January 18, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
5 |
8.4 |
5462 |
ACC |
5 |
13.4 |
3792 |
Big Ten |
5 |
14.8 |
3908 |
Big East |
4 |
10.8 |
3772 |
SEC |
3 |
19.0 |
1522 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
16.5 |
1139 |
American |
1 |
8.0 |
1179 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/20/2014 poll (37 polls)
- Oklahoma makes first appearance at #1 since the final 1990 poll (477 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/14/2008 poll (154 polls)
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/17/2008 poll (143 polls)
- Villanova makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2015 poll (10 polls)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2010 poll (107)
- Xavier makes first ever appearance in the Top 5
Total Appearances:
- Miami (FL) ties three others for #89
- Kansas reaches 700 appearances (4th team to do so)
- Xavier ties Wichita State for #57
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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