December 21, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big Ten |
7 |
13.7 |
5213 |
Big 12 |
5 |
7.4 |
5885 |
ACC |
5 |
19.6 |
1870 |
Big East |
3 |
13.3 |
2326 |
SEC |
2 |
11.0 |
1877 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1597 |
American |
1 |
6.0 |
1272 |
Pac-12 |
1 |
25.0 |
167 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Texas makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/5/2015 poll (111 polls)
- Xavier makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/9/2019 poll (18 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 10 streak reaches 50
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Creighton reaches 100 appearances (#78)
- Gonzaga reaches 280 appearances (#32)
- Iowa reaches 370 appearances and ties Purdue for #20
- Kansas reaches 790 appearances (#4)
- Michigan reaches 420 appearances (#14)
- Missouri reaches 290 appearances (#30)
- Oregon reaches 150 appearances (#58)
- Texas Tech ties Miami (FL) for #81
- Texas ties Pittsburgh for #37
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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