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College basketball rankings: Villanova rises to No. 6 in pre-NCAA Tournament AP Poll

While most of the attention is now on the NCAA Tournament seeding number next to a team’s name, there is one final set of college basketball rankings until a national champion is crowned.

In the last AP poll until the end of the NCAA Tournament, the Villanova Wildcats rose to No. 6.

After winning another Big East Tournament, Villanova’s fifth since conference realignment to improve to 26-7 overall, the ‘Cats have now attained their highest ranking since Dec. 6, when they were previously ranked sixth in the country.

The top two teams, Gonzaga and Arizona, hold firm for another week.