February 29, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
6 |
13.3 |
5174 |
ACC |
5 |
9.4 |
5138 |
Big Ten |
5 |
11.8 |
4247 |
Pac-12 |
4 |
16.3 |
2444 |
Big East |
2 |
4.0 |
2835 |
SEC |
2 |
21.0 |
824 |
American |
1 |
24.0 |
196 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- California makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/23/2015 poll (13 polls)
- Oregon makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/30/2013 poll (46 polls)
Total Appearances:
- California ties Arizona State for #75
- Indiana ties Syracuse for #7
- Iowa State ties Providence for #53
- Maryland reaches 390 appearances
- SMU ties Oklahoma City for #88
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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