December 14, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
5 |
9.2 |
5349 |
ACC |
5 |
12.0 |
4582 |
Big East |
4 |
13.3 |
3213 |
Big Ten |
3 |
5.3 |
4056 |
American |
3 |
22.0 |
804 |
SEC |
2 |
14.0 |
1537 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
17.5 |
1073 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
21.0 |
256 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- George Washington makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2006 poll (179 polls)
- Oklahoma makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 3/2/2009 poll (123 polls)
- Purdue makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 3/7/2011 poll (84 polls)
- UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/24/2014 poll (21 polls)
- Xavier makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/12/2011 poll (77 polls)
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties two others for #80
- Butler reaches 100 appearances
- Maryland ties Ohio State for #14
- Texas A&M ties California for #75
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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