March 8, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
7 |
13.3 |
5516 |
Big Ten |
5 |
8.2 |
5555 |
ACC |
3 |
17.7 |
1484 |
SEC |
2 |
7.0 |
2285 |
Big East |
2 |
15.5 |
1239 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
23.5 |
384 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1573 |
American |
1 |
7.0 |
1173 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
18.0 |
488 |
Mountain West |
1 |
19.0 |
462 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 1995 poll (490 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Baylor's Top 10 streak reaches 30
- Gonzaga's Top 5 streak reaches 30
- Michigan's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Villanova's Top 10 streak ends at 13
- Wisconsin's Top 25 streak ends at 18
Total Appearances:
- Arkansas reaches 270 appearances (#36)
- Creighton ties Western Kentucky for #75
- Gonzaga ties St. John's for #31
- Houston reaches 170 appearances (#51)
- Kansas reaches 800 appearances (#4)
- Michigan ties Maryland for #13
- Texas Tech reaches 100 appearances (#79)
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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