March 7, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
6 |
13.7 |
4872 |
ACC |
5 |
11.0 |
4770 |
Big Ten |
5 |
12.6 |
4307 |
Pac-12 |
4 |
14.8 |
2840 |
Big East |
2 |
4.0 |
2831 |
SEC |
2 |
16.5 |
1182 |
American |
1 |
25.0 |
88 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances
- Indiana makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2013 poll (56 polls)
Total Appearances:
- Arizona reaches 500 appearances
- Iowa reaches 340 appearances and ties NC State for #21
- SMU reaches 70 appearances
- Villanova reaches 330 appearances
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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