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virginia basketballVirginia scored another signature win on Saturday, and bumped up a couple of spots in the national polls as a result.

The Cavs (17-4, 6-3 ACC) moved up to ninth in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll.

UVA won a pair of ACC road games last week, defeating Wake Forest, 72-71, on Tuesday, and then-#16 Louisville, 63-47, on Saturday.

North Carolina (19-2, 8-0 ACC) held the top spot in the USA Today poll, and Oklahoma (18-2) remains atop the AP poll.

Villanova (18-3) is third in the AP poll, with Maryland (19-3) third in the coaches poll.

Iowa (17-4) is fifth in the AP poll, with Xavier (19-2) fifth in the coaches poll.

The big news of the week is who isn’t in either poll: Duke (15-6, 4-4 ACC) dropped out of both after losing its only game last week, 80-69 at Miami on Monday.

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Oklahoma (45) 18-2 1,605
2 North Carolina (20) 19-2 1,578
3 Villanova 18-3 1,384
4 Maryland 19-3 1,366
5 Iowa 17-4 1,362
6 Xavier 19-2 1,344
7 Kansas 17-4 1,233
8 Texas A&M 18-3 1,169
9 Virginia 17-4 1,086
10 Michigan State 19-4 1,018
11 Providence 18-4 900
12 SMU 19-1 853
13 Iowa State 16-5 851
14 West Virginia 17-4 814
15 Baylor 17-4 728
16 Oregon 18-4 551
17 Miami (FL) 16-4 537
18 Purdue 19-4 511
19 Louisville 17-4 478
20 Kentucky 16-5 429
21 Wichita St 16-5 323
22 Indiana 18-4 270
23 Arizona 17-5 245
24 Dayton 18-3 168
25 South Carolina 19-2 87
USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 North Carolina (18) 19-2 786
2 Oklahoma (14) 18-2 780
3 Maryland 19-3 667
4 Villanova 18-3 657
5 Xavier 19-2 650
6 Kansas 17-4 627
7 Iowa 17-4 618
8 Texas A&M 18-3 594
9 Virginia 17-4 564
10 Michigan State 19-4 517
11 Providence 18-4 464
12 West Virginia 17-4 374
13 Baylor 17-4 366
14 Iowa State 16-5 321
15 Miami (FL) 16-4 313
16 Purdue 19-4 278
17 Oregon 18-4 239
18 Louisville 17-4 237
19 Kentucky 16-5 223
20 Arizona 17-5 206
21 Indiana 18-4 200
22 Wichita St 16-5 163
23 South Carolina 19-2 156
24 Dayton 18-3 120
25 Saint Mary’s 18-2 61

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