Week 14 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has fallen out of the top 15 after an 0-2 week that included a road loss at DePaul and a home loss against Villanova. The Friars are now 6-5 in Big East play and will travel to Milwaukee for a Wednesday night game against Marquette before returning home to take on Georgetown on Saturday. This is the first time Providence has been ranked in the AP Poll for 11 straight weeks since the 1977-78 season when the Friars spent the final 13 weeks ranked in the AP Top 25. The Friars moved from 11th to 20th in the AP Poll and from 11th to t-17th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.
The Big East
- Villanova: AP 1 (Prv: 3), Coaches’ 1 (Prv: 4)
- Xavier: AP 5 (Prv: 6), Coaches’ 4 (Prv: 5)
- Providence: AP 20 (Prv: 11), Coaches’ t-17 (Prv: 11)
- Others Receiving Votes: Butler (Coaches’ NRV (Prv: 34th)), Seton Hall (Coaches’ 31st (Prv: 43rd)
Providence’s Non-Conference Opponents
- Michigan State: AP 8 (Prv: 10), Coaches’ 9 (Prv: 10)
- Arizona: AP 17 (Prv: 23), Coaches’ 14 (Prv: 20)
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