Week 16 of the college basketball polls have been released and Providence has dropped out of the AP Top 25, while remaining in the USA Today Coaches’ Top 25 after an 0-1 week that included a road loss at Xavier. The Friars are now 7-7 in Big East play and will travel to New Jersey for a Thursday night game against Seton Hall before returning home to take on DePaul at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Saturday. This breaks a 12 week streak of Providence being ranked in the Top 25 of the AP Poll, the longest such streak since the 1977-78 Friars were ranked for 13 consecutive weeks in the AP Poll. The Friars moved from 23rd to 27th in the AP Poll and from 20th to 24th in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll this week.

The Big East

• Villanova: AP 1 (Prv: 1), Coaches’ 1 (Prv: 1)
• Xavier: AP 5 (Prv: 8), Coaches’ 4 (Prv: 7)
• Providence: AP 27 (Prv: 23), Coaches’ 24 (Prv: 20)
• Others Receiving Votes: Seton Hall (Coaches’ 34th (Prv: 37th))

Providence’s Non-Conference Opponents

• Michigan State: AP 6 (Prv: 8), Coaches’ 7 (Prv: 9)
• Arizona: AP 9 (Prv: 12), Coaches’ 10 (Prv: 12)

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