The long and short of it is that the new NET rankings are out for the first time this season, and Xavier isn’t exactly at the top. The Musketeers certainly sit at 8-2 (1-2 in the Big East) and are coming off their first two losses of the season. Xavier is 54th in the KenPom, 45th in Bart Torvik, and a nine seed according to Bracket Matrix.
That is the mix of good and bad news surrounding Xavier prior to these rankings. The bad news from the NET is that Xavier is 46th. That puts them down around Purdue and Virginia, who are having equally uneven seasons, but far behind the Big East’s top team, Villanova, who comes in at fifth.