Both the USA Today and the AP polls are out for the college basketball preseason, and they both agree on Xavier. Actually they both agree on all of the Big East teams represented in the top 25. Villanova slots in at number six in both, Xavier is 17th, and Seton Hall comes in 23rd. That solidity speaks well to the fact that people are settled on the Big East holding a large part of the top 25.
Of course, as we do love to point out, none of this really matters. Before a ball is tipped, it is almost impossible to know who is actually amongst the top teams in the nation.