February 19, 2018 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
5 |
11.2 |
4713 |
Big Ten |
4 |
11.0 |
3990 |
Big 12 |
3 |
11.7 |
2701 |
American |
3 |
15.7 |
2087 |
Big East |
2 |
3.5 |
2907 |
West Coast |
2 |
14.0 |
1497 |
SEC |
2 |
15.5 |
1300 |
Pac-12 |
1 |
14.0 |
831 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
18.0 |
455 |
Mountain West |
1 |
20.0 |
330 |
Conference USA |
1 |
24.0 |
87 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Houston makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/12/2005 poll (240 polls)
- Middle Tennessee makes first ever appearance in the Top 25
Weekly Streaks:
- Duke's Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Wichita State's Top 25 streak reaches 20
Total Appearances:
- Auburn ties California for #77
- Clemson ties three others for #58
- Duke reaches 790 appearances (#3)
- Florida State ties three others for #58
- Middle Tennessee ties several others for #186
- Nevada ties two others for #108
- Rhode Island ties Murray State for #121
- Wichita State ties Washington for #52
Notes
- First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
- Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
- Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
- All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.
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