With its biggest week of the season before it, Virginia is ranked a season-best third in the Associated Press and USA Today national polls.
The Cavaliers (21-5, 10-4 ACC) won their only game last week, a 73-53 win on Feb. 22 over NC State.
UVA faces Miami (21-5, 10-4 ACC), ranked 11th in the USA Today poll and 12th in the AP poll, tonight at 7 p.m.
Villanova (24-3) was ranked first in both polls for the third straight week. Kansas (23-4) is second in both polls.
North Carolina (22-5, 11-3 ACC), which faces Virginia in Charlottesville on Saturday, is sixth in the coaches poll and seventh in the writers poll.
| AP Top 25 | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Villanova (45) | 24-3 | 1,604 |
| 2 | Kansas (20) | 23-4 | 1,580 |
| 3 | Virginia | 21-5 | 1,393 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 21-5 | 1,393 |
| 5 | Xavier | 24-3 | 1,368 |
| 6 | Michigan State | 22-5 | 1,346 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 22-5 | 1,241 |
| 8 | Iowa | 20-6 | 1,144 |
| 9 | Arizona | 22-5 | 1,028 |
| 10 | Maryland | 23-5 | 976 |
| 11 | Louisville | 21-6 | 902 |
| 12 | Miami (FL) | 21-5 | 851 |
| 13 | Oregon | 21-6 | 842 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 20-7 | 772 |
| 15 | Duke | 20-7 | 674 |
| 16 | Kentucky | 20-7 | 627 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 19-8 | 616 |
| 18 | Indiana | 22-6 | 571 |
| 19 | Baylor | 20-7 | 521 |
| 20 | Purdue | 21-7 | 357 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 20-7 | 283 |
| 22 | Utah | 21-7 | 253 |
| 23 | Notre Dame | 18-8 | 185 |
| 24 | SMU | 22-4 | 154 |
| 25 | Texas | 17-10 | 104 |
| USA Today Coaches Poll | |||
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Villanova (25) | 24-3 | 792 |
| 2 | Kansas (7) | 23-4 | 751 |
| 3 | Virginia | 21-5 | 679 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 21-5 | 668 |
| 5 | Xavier | 24-3 | 652 |
| 6 | North Carolina | 22-5 | 639 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 22-5 | 626 |
| 8 | Iowa | 20-6 | 561 |
| 9 | Maryland | 23-5 | 527 |
| 10 | Arizona | 22-5 | 512 |
| 11 | Miami (FL) | 21-5 | 466 |
| 12 | West Virginia | 20-7 | 366 |
| 13 | Oregon | 21-6 | 365 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 20-7 | 333 |
| 15 | Indiana | 22-6 | 317 |
| 16 | Baylor | 20-7 | 305 |
| 17 | Iowa State | 19-8 | 304 |
| 18 | Duke | 20-7 | 303 |
| 19 | Purdue | 21-7 | 245 |
| 20 | Notre Dame | 18-8 | 176 |
| 21 | Texas A&M | 20-7 | 172 |
| 22 | Dayton | 21-5 | 121 |
| 23 | Utah | 21-7 | 120 |
| 24 | Providence | 19-8 | 102 |
| 25 | Texas | 17-10 | 66 |
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