The outright Big East regular-season champion Xavier Musketeers (27-4, 15-3 in the Big East) remain a program-best No. 3, while the outright AAC regular-season champion Cincinnati Bearcats (27-4, 16-2 in the AAC) climbed to No. 8 in the latest AP Top 25 - three weeks after the two teams appeared together in the top 5 of the AP poll for the first time ever.
Last week, Xavier ranked No. 3 in the AP poll, and the Bearcats ranked No. 10. And interestingly, Xavier's Big East foe, Villanova, which ranked one spot below Xavier last week at No.