November 23, 2015 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
5 |
11.8 |
4455 |
Big Ten |
4 |
8.5 |
4362 |
SEC |
4 |
16.8 |
2435 |
Big 12 |
3 |
5.3 |
3750 |
Pac-12 |
3 |
15.3 |
2085 |
American |
3 |
22.3 |
642 |
Big East |
2 |
15.5 |
1296 |
West Coast |
1 |
10.0 |
1138 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
20.0 |
423 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Cincinnati makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2014 poll (21 polls)
- Iowa State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/7/1997 poll (353 polls)
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/20/2014 poll (29 polls) and first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2/10/2014 poll (26 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/12/2011 poll (74 polls)
- Xavier makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/19/2011 poll (73 polls)
Total Appearances:
- Iowa State ties BYU for #57
- Oregon ties 2 others for #72
- Texas A&M ties Duquesne for #76
- Wichita State ties Providence for #55
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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