The recent US News rankings were based on CDS data from 2015-2016 (application data from 2014-2015). The data they us
Villanova’s CDS for 2016-2017 came out last month and is significantly better (based on last year’s application data).
So I think there is a good chance it will move up somewhat next year.
And it should go up even more in September, 2018 as the CDS for 2017-2018 (this years application class) will improve even more as students will be applying and enrolling after two key facts: Villanova winning the National Championship and VSB getting the number 1 business school ranking.