December 5, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
5 |
12.0 |
4479 |
Big East |
4 |
10.0 |
4091 |
Big 12 |
4 |
11.8 |
3719 |
Big Ten |
3 |
14.7 |
2243 |
Pac-12 |
3 |
15.3 |
1973 |
SEC |
3 |
15.3 |
2035 |
West Coast |
2 |
10.0 |
2097 |
American |
1 |
22.0 |
258 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Baylor makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/16/2012 poll (90 polls)
- UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 11/17/2008 poll (156 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Duke's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Indiana's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Virginia's Top 10 streak ends at 11
- Virginia's Top 25 streak reaches 50
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties California for #75
- Butler ties La Salle for #70
- Duke reaches 760 appearances
- Indiana reaches 550 appearances
- Iowa State reaches 150 appearances
- Saint Mary's ties Rutgers for #119
- South Carolina ties Houston for #62
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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