2022 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big Ten |
5 |
12.4 |
4204 |
SEC |
5 |
16.0 |
3110 |
ACC |
4 |
18.3 |
2016 |
Big 12 |
3 |
5.3 |
3734 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
7.5 |
2234 |
American |
2 |
13.5 |
1525 |
Big East |
2 |
14.0 |
1493 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1562 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
23.0 |
238 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (17 polls)
- Duke makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/7/2020 poll (14 polls)
- Kansas makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/28/2020 poll (11 polls)
- Kentucky makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2020 preseason poll (16 polls), and in the Top 25 since the 11/30/2020 poll (15 polls)
- Maryland makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (17 polls)
- Memphis makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/20/2020 poll (25 polls)
- North Carolina makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/21/2020 poll (12 polls)
- Purdue makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 3/5/2018 poll (58 polls)
- St. Bonaventure makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/18/1971 poll (909 polls)
- UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 3/6/2017 poll (77 polls), and in the Top 10 since the final 2017 poll (76 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Baylor's Top 5 streak ends at 28
- Creighton's Top 25 streak ends at 24
- Iowa's Top 25 streak ends at 26
- Texas Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 17
- Virginia Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 13
- West Virginia's Top 25 streak ends at 19
Total Appearances:
- Auburn ties two others for #63
- Baylor ties Temple for #55
- Florida State ties USC for #48
- UCLA reaches 700 appearances (#5)
Total Appearances - Preseason:
- St. Bonaventure reaches 5 appearances (#69)
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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