After the Villanova Wildcats finished the week 1-1 against teams from Ohio, the team has dropped seven spots to #17 in the latest AP Poll. The fall wasn’t unexpected given the blow-out nature of Villanova’s loss to Ohio State, but it was possibly lessened by a quick and decisive turnaround victory over Ohio University.
But it wasn’t the Wildcats of the mainline that had the largest fall in this week’s poll. The Kentucky Wildcats fell eight spots after losing at home to unranked Evansville. And also credit to Villanova, the poll’s largest riser was Ohio State who jumped six spots into the Top 10.