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Xavier didn't lose, so there was only a small chance they would drop, but that doesn't make seeing X in the top 10 any less cool. The polls remain, of course, an exercise in absurdity, and we'll let a tweet from Kim Adams illustrate that.
Villanova moves up three spots to #3 with win at St. John's but Xavier only moves up one spot to #6 with win at then #10 Providence?
— Kim Adams (@Kim_Adams1) February 1, 2016
For those of you who may have forgotten, St. John's is hot garbage this year and Providence is still 11th in the nation. Why? Because just nine days ago they went to Nova and won. It follows then, that the team that beats the diaper fire that is the Red Storm deserves to move up more than the team that won two road games, one of them in the top 10. Also, someone voted for Stony Brook. These things are so stupid.
AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma Sooners (45) | 18-2 | 1605 |
| 2 | North Carolina Tar Heels (20) | 20-2 | 1578 |
| 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 18-3 | 1384 |
| 4 | Maryland Terrapins | 19-3 | 1366 |
| 5 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 17-4 | 1362 |
| 6 | Xavier Musketeers | 19-2 | 1344 |
| 7 | Kansas Jayhawks | 17-4 | 1233 |
| 8 | Texas A&M Aggies | 18-3 | 1169 |
| 9 | Virginia Cavaliers | 17-4 | 1086 |
| 10 | Michigan State Spartans | 19-4 | 1018 |
| 11 | Providence Friars | 18-4 | 900 |
| 12 | SMU Mustangs | 19-1 | 853 |
| 13 | Iowa State Cyclones | 16-5 | 851 |
| 14 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 17-4 | 814 |
| 15 | Baylor Bears | 17-4 | 728 |
| 16 | Oregon Ducks | 18-4 | 551 |
| 17 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 16-4 | 537 |
| 18 | Purdue Boilermakers | 19-4 | 511 |
| 19 | Louisville Cardinals | 17-4 | 478 |
| 20 | Kentucky Wildcats | 16-6 | 429 |
| 21 | Wichita State Shockers | 16-5 | 323 |
| 22 | Indiana Hoosiers | 18-4 | 270 |
| 23 | Arizona Wildcats | 17-5 | 245 |
| 24 | Dayton Flyers | 18-3 | 168 |
| 25 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 19-2 | 87 |
| Others Receiving Votes: St. Mary's (18-2) 63; Southern California (17-5) 40; VCU (16-5) 33; Utah (17-5) 33; Notre Dame (15-6) 21; Michigan (17-5) 21; Valparaiso (19-4) 7; Duke (15-6) 6; Pittsburgh (17-4) 4; Florida (14-7) 3; Saint Joseph's (18-3) 1; Stony Brook (17-4) 1; San Diego State (16-6) 1; Texas (14-7) 1 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina (18) | 19-2 | 786 |
| 2 | Oklahoma (14) | 18-2 | 780 |
| 3 | Maryland | 19-3 | 667 |
| 4 | Villanova | 18-3 | 657 |
| 5 | Xavier | 19-2 | 650 |
| 6 | Kansas | 17-4 | 627 |
| 7 | Iowa | 17-4 | 618 |
| 8 | Texas A&M | 18-3 | 594 |
| 9 | Virginia | 17-4 | 564 |
| 10 | Michigan St | 19-4 | 517 |
| 11 | Providence | 18-4 | 464 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 17-4 | 374 |
| 13 | Baylor | 17-4 | 366 |
| 14 | Iowa St. | 16-5 | 321 |
| 15 | Miami-Florida | 16-4 | 313 |
| 16 | Purdue | 19-4 | 278 |
| 17 | Oregon | 18-4 | 239 |
| 18 | Louisville | 17-4 | 237 |
| 19 | Kentucky | 16-5 | 223 |
| 20 | Arizona | 17-5 | 206 |
| 21 | Indiana | 18-4 | 200 |
| 22 | Wichita St. | 16-5 | 163 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 19-2 | 156 |
| 24 | Dayton | 18-3 | 120 |
| 25 | St. Mary's | 18-2 | 61 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Pittsburgh 42; Duke 27; Utah 21; Michigan 19; Notre Dame 17; Southern California 16; Virginia Commonwealth 16; Gonzaga 13; Butler 8; Monmouth 8; Valparaiso 8; Texas 7; St. Joseph's 5; Florida 4; California 3; Clemson 2; Alabama at Birmingham 1; Seton Hall 1; Washington 1. | |||