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Despite a home loss to Georgetown, Xavier remained in the top 10 in both of the national medial polls this week. The Musketeers landed seventh in the AP Poll and eighth in the USA Today poll after going 1-1 on the week. The computers were not nearly so kind to Coach Mack's squad, who fell from eighth in the KenPom to 17th as of today. Fellow Big East teams Villanova and Providence join Xavier in the top 10.
A quick shoutout to this week's poll hero, Fletcher Mackel of WDSU-TV New Orleans, who voted for Grand Canyon this week. The Antelopes have beaten exactly two teams in the top 100 of the KenPom rankings and have seven wins over sub 300 opponents. Great stuff, Fletcher, you're definitely an informed voter.
AP Top 25 Poll
| Rank | Team | Record | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners (36) | 16-2 | 1592 |
| 2 | North Carolina Tar Heels (29) | 19-2 | 1586 |
| 3 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 16-3 | 1473 |
| 4 | Kansas Jayhawks | 16-3 | 1369 |
| 5 | Texas A&M Aggies | 17-2 | 1332 |
| 6 | Villanova Wildcats | 17-3 | 1261 |
| 7 | Xavier Musketeers | 17-2 | 1186 |
| 8 | Maryland Terrapins | 17-3 | 1111 |
| 9 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 16-3 | 1105 |
| 10 | Providence Friars | 17-3 | 1005 |
| 11 | Virginia Cavaliers | 15-4 | 903 |
| 12 | Michigan State Spartans | 17-4 | 869 |
| 13 | SMU Mustangs | 18-1 | 838 |
| 14 | Iowa State Cyclones | 15-4 | 792 |
| 15 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 15-3 | 753 |
| 16 | Louisville Cardinals | 16-3 | 719 |
| 17 | Baylor Bears | 15-4 | 594 |
| 18 | Arizona Wildcats | 16-4 | 502 |
| 19 | Indiana Hoosiers | 17-3 | 466 |
| 20 | Kentucky Wildcats | 15-5 | 403 |
| 21 | Purdue Boilermakers | 17-4 | 328 |
| 22 | Wichita State Shockers | 14-5 | 151 |
| 23 | Oregon Ducks | 16-4 | 149 |
| 24 | Duke Blue Devils | 15-5 | 145 |
| 25 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 14-5 | 136 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, St. Mary's 42, Pittsburgh 38, USC 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Valparaiso 9, Hawaii 9, Utah 5, Connecticut 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Navy 1, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina (23) | 18-2 | 791 |
| 2 | Oklahoma (9) | 16-2 | 766 |
| 3 | Kansas | 16-3 | 680 |
| 4 | Iowa | 16-3 | 677 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 17-2 | 650 |
| 6 | Villanova | 17-3 | 591 |
| 7 | Maryland | 17-3 | 581 |
| 8 | Xavier | 17-2 | 580 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 16-3 | 503 |
| 10 | Providence | 17-3 | 452 |
| 11 | Michigan St | 17-4 | 445 |
| 12 | Virginia | 15-4 | 430 |
| 13 | Miami-Florida | 15-3 | 412 |
| 14 | Louisville | 16-3 | 384 |
| 15 | Arizona | 16-4 | 341 |
| 16 | Iowa St. | 15-4 | 312 |
| 17 | Indiana | 17-3 | 290 |
| 18 | Baylor | 15-4 | 281 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 15-4 | 242 |
| 20 | Duke | 15-5 | 183 |
| 21 | Purdue | 17-4 | 150 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 17-2 | 137 |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | 16-3 | 118 |
| 24 | Oregon | 16-4 | 90 |
| 25 | Wichita St. | 14-5 | 60 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Dayton 49; Saint Mary's 31; Clemson 30; Notre Dame 20; Gonzaga 17; Butler 15; Southern California 14; Connecticut 11; California 10; Michigan 10; Washington 7; Valparaiso 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; LSU 6; Arkansas-Little Rock 5; Alabama at Birmingham 4; Utah 4; Monmouth 3; Texas 3; St. Joseph?s 2; Oregon State 1. | |||