After getting two huge wins over the weekend and becoming the Continental Tire Main Event Champions out in Las Vegas, the Virginia Cavaliers jumped a whopping eleven spots in the AP Top-25 poll from #16 to #5. With Baylor ranked seventh and Illinois taking UVA’s spot at #16, clearly the voters saw serious value in the Wahoos’ pair of victories. That’s probably partially due to each of those squads beating new #19 UCLA.
Believe it or not, UVA also received one first place vote and, while that pales in comparison to the 47 that #1 North Carolina got, it’s at least worth noting that the Cavaliers are in that conversation to some extent.