Appearances in the AP Top 10
: 1949 to 2018
Rk |
Team |
App* |
Pct* |
Avg Rk |
High Rk |
1. |
Kentucky |
685 |
58.8% |
4.4 |
1 |
2. |
North Carolina |
669 |
57.5% |
4.6 |
1 |
3. |
Duke |
656 |
56.4% |
4.6 |
1 |
4. |
Kansas |
541 |
46.5% |
4.6 |
1 |
5. |
UCLA |
461 |
39.6% |
4.0 |
1 |
6. |
Arizona |
299 |
25.7% |
5.5 |
1 |
7. |
Louisville |
288 |
24.7% |
6.1 |
1 |
8. |
Indiana |
282 |
24.2% |
4.7 |
1 |
9. |
Syracuse |
255 |
21.9% |
5.9 |
1 |
10. |
Ohio State |
226 |
19.4% |
4.7 |
1 |
|
Michigan State |
226 |
19.4% |
5.8 |
1 |
12. |
Illinois |
225 |
19.3% |
5.9 |
1 |
13. |
Cincinnati |
210 |
18.0% |
4.7 |
1 |
|
Villanova |
210 |
18.0% |
5.7 |
1 |
15. |
Michigan |
200 |
17.2% |
5.0 |
1 |
16. |
Connecticut |
196 |
16.8% |
4.9 |
1 |
17. |
Maryland |
186 |
16.0% |
5.5 |
2 |
18. |
Notre Dame |
166 |
14.3% |
6.3 |
1 |
19. |
Marquette |
163 |
14.0% |
5.5 |
1 |
20. |
NC State |
162 |
13.9% |
5.6 |
1 |
21. |
Georgetown |
160 |
13.7% |
5.5 |
1 |
22. |
Oklahoma |
159 |
13.7% |
5.7 |
1 |
23. |
Florida |
144 |
12.4% |
6.1 |
1 |
24. |
St. John's (NY) |
137 |
11.8% |
7.0 |
1 |
25. |
Virginia |
129 |
11.1% |
4.8 |
1 |
26. |
Purdue |
126 |
10.8% |
6.8 |
2 |
27. |
UNLV |
123 |
10.6% |
5.1 |
1 |
28. |
Iowa |
121 |
10.4% |
6.8 |
1 |
29. |
Pittsburgh |
119 |
10.2% |
5.5 |
1 |
|
Oklahoma State |
119 |
10.2% |
5.8 |
1 |
31. |
Arkansas |
118 |
10.1% |
5.1 |
1 |
32. |
Memphis |
113 |
9.7% |
4.9 |
1 |
33. |
Missouri |
111 |
9.5% |
6.3 |
1 |
34. |
Kansas State |
108 |
9.3% |
5.2 |
1 |
35. |
Wake Forest |
107 |
9.2% |
6.1 |
1 |
36. |
West Virginia |
100 |
8.6% |
6.6 |
1 |
|
Alabama |
100 |
8.6% |
7.1 |
1 |
38. |
Utah |
99 |
8.5% |
6.9 |
2 |
39. |
DePaul (IL) |
97 |
8.3% |
4.6 |
1 |
|
Gonzaga |
97 |
8.3% |
6.2 |
1 |
41. |
Stanford |
95 |
8.2% |
4.6 |
1 |
|
Texas |
95 |
8.2% |
5.9 |
1 |
43. |
Tennessee |
93 |
8.0% |
7.3 |
1 |
44. |
Bradley (IL) |
92 |
7.9% |
5.5 |
1 |
45. |
San Francisco |
87 |
7.5% |
4.4 |
1 |
|
Vanderbilt |
87 |
7.5% |
6.5 |
2 |
47. |
Minnesota |
83 |
7.1% |
6.6 |
2 |
48. |
LSU |
78 |
6.7% |
7.2 |
2 |
49. |
Wichita State |
73 |
6.3% |
6.1 |
1 |
50. |
Houston |
71 |
6.1% |
4.9 |
1 |
51. |
Duquesne (PA) |
66 |
5.7% |
5.3 |
1 |
|
Georgia Tech |
66 |
5.7% |
6.4 |
1 |
53. |
Wisconsin |
64 |
5.5% |
5.9 |
1 |
54. |
USC |
63 |
5.4% |
6.7 |
2 |
55. |
Temple |
61 |
5.2% |
6.3 |
1 |
56. |
Western Kentucky |
60 |
5.2% |
6.9 |
3 |
57. |
South Carolina |
59 |
5.1% |
5.3 |
1 |
58. |
Oregon State |
58 |
5.0% |
5.9 |
1 |
|
Providence (RI) |
58 |
5.0% |
7.0 |
3 |
60. |
Davidson (NC) |
54 |
4.6% |
6.3 |
2 |
61. |
St. Bonaventure (NY) |
52 |
4.5% |
5.2 |
2 |
62. |
Washington |
51 |
4.4% |
6.8 |
2 |
|
Mississippi State |
51 |
4.4% |
7.1 |
3 |
64. |
La Salle (PA) |
50 |
4.3% |
5.0 |
1 |
|
Xavier (OH) |
50 |
4.3% |
7.5 |
3 |
66. |
Auburn |
49 |
4.2% |
6.2 |
2 |
67. |
Massachusetts |
48 |
4.1% |
4.4 |
1 |
68. |
Saint Louis |
47 |
4.0% |
6.5 |
1 |
69. |
Seton Hall (NJ) |
45 |
3.9% |
6.2 |
1 |
70. |
Long Beach State |
43 |
3.7% |
6.8 |
3 |
71. |
Penn |
41 |
3.5% |
6.3 |
2 |
|
New Mexico |
41 |
3.5% |
7.0 |
3 |
|
Iowa State |
41 |
3.5% |
7.2 |
3 |
74. |
Saint Joseph's (PA) |
40 |
3.4% |
4.8 |
1 |
75. |
Loyola Chicago |
38 |
3.3% |
4.2 |
1 |
|
Arizona State |
38 |
3.3% |
5.9 |
3 |
77. |
UTEP |
36 |
3.1% |
6.4 |
2 |
78. |
SMU |
33 |
2.8% |
5.9 |
2 |
|
Baylor |
33 |
2.8% |
6.1 |
1 |
80. |
BYU |
32 |
2.7% |
7.6 |
3 |
81. |
Oregon |
29 |
2.5% |
7.7 |
4 |
82. |
Holy Cross (MA) |
27 |
2.3% |
5.6 |
1 |
|
Jacksonville |
27 |
2.3% |
6.4 |
3 |
|
Boston College |
27 |
2.3% |
7.7 |
3 |
|
Texas A&M |
27 |
2.3% |
8.1 |
5 |
86. |
Dayton (OH) |
26 |
2.2% |
5.0 |
2 |
|
Florida State |
26 |
2.2% |
8.1 |
2 |
88. |
George Washington (DC) |
25 |
2.1% |
7.8 |
5 |
89. |
San Diego State |
21 |
1.8% |
6.6 |
4 |
|
Clemson |
21 |
1.8% |
7.7 |
2 |
|
Miami (FL) |
21 |
1.8% |
7.7 |
2 |
92. |
New Mexico State |
20 |
1.7% |
6.1 |
3 |
|
Columbia (NY) |
20 |
1.7% |
6.6 |
3 |
94. |
Seattle |
19 |
1.6% |
7.5 |
4 |
95. |
Indiana State |
16 |
1.4% |
3.9 |
1 |
|
Princeton (NJ) |
16 |
1.4% |
6.7 |
3 |
97. |
Long Island (NY) |
15 |
1.3% |
4.5 |
2 |
|
Washington State |
15 |
1.3% |
7.3 |
4 |
|
Bowling Green (OH) |
15 |
1.3% |
8.6 |
7 |
100. |
California |
13 |
1.1% |
3.2 |
2 |
101. |
Santa Clara |
12 |
1.0% |
4.3 |
2 |
|
Tulsa |
12 |
1.0% |
8.7 |
6 |
103. |
Rutgers |
10 |
0.9% |
5.1 |
3 |
|
Texas Tech |
10 |
0.9% |
7.9 |
6 |
|
Colorado |
10 |
0.9% |
8.3 |
6 |
|
Louisiana |
10 |
0.9% |
8.4 |
7 |
|
Fordham (NY) |
10 |
0.9% |
8.7 |
7 |
|
Creighton (NE) |
10 |
0.9% |
9.3 |
7 |
109. |
New York |
9 |
0.8% |
6.8 |
2 |
|
Wyoming |
9 |
0.8% |
7.6 |
5 |
|
Utah State |
9 |
0.8% |
8.4 |
7 |
|
Oklahoma City |
9 |
0.8% |
8.9 |
7 |
113. |
Butler (IN) |
8 |
0.7% |
9.1 |
8 |
114. |
Drake (IA) |
6 |
0.5% |
8.7 |
7 |
115. |
Tulane |
5 |
0.4% |
7.0 |
5 |
|
Hamline |
5 |
0.4% |
7.4 |
5 |
|
CCNY |
5 |
0.4% |
7.6 |
6 |
118. |
Ohio |
4 |
0.3% |
7.3 |
5 |
|
Northwestern |
4 |
0.3% |
7.5 |
6 |
|
Idaho |
4 |
0.3% |
7.8 |
6 |
|
Louisiana Tech |
4 |
0.3% |
8.3 |
7 |
|
Nebraska |
4 |
0.3% |
8.8 |
8 |
|
Marshall |
4 |
0.3% |
9.3 |
8 |
|
Navy |
4 |
0.3% |
9.5 |
9 |
|
Niagara (NY) |
4 |
0.3% |
9.5 |
8 |
|
Penn State |
4 |
0.3% |
9.5 |
9 |
127. |
Detroit Mercy |
3 |
0.3% |
6.0 |
3 |
128. |
Virginia Tech |
2 |
0.2% |
9.0 |
8 |
|
Murray State (KY) |
2 |
0.2% |
9.5 |
9 |
|
Toledo |
2 |
0.2% |
9.5 |
9 |
|
Nevada |
2 |
0.2% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
Northern Iowa |
2 |
0.2% |
10.0 |
10 |
133. |
Southern Miss |
1 |
0.1% |
9.0 |
9 |
|
UAB |
1 |
0.1% |
9.0 |
9 |
|
Canisius (NY) |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
East Tennessee State |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
Georgia |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
Mississippi |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
Oral Roberts (OK) |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
TCU |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
VCU |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
Western Michigan |
1 |
0.1% |
10.0 |
10 |
|
* Out of 1164 total polls
NOTES
- Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
- Updated through April 9, 2024.
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