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The polls, brought to you by the magic of HTML:
| AP Top 25 | Coaches Poll | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS | RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Virginia (30) | 23-2 | 1,557 | 1 | Michigan State (17) | 24-3 | 763 |
| 2 | Michigan State (21) | 24-3 | 1,527 | 2 | Villanova (8) | 23-2 | 742 |
| 3 | Villanova (9) | 23-2 | 1,518 | 3 | Virginia (5) | 23-2 | 736 |
| 4 | Xavier (5) | 23-3 | 1,465 | 4 | Xavier (1) | 23-3 | 719 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 23-2 | 1,359 | 5 | Cincinnati (1) | 23-2 | 675 |
| 6 | Purdue | 23-4 | 1,269 | 6 | Texas Tech | 21-4 | 604 |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 21-4 | 1,258 | 7 | Purdue | 23-4 | 601 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 22-5 | 1,094 | 8 | Gonzaga | 23-4 | 542 |
| 9 | Gonzaga | 23-4 | 1,063 | 9 | Ohio State | 22-5 | 517 |
| 10 | Auburn | 22-3 | 1,025 | 10 | Duke | 20-5 | 486 |
| 11 | Clemson | 20-4 | 945 | 11 | Auburn | 22-3 | 447 |
| 12 | Duke | 20-5 | 942 | 12 | Clemson | 20-4 | 424 |
| 13 | Kansas | 19-6 | 816 | 13 | Kansas | 19-6 | 393 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 19-7 | 763 | 14 | Rhode Island | 20-3 | 342 |
| 15 | Saint Mary's | 24-3 | 683 | 15 | Saint Mary's | 24-3 | 341 |
| 16 | Rhode Island | 20-3 | 666 | 16 | North Carolina | 19-7 | 314 |
| 17 | Arizona | 20-6 | 594 | 17 | Tennessee | 18-6 | 290 |
| 18 | Tennessee | 18-6 | 580 | 18 | Wichita State | 19-5 | 250 |
| 19 | Wichita State | 19-5 | 495 | 19 | Arizona | 20-6 | 237 |
| 20 | West Virginia | 18-7 | 339 | 20 | West Virginia | 18-7 | 184 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 17-8 | 241 | 21 | Michigan | 20-7 | 174 |
| 22 | Michigan | 20-7 | 239 | 22 | Arizona State | 19-6 | 88 |
| 23 | Oklahoma | 16-8 | 152 | 23 | Oklahoma | 16-8 | 87 |
| 24 | Nevada | 21-5 | 87 | 24 | Nevada | 21-5 | 76 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 19-6 | 83 | 25 | Creighton | 18-7 | 62 |
The story of the season is written in March, but this isn’t a bad lead up to that all-important final chapter. Xavier has never been ranked this high in the polls. This is the first time since early in the 1997-1998 season that the Muskies have gotten a #1 vote in the AP poll, and the first time ever they’ve gotten more than one.
Xavier’s upward trajectory faces a make or break week this week, as the Muskies host Seton Hall and #3 Villanova. A couple of wins there would propel the program to further hitherto unreached heights, including possibly a 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.