2021 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
6 |
11.5 |
5100 |
Big Ten |
5 |
8.2 |
5347 |
ACC |
3 |
18.0 |
1353 |
SEC |
2 |
7.5 |
2137 |
West Coast |
2 |
12.0 |
1625 |
Big East |
2 |
18.5 |
901 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
22.5 |
368 |
American |
1 |
6.0 |
1145 |
Mountain West |
1 |
16.0 |
521 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
17.0 |
513 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Alabama makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/4/2006 poll (282 polls)
- BYU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (16 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Illinois' Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Villanova's Top 25 streak reaches 40
- Virginia's Top 25 streak reaches 20
Appearances in the Final Poll:
- Iowa reaches 20 appearances and ties Georgetown for #21
- San Diego State reaches 5 appearances and ties nine others for #89
- USC reaches 10 appearances and ties four others for #54
- Virginia reaches 15 appearances and ties two others for #35
- Villanova reaches 25 appearances and ties three others for #11
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties DePaul for #56
- BYU ties Butler for #63
- Creighton ties Arizona State for #74
- Gonzaga ties Florida for #30
- Illinois reaches 470 appearances (#11)
- Purdue ties Oklahoma for #21
- San Diego State ties Massachusetts for #83
- Texas reaches 270 appearances (#37)
- Villanova reaches 420 appearances (#16)
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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