Mick Cronin believes his Bearcats (15-2, 5-0 American Athletic Conference) only won on the scoreboard at East Carolina Sunday. He also wasn't happy his squad let SMU back into the game at home Thursday, but UC reached a season-high No. 20 ranking in the AP Top 25 poll anyway, up from No. 22.
Just before Xavier (13-4, 3-2 Big East) hosts Creighton, the Musketeers saw their ranking plummet after two losses at then-No. 3 Villanova and then No. 12 Butler.
Xavier took UC's old place at No. 22, down from 15. Villanova is now the new No.