Villanova avoided joining the eight schools that spent only a week at No. 1 as the Wildcats (22-3), for the second week in a row, top The Associated Press Top 25.
The Wildcats received 44 first-place votes, more than doubling No. 2 Kansas' 21 first-place votes.
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Oklahoma, Iowa and North Carolina rounded out the top five.
Meantime, Duke (19-6), which saw its run of being ranked in 167 consecutive polls dating to 2006-07 end two weeks ago, returned to the Top 25 at No.