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 21-4 | 1343 |
6 | Maryland Terrapins | 22-4 | 1248 |
7 | Virginia Cavaliers | 20-5 | 1188 |
8 | Xavier Musketeers | 22-3 | 1174 |
8 |
Michigan State Spartans | 21-5 | 1174 |
10 |
West Virginia Mountaineers |
20-5 | 1094 |
11 |
Miami-Florida Hurricanes |
20-4 | 1036 |
12 |
Arizona Wildcats |
21-5 | 823 |
13 |
Iowa State Cyclones |
18-7 | 742 |
14 |
Kentucky Wildcats |
19-6 | 692 |
15 |
Dayton Flyers |
21-3 | 681 |
16 |
Oregon Ducks |
20-6 | 529 |
17 |
Purdue Boilermakers |
20-6 | 497 |
18 |
Louisville Cardinals |
19-6 | 494 |
19 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
18-7 | 489 |
20 |
Duke Blue Devils |
19-6 | 462 |
21 |
SMU Mustangs |
21-3 | 441 |
22 |
Indiana Hoosiers |
20-6 | 232 |
23 |
Providence Friars |
19-7 | 125 |
24 |
Texas Longhorns |
16-9 | 123 |
25 |
Baylor Bears |
18-7 | 97 |