[81alum]

Help me understand how Villanova is ranked 10th in the country?

They have not beaten a single ranked team all year except Princeton which was ranked 24 preseason (21 when they played in game 2 in early November). Princeton dropped out after week 1 and is not ranked.

Villanova has lost to UConn 3 times and to all other ranked teams. None of the teams they've beaten are ranked.

Compare them to UCLA - beat Stanford, Arizona, and came close to beating South Carolina. Now ranked 17th.

Does not make sense to me. And Villanova's rankings is what gives UConn such a high score.

I think you've answered your own question.

Massey has Villanova at 19, NET at 12.  Their strength of schedule is 44th.  

Looking into Massey's numbers, Villanova had no bad losses, losing to UConn 3 times, Baylor at 28th, Creighton at 25th, and Iowa State at 21st.   Its best wins were two wins against Creighton, and a win against South Florida at 34th.  I think Massey probably has them about right around 20, but their NCAA resume is weaker than that.  The NET and the polls seem to have wildly inflated their results.  The NET must be giving them credit for the 3 single digit losses to UConn, given that NET takes into account scoring margin, offensive and defensive efficiency, etc.

[81alum]

Help me understand how Villanova is ranked 10th in the country?

They have not beaten a single ranked team all year except Princeton which was ranked 24 preseason (21 when they played in game 2 in early November). Princeton dropped out after week 1 and is not ranked.

Villanova has lost to UConn 3 times and to all other ranked teams. None of the teams they've beaten are ranked.

Compare them to UCLA - beat Stanford, Arizona, and came close to beating South Carolina. Now ranked 17th.

Does not make sense to me. And Villanova's rankings is what gives UConn such a high score.

I think you've answered your own question.

Massey has Villanova at 19, NET at 12.  Their strength of schedule is 44th.  

Looking into Massey's numbers, Villanova had no bad losses, losing to UConn 3 times, Baylor at 28th, Creighton at 25th, and Iowa State at 21st.   Its best wins were two wins against Creighton, and a win against South Florida at 34th.  I think Massey probably has them about right around 20, but their NCAA resume is weaker than that.  The NET and the polls seem to have wildly inflated their results.  The NET must be giving them credit for the 3 single digit losses to UConn, given that NET takes into account scoring margin, offensive and defensive efficiency, etc.