The Villanova Wildcats improved to 3-0 last week and held their ground as the #5 team in the AP Poll on Monday. Despite picking up a few more votes from the last poll, it wasn’t enough to move Nova above the Michigan State Spartans who fell from #2 to #4 after losing to #1 Duke. Villanova has now spent multiple weeks in the poll’s Top 5 in each of the last five seasons.
The Big East now features three teams in the Top 20. Xavier got an impressive win at Wisconsin to hold at #15, while Seton Hall improved two spots and is ranked #20.