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Villanova Wildcats AP Poll History

Location: Villanova, Pennsylvania ▪ Colors: Blue & White
Record: 93 Years, 1588-904, .637 W-L%

Conferences: Big East, EAA, ECBL and Ind
Conference Champion: 8 Times (Reg. Seas.), 3 Times (Tourn.)

NCAA Tournament: 33 Years (49-33), 4 Final Fours, 1 Championship
NCAA Champion: 1985

Ranked in AP Poll: 14 Times (Preseason), 17 Times (Final), 277 Weeks (Total)

277 Polls

Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
1 2011 1 Preseason 6 NA —
2 2011 2 2010-11-15 6 6 NC
3 2011 3 2010-11-22 7 6 Down 1
4 2011 4 2010-11-29 12 7 Down 5
5 2011 5 2010-12-06 12 12 NC
6 2011 6 2010-12-13 10 12 Up 2
7 2011 7 2010-12-20 8 10 Up 2
8 2011 8 2010-12-27 8 8 NC
9 2011 9 2011-01-03 7 8 Up 1
10 2011 10 2011-01-10 7 7 NC
11 2011 11 2011-01-17 7 7 NC
12 2011 12 2011-01-24 8 7 Down 1
13 2011 13 2011-01-31 12 8 Down 4
14 2011 14 2011-02-07 9 12 Up 3
15 2011 15 2011-02-14 15 9 Down 6
16 2011 16 2011-02-21 15 15 NC
17 2011 17 2011-02-28 19 15 Down 4
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
18 2010 1 Preseason 5 NA —
19 2010 2 2009-11-16 5 5 NC
20 2010 3 2009-11-23 4 5 Up 1
21 2010 4 2009-11-30 3 4 Up 1
22 2010 5 2009-12-07 3 3 NC
23 2010 6 2009-12-14 8 3 Down 5
24 2010 7 2009-12-21 8 8 NC
25 2010 8 2009-12-28 8 8 NC
26 2010 9 2010-01-04 6 8 Up 2
27 2010 10 2010-01-11 4 6 Up 2
28 2010 11 2010-01-18 4 4 NC
29 2010 12 2010-01-25 3 4 Up 1
30 2010 13 2010-02-01 2 3 Up 1
31 2010 14 2010-02-08 4 2 Down 2
32 2010 15 2010-02-15 3 4 Up 1
33 2010 16 2010-02-22 7 3 Down 4
34 2010 17 2010-03-01 9 7 Down 2
35 2010 18 2010-03-08 10 9 Down 1
36 2010 19 Final 9 10 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
37 2009 1 Preseason 23 NA —
38 2009 2 2008-11-17 23 23 NC
39 2009 3 2008-11-24 20 23 Up 3
40 2009 4 2008-12-01 17 20 Up 3
41 2009 5 2008-12-08 15 17 Up 2
42 2009 6 2008-12-15 18 15 Down 3
43 2009 7 2008-12-22 18 18 NC
44 2009 8 2008-12-29 15 18 Up 3
45 2009 9 2009-01-05 18 15 Down 3
46 2009 10 2009-01-12 23 18 Down 5
47 2009 11 2009-01-19 20 23 Up 3
48 2009 12 2009-01-26 21 20 Down 1
49 2009 13 2009-02-02 17 21 Up 4
50 2009 14 2009-02-09 13 17 Up 4
51 2009 15 2009-02-16 12 13 Up 1
52 2009 16 2009-02-23 10 12 Up 2
53 2009 17 2009-03-02 11 10 Down 1
54 2009 18 2009-03-09 10 11 Up 1
55 2009 19 Final 11 10 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
56 2008 2 2007-11-12 24 Up 
57 2008 3 2007-11-19 20 24 Up 4
58 2008 5 2007-12-03 25 Up 
59 2008 6 2007-12-10 23 25 Up 2
60 2008 7 2007-12-17 20 23 Up 3
61 2008 8 2007-12-24 18 20 Up 2
62 2008 9 2007-12-31 17 18 Up 1
63 2008 10 2008-01-07 19 17 Down 2
64 2008 11 2008-01-14 25 19 Down 6
65 2008 12 2008-01-21 18 25 Up 7
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
66 2006 1 Preseason 5 NA —
67 2006 2 2005-11-15 5 5 NC
68 2006 3 2005-11-22 4 5 Up 1
69 2006 4 2005-11-29 4 4 NC
70 2006 5 2005-12-06 4 4 NC
71 2006 6 2005-12-13 3 4 Up 1
72 2006 7 2005-12-20 3 3 NC
73 2006 8 2005-12-27 3 3 NC
74 2006 9 2006-01-03 3 3 NC
75 2006 10 2006-01-10 3 3 NC
76 2006 11 2006-01-17 8 3 Down 5
77 2006 12 2006-01-24 6 8 Up 2
78 2006 13 2006-01-31 4 6 Up 2
79 2006 14 2006-02-07 4 4 NC
80 2006 15 2006-02-14 4 4 NC
81 2006 16 2006-02-21 2 4 Up 2
82 2006 17 2006-02-28 4 2 Down 2
83 2006 18 2006-03-07 2 4 Up 2
84 2006 19 Final 3 2 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
85 2005 13 2005-02-01 24 Up 
86 2005 14 2005-02-08 22 24 Up 2
87 2005 15 2005-02-15 25 22 Down 3
88 2005 16 2005-02-22 23 25 Up 2
89 2005 17 2005-03-01 19 23 Up 4
90 2005 18 2005-03-08 19 19 NC
91 2005 19 Final 19 19 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
92 1997 1 Preseason 7 NA —
93 1997 2 1996-11-19 6 7 Up 1
94 1997 3 1996-11-26 5 6 Up 1
95 1997 4 1996-12-03 5 5 NC
96 1997 5 1996-12-10 4 5 Up 1
97 1997 6 1996-12-17 10 4 Down 6
98 1997 7 1996-12-24 10 10 NC
99 1997 8 1996-12-31 10 10 NC
100 1997 9 1997-01-07 8 10 Up 2
101 1997 10 1997-01-14 16 8 Down 8
102 1997 11 1997-01-21 12 16 Up 4
103 1997 12 1997-01-28 14 12 Down 2
104 1997 13 1997-02-04 16 14 Down 2
105 1997 14 1997-02-11 18 16 Down 2
106 1997 15 1997-02-18 19 18 Down 1
107 1997 16 1997-02-25 18 19 Up 1
108 1997 17 1997-03-04 21 18 Down 3
109 1997 18 Final 20 21 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
110 1996 1 Preseason 3 NA —
111 1996 2 1995-11-20 3 3 NC
112 1996 3 1995-11-27 3 3 NC
113 1996 4 1995-12-04 2 3 Up 1
114 1996 5 1995-12-11 2 2 NC
115 1996 6 1995-12-18 7 2 Down 5
116 1996 7 1995-12-26 8 7 Down 1
117 1996 8 1996-01-02 8 8 NC
118 1996 9 1996-01-08 7 8 Up 1
119 1996 10 1996-01-15 7 7 NC
120 1996 11 1996-01-22 7 7 NC
121 1996 12 1996-01-29 6 7 Up 1
122 1996 13 1996-02-05 6 6 NC
123 1996 14 1996-02-12 4 6 Up 2
124 1996 15 1996-02-19 4 4 NC
125 1996 16 1996-02-26 6 4 Down 2
126 1996 17 1996-03-05 9 6 Down 3
127 1996 18 Final 10 9 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
128 1995 1 Preseason 22 NA —
129 1995 2 1994-11-21 21 22 Up 1
130 1995 3 1994-11-28 24 21 Down 3
131 1995 4 1994-12-05 24 24 NC
132 1995 5 1994-12-12 22 24 Up 2
133 1995 11 1995-01-23 22 Up 
134 1995 12 1995-01-30 19 22 Up 3
135 1995 13 1995-02-06 16 19 Up 3
136 1995 14 1995-02-13 15 16 Up 1
137 1995 15 1995-02-20 9 15 Up 6
138 1995 16 1995-02-27 11 9 Down 2
139 1995 17 1995-03-06 13 11 Down 2
140 1995 18 Final 9 13 Up 4
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
141 1991 2 1990-11-27 24 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
142 1989 1 Preseason 12 NA —
143 1989 2 1988-11-22 11 12 Up 1
144 1989 3 1988-11-29 18 11 Down 7
145 1989 4 1988-12-06 17 18 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
146 1988 10 1988-01-26 19 Up 
147 1988 12 1988-02-09 20 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
148 1985 8 1985-01-08 16 Up 
149 1985 9 1985-01-15 18 16 Down 2
150 1985 10 1985-01-22 14 18 Up 4
151 1985 11 1985-01-29 18 14 Down 4
152 1985 12 1985-02-05 19 18 Down 1
153 1985 13 1985-02-12 16 19 Up 3
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
154 1983 1 Preseason 5 NA —
155 1983 2 1982-11-30 4 5 Up 1
156 1983 3 1982-12-07 10 4 Down 6
157 1983 4 1982-12-14 19 10 Down 9
158 1983 5 1982-12-21 18 19 Up 1
159 1983 6 1982-12-28 16 18 Up 2
160 1983 7 1983-01-04 14 16 Up 2
161 1983 8 1983-01-11 15 14 Down 1
162 1983 9 1983-01-18 13 15 Up 2
163 1983 10 1983-01-25 11 13 Up 2
164 1983 11 1983-02-01 11 11 NC
165 1983 12 1983-02-08 12 11 Down 1
166 1983 13 1983-02-15 8 12 Up 4
167 1983 14 1983-02-22 7 8 Up 1
168 1983 15 1983-03-01 4 7 Up 3
169 1983 16 1983-03-08 13 4 Down 9
170 1983 17 Final 13 13 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
171 1982 4 1981-12-15 18 Up 
172 1982 5 1981-12-22 20 18 Down 2
173 1982 6 1981-12-29 19 20 Up 1
174 1982 10 1982-01-26 20 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
175 1972 1 Preseason 18 NA —
176 1972 2 1971-12-07 18 18 NC
177 1972 6 1972-01-04 14 Up 
178 1972 7 1972-01-11 11 14 Up 3
179 1972 8 1972-01-18 15 11 Down 4
180 1972 16 Final 15 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
181 1971 1 Preseason 8 NA —
182 1971 2 1970-12-08 10 8 Down 2
183 1971 3 1970-12-15 10 10 NC
184 1971 4 1970-12-22 13 10 Down 3
185 1971 5 1970-12-29 11 13 Up 2
186 1971 6 1971-01-05 14 11 Down 3
187 1971 7 1971-01-12 13 14 Up 1
188 1971 8 1971-01-19 14 13 Down 1
189 1971 9 1971-01-26 16 14 Down 2
190 1971 10 1971-02-02 17 16 Down 1
191 1971 11 1971-02-09 18 17 Down 1
192 1971 16 Final 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
193 1970 1 Preseason 9 NA —
194 1970 2 1969-12-09 12 9 Down 3
195 1970 3 1969-12-16 9 12 Up 3
196 1970 4 1969-12-23 20 9 Down 11
197 1970 10 1970-02-03 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
198 1969 1 Preseason 11 NA —
199 1969 2 1968-12-03 10 11 Up 1
200 1969 3 1968-12-10 8 10 Up 2
201 1969 4 1968-12-17 8 8 NC
202 1969 5 1968-12-24 5 8 Up 3
203 1969 6 1968-12-31 9 5 Down 4
204 1969 7 1969-01-07 9 9 NC
205 1969 8 1969-01-14 9 9 NC
206 1969 9 1969-01-21 11 9 Down 2
207 1969 10 1969-01-28 10 11 Up 1
208 1969 11 1969-02-04 8 10 Up 2
209 1969 12 1969-02-11 11 8 Down 3
210 1969 13 1969-02-18 11 11 NC
211 1969 14 1969-02-25 12 11 Down 1
212 1969 15 Final 10 12 Up 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
213 1965 1 Preseason 16 NA —
214 1965 14 1965-03-02 9 Up 
215 1965 15 Final 8 9 Up 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
216 1964 5 1963-12-31 10 Up 
217 1964 6 1964-01-07 9 10 Up 1
218 1964 7 1964-01-14 9 9 NC
219 1964 8 1964-01-21 7 9 Up 2
220 1964 9 1964-01-28 6 7 Up 1
221 1964 10 1964-02-04 6 6 NC
222 1964 11 1964-02-11 8 6 Down 2
223 1964 12 1964-02-18 5 8 Up 3
224 1964 13 1964-02-25 8 5 Down 3
225 1964 14 1964-03-03 7 8 Up 1
226 1964 15 Final 7 7 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
227 1962 4 1962-01-02 5 Up 
228 1962 5 1962-01-09 6 5 Down 1
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
229 1960 1 1959-12-22 15 NA —
230 1960 2 1959-12-29 17 15 Down 2
231 1960 3 1960-01-05 16 17 Up 1
232 1960 4 1960-01-12 9 16 Up 7
233 1960 5 1960-01-19 8 9 Up 1
234 1960 6 1960-01-26 8 8 NC
235 1960 7 1960-02-02 8 8 NC
236 1960 8 1960-02-09 8 8 NC
237 1960 9 1960-02-16 9 8 Down 1
238 1960 10 1960-02-23 12 9 Down 3
239 1960 11 1960-03-01 17 12 Down 5
240 1960 12 Final 17 17 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
241 1959 3 1958-12-23 15 Up 
242 1959 5 1959-01-06 18 Up 
243 1959 7 1959-01-20 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
244 1955 5 1955-01-04 17 Up 
245 1955 9 1955-02-01 17 Up 
246 1955 10 1955-02-08 19 17 Down 2
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
247 1953 10 1953-02-17 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
248 1952 1 1951-12-10 15 NA —
249 1952 2 1951-12-17 18 15 Down 3
250 1952 3 1951-12-25 14 18 Up 4
251 1952 12 1952-02-26 19 Up 
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
252 1951 1 1950-12-19 18 NA —
253 1951 2 1950-12-26 7 18 Up 11
254 1951 3 1951-01-03 8 7 Down 1
255 1951 4 1951-01-09 16 8 Down 8
256 1951 5 1951-01-16 11 16 Up 5
257 1951 6 1951-01-23 11 11 NC
258 1951 7 1951-01-30 11 11 NC
259 1951 8 1951-02-06 9 11 Up 2
260 1951 9 1951-02-13 10 9 Down 1
261 1951 10 1951-02-20 15 10 Down 5
262 1951 11 1951-02-27 15 15 NC
263 1951 12 Final 20 15 Down 5
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
264 1950 1 1950-01-05 13 NA —
265 1950 2 1950-01-10 17 13 Down 4
266 1950 3 1950-01-17 18 17 Down 1
267 1950 4 1950-01-24 19 18 Down 1
268 1950 7 1950-02-14 15 Up 
269 1950 9 1950-02-28 11 Up 
270 1950 10 Final 11 11 NC
Rk Year Wk Date Rk Prev Chng
271 1949 1 1949-01-18 9 NA —
272 1949 2 1949-01-25 8 9 Up 1
273 1949 3 1949-02-01 7 8 Up 1
274 1949 4 1949-02-08 13 7 Down 6
275 1949 5 1949-02-15 15 13 Down 2
276 1949 7 1949-03-01 17 Up 
277 1949 8 Final 14 17 Up 3