Total Appearances in the AP Poll
: 1983 to 2025
Rk |
Team |
App* |
Pct* |
Avg Rk |
High Rk |
1. |
Duke |
715 |
90.5% |
6.2 |
1 |
2. |
Kansas |
696 |
88.1% |
7.0 |
1 |
3. |
North Carolina |
626 |
79.2% |
7.9 |
1 |
4. |
Kentucky |
609 |
77.1% |
8.7 |
1 |
5. |
Arizona |
556 |
70.4% |
9.5 |
1 |
6. |
Syracuse |
468 |
59.2% |
11.5 |
1 |
7. |
Michigan State |
436 |
55.2% |
11.1 |
1 |
8. |
Connecticut |
410 |
51.9% |
10.2 |
1 |
9. |
Louisville |
409 |
51.8% |
12.4 |
1 |
10. |
UCLA |
395 |
50.0% |
11.1 |
1 |
11. |
Purdue |
378 |
47.8% |
11.9 |
1 |
12. |
Oklahoma |
375 |
47.5% |
12.3 |
1 |
13. |
Indiana |
357 |
45.2% |
12.3 |
1 |
14. |
Gonzaga |
356 |
45.1% |
10.7 |
1 |
15. |
Illinois |
354 |
44.8% |
13.0 |
1 |
16. |
Georgetown |
349 |
44.2% |
11.7 |
1 |
17. |
Villanova |
336 |
42.5% |
10.1 |
1 |
18. |
Michigan |
317 |
40.1% |
11.5 |
1 |
19. |
Florida |
309 |
39.1% |
11.7 |
1 |
20. |
Wisconsin |
308 |
39.0% |
15.2 |
1 |
21. |
Ohio State |
305 |
38.6% |
11.5 |
1 |
22. |
Texas |
292 |
37.0% |
12.9 |
1 |
23. |
Maryland |
281 |
35.6% |
13.9 |
2 |
24. |
Virginia |
279 |
35.3% |
11.8 |
1 |
25. |
Cincinnati |
275 |
34.8% |
14.0 |
1 |
26. |
Iowa |
274 |
34.7% |
14.6 |
1 |
27. |
Memphis |
265 |
33.5% |
12.1 |
1 |
28. |
Tennessee |
259 |
32.8% |
11.9 |
1 |
29. |
Pittsburgh |
248 |
31.4% |
11.9 |
1 |
30. |
Alabama |
229 |
29.0% |
14.1 |
1 |
31. |
Arkansas |
228 |
28.9% |
12.1 |
1 |
32. |
Missouri |
224 |
28.4% |
12.9 |
1 |
33. |
Marquette |
221 |
28.0% |
15.7 |
3 |
34. |
Baylor |
219 |
27.7% |
12.3 |
1 |
35. |
Wake Forest |
204 |
25.8% |
13.1 |
1 |
36. |
UNLV |
200 |
25.3% |
11.3 |
1 |
37. |
Xavier (OH) |
198 |
25.1% |
15.7 |
3 |
38. |
Oklahoma State |
191 |
24.2% |
14.1 |
2 |
39. |
Georgia Tech |
190 |
24.1% |
14.9 |
1 |
40. |
Iowa State |
188 |
23.8% |
14.4 |
2 |
41. |
Stanford |
184 |
23.3% |
11.6 |
1 |
42. |
West Virginia |
176 |
22.3% |
15.2 |
2 |
43. |
Notre Dame |
173 |
21.9% |
16.5 |
4 |
44. |
St. John's (NY) |
158 |
20.0% |
13.3 |
1 |
45. |
Auburn |
157 |
19.9% |
11.6 |
1 |
46. |
Houston |
154 |
19.5% |
9.4 |
1 |
47. |
Utah |
147 |
18.6% |
13.3 |
2 |
|
Oregon |
147 |
18.6% |
15.1 |
4 |
49. |
LSU |
145 |
18.4% |
16.1 |
2 |
50. |
Florida State |
144 |
18.2% |
15.8 |
4 |
51. |
Creighton (NE) |
135 |
17.1% |
15.7 |
7 |
52. |
NC State |
133 |
16.8% |
17.2 |
6 |
53. |
Butler (IN) |
127 |
16.1% |
16.7 |
5 |
54. |
Clemson |
126 |
15.9% |
16.9 |
2 |
55. |
Texas Tech |
125 |
15.8% |
16.9 |
6 |
56. |
Temple |
122 |
15.4% |
13.8 |
1 |
57. |
Minnesota |
117 |
14.8% |
17.0 |
2 |
58. |
San Diego State |
114 |
14.4% |
15.8 |
4 |
59. |
Texas A&M |
112 |
14.2% |
15.8 |
5 |
60. |
Mississippi State |
110 |
13.9% |
17.5 |
4 |
61. |
Seton Hall (NJ) |
106 |
13.4% |
14.7 |
6 |
62. |
Washington |
102 |
12.9% |
16.2 |
7 |
|
New Mexico |
102 |
12.9% |
16.6 |
8 |
64. |
Boston College |
100 |
12.7% |
15.8 |
3 |
65. |
Miami (FL) |
98 |
12.4% |
16.1 |
2 |
66. |
Wichita State |
96 |
12.2% |
13.0 |
2 |
67. |
Massachusetts |
88 |
11.1% |
11.2 |
1 |
68. |
USC |
87 |
11.0% |
18.9 |
5 |
69. |
Vanderbilt |
85 |
10.8% |
18.9 |
5 |
70. |
Kansas State |
79 |
10.0% |
14.7 |
3 |
|
Virginia Tech |
79 |
10.0% |
17.0 |
8 |
72. |
BYU |
78 |
9.9% |
16.8 |
3 |
73. |
Saint Mary's (CA) |
70 |
8.9% |
19.5 |
11 |
74. |
DePaul (IL) |
69 |
8.7% |
12.4 |
2 |
75. |
Mississippi |
68 |
8.6% |
19.0 |
10 |
76. |
Georgia |
65 |
8.2% |
18.6 |
10 |
77. |
South Carolina |
64 |
8.1% |
16.7 |
4 |
78. |
Nevada |
63 |
8.0% |
16.6 |
5 |
79. |
Arizona State |
58 |
7.3% |
16.9 |
3 |
80. |
Providence (RI) |
53 |
6.7% |
18.0 |
8 |
|
TCU |
53 |
6.7% |
19.0 |
10 |
82. |
SMU |
52 |
6.6% |
15.6 |
2 |
83. |
Dayton (OH) |
51 |
6.5% |
17.5 |
3 |
84. |
California |
49 |
6.2% |
20.2 |
6 |
85. |
Tulsa |
46 |
5.8% |
17.1 |
9 |
86. |
George Washington (DC) |
42 |
5.3% |
18.5 |
6 |
87. |
Oregon State |
37 |
4.7% |
17.5 |
10 |
88. |
Washington State |
36 |
4.6% |
14.2 |
4 |
89. |
Saint Joseph's (PA) |
34 |
4.3% |
12.4 |
1 |
|
VCU |
34 |
4.3% |
18.6 |
10 |
|
Colorado |
34 |
4.3% |
20.6 |
15 |
92. |
Utah State |
32 |
4.1% |
21.1 |
15 |
|
New Mexico State |
32 |
4.1% |
21.2 |
11 |
94. |
UTEP |
31 |
3.9% |
15.6 |
5 |
95. |
Saint Louis |
28 |
3.5% |
18.8 |
10 |
|
Nebraska |
28 |
3.5% |
19.4 |
11 |
97. |
UAB |
27 |
3.4% |
18.7 |
12 |
|
Rhode Island |
27 |
3.4% |
21.9 |
16 |
99. |
Fresno State |
25 |
3.2% |
17.5 |
12 |
100. |
Tulane |
24 |
3.0% |
19.3 |
14 |
101. |
Murray State (KY) |
22 |
2.8% |
17.3 |
9 |
102. |
Princeton (NJ) |
21 |
2.7% |
16.0 |
8 |
103. |
Penn State |
20 |
2.5% |
16.3 |
9 |
|
Florida Atlantic |
20 |
2.5% |
18.2 |
7 |
|
Northern Iowa |
20 |
2.5% |
18.7 |
10 |
106. |
Southern Miss |
19 |
2.4% |
18.0 |
9 |
|
Buffalo |
19 |
2.4% |
19.3 |
14 |
|
Colorado State |
19 |
2.4% |
20.1 |
13 |
109. |
Charlotte |
18 |
2.3% |
21.3 |
17 |
110. |
Wyoming |
17 |
2.2% |
13.0 |
5 |
|
Western Kentucky |
17 |
2.2% |
19.9 |
8 |
112. |
Bradley (IL) |
16 |
2.0% |
13.9 |
9 |
|
Charleston (SC) |
16 |
2.0% |
19.7 |
16 |
|
Loyola Marymount (CA) |
16 |
2.0% |
20.3 |
15 |
115. |
Rutgers |
15 |
1.9% |
21.5 |
11 |
116. |
Louisiana Tech |
14 |
1.8% |
13.9 |
7 |
|
Navy |
14 |
1.8% |
14.5 |
9 |
|
East Tennessee State |
14 |
1.8% |
16.3 |
10 |
|
Southern Illinois |
14 |
1.8% |
18.1 |
11 |
120. |
La Salle (PA) |
13 |
1.6% |
16.1 |
11 |
|
Air Force |
13 |
1.6% |
19.3 |
13 |
122. |
New Orleans |
12 |
1.5% |
19.2 |
13 |
123. |
Davidson (NC) |
11 |
1.4% |
22.9 |
20 |
124. |
Drake (IA) |
10 |
1.3% |
17.8 |
14 |
|
Loyola Chicago |
10 |
1.3% |
19.2 |
14 |
126. |
Ball State (IN) |
8 |
1.0% |
18.5 |
15 |
|
James Madison (VA) |
8 |
1.0% |
20.6 |
18 |
128. |
Northwestern |
7 |
0.9% |
22.0 |
19 |
129. |
Pacific (CA) |
6 |
0.8% |
19.8 |
17 |
|
Richmond |
6 |
0.8% |
21.7 |
19 |
131. |
UCF |
5 |
0.6% |
22.0 |
19 |
|
Penn |
5 |
0.6% |
24.0 |
21 |
|
Harvard |
5 |
0.6% |
24.2 |
22 |
134. |
Illinois State |
4 |
0.5% |
18.5 |
16 |
|
Ohio |
4 |
0.5% |
19.3 |
14 |
|
Wofford |
4 |
0.5% |
21.3 |
19 |
|
Hawaii |
4 |
0.5% |
23.5 |
21 |
138. |
Chattanooga |
3 |
0.4% |
17.3 |
15 |
|
St. Bonaventure (NY) |
3 |
0.4% |
20.3 |
16 |
|
Eastern Michigan |
3 |
0.4% |
23.3 |
23 |
|
Green Bay |
3 |
0.4% |
23.7 |
22 |
|
Miami (OH) |
3 |
0.4% |
23.7 |
22 |
|
Furman |
3 |
0.4% |
24.0 |
23 |
144. |
Winthrop (SC) |
2 |
0.3% |
23.0 |
22 |
|
Santa Clara |
2 |
0.3% |
23.5 |
22 |
|
Boise State |
2 |
0.3% |
24.0 |
23 |
|
Middle Tennessee |
2 |
0.3% |
24.0 |
24 |
|
South Florida |
2 |
0.3% |
24.5 |
24 |
149. |
Northeastern (MA) |
1 |
0.1% |
19.0 |
19 |
|
Cleveland State (OH) |
1 |
0.1% |
20.0 |
20 |
|
Indiana State |
1 |
0.1% |
23.0 |
23 |
|
Kent State (OH) |
1 |
0.1% |
23.0 |
23 |
|
Bucknell (PA) |
1 |
0.1% |
24.0 |
24 |
|
Long Beach State |
1 |
0.1% |
25.0 |
25 |
|
Old Dominion |
1 |
0.1% |
25.0 |
25 |
|
Portland |
1 |
0.1% |
25.0 |
25 |
|
* Out of 790 total polls
NOTES
- Teams in the latest poll are in bold.
- Updated through February 3, 2025.
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