January 2, 2017 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
7 |
14.0 |
5337 |
Big East |
4 |
11.3 |
3745 |
Pac-12 |
4 |
15.3 |
2864 |
Big 12 |
3 |
4.0 |
4214 |
Big Ten |
3 |
19.3 |
1344 |
West Coast |
2 |
12.0 |
1773 |
SEC |
2 |
15.0 |
1473 |
American |
1 |
22.0 |
258 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Gonzaga makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2/23/2015 poll (30 polls)
- Virginia Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/15/2010 poll (30 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Kentucky's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- North Carolina's Top 10 streak ends at 21
Total Appearances:
- Arizona reaches 510 appearances
- Butler ties Saint Louis and Western Kentucky for #67
- Cincinnati reaches 400 appearances
- Saint Mary's reaches 30 appearances
- Villanova reaches 340 appearances and ties NC State for #22
- Virginia Tech reaches 50 appearances
- Xavier ties New Mexico for #53
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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