November 21, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
6 |
11.7 |
5580 |
Big Ten |
5 |
17.0 |
2994 |
Big 12 |
5 |
17.4 |
2789 |
Big East |
3 |
7.7 |
3430 |
Pac-12 |
3 |
11.7 |
2612 |
West Coast |
2 |
13.0 |
1575 |
SEC |
1 |
1.0 |
1592 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
23.0 |
217 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Florida State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2013 preseason poll (79 polls)
- Indiana makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2013 poll (60 polls)
- Kentucky makes first appearance at #1 since the 11/30/2015 poll (17 polls)
- Louisville makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2/23/2015 poll (24 polls)
- Michigan makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/16/2015 poll (19 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Kansas' Top 10 streak reaches 30
- Virginia's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Xavier's Top 25 streak reaches 20
Total Appearances:
- Creighton reaches 70 appearances
- Gonzaga ties Stanford for #44 and reaches 200 appearances
- Oregon ties La Salle for #69
- Rhode Island ties four others for #130
- Xavier ties Providence for #54
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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