Home  |  Football  |  Men's BB  |  Women's BB  |  Softball  |  Flashback  |  Credits  |  Contact

Men's Basketball

 MBB Home | Last Poll | Team Index | Seasons
  
 

2022 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Gonzaga (55) West Coast 0-0 1562
2 < NR UCLA (8) Pac-12 0-0 1459
3 < 12 Kansas Big 12 0-0 1427
4 < 18 Villanova Big East 0-0 1332
5 < 9 Texas Big 12 0-0 1315
6 < 4 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 1255
7 < 20 Purdue Big Ten 0-0 1213
8 < 3 Baylor Big 12 0-0 992
9 < NR Duke ACC 0-0 963
10 < NR Kentucky SEC 0-0 894
11 < 2 Illinois Big Ten 0-0 861
12 < NR Memphis American 0-0 831
13 < NR Oregon Pac-12 0-0 775
14 < 5 Alabama SEC 0-0 713
15 < 6 Houston American 0-0 694
16 < 10 Arkansas SEC 0-0 673
17 < 7 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0 581
18 < NR Tennessee SEC 0-0 563
19 < NR North Carolina ACC 0-0 547
20 < 14 Florida State ACC 0-0 381
21 < NR Maryland Big Ten 0-0 294
22 < NR Auburn SEC 0-0 267
23 < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 0-0 238
24 < NR Connecticut Big East 0-0 161
25 < 15 Virginia ACC 0-0 125
RV < NR Michigan State Big Ten 87
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 41
RV < 23 USC Pac-12 30
RV < NR Arizona Pac-12 26
RV < 11 Oklahoma State Big 12 25
RV < 25 Virginia Tech ACC 25
RV < NR Xavier Big East 22
RV < 21 Texas Tech Big 12 17
RV < NR Richmond Atlantic 10 13
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 11
RV < NR Rutgers Big Ten 11
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 7
RV < NR LSU SEC 7
RV < NR Mississippi State SEC 5
RV < 16 San Diego State Mountain West 5
RV < NR St. John's Big East 5
RV < NR Syracuse ACC 5
RV < 22 Colorado Pac-12 4
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 4
RV < 23 BYU West Coast 3
RV < NR Louisville ACC 3
RV < NR Notre Dame ACC 3
NR < 19 Creighton Big East 0
NR < 8 Iowa Big Ten 0
NR < 17 Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 0
NR < 13 West Virginia Big 12 0
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big Ten 5 12.4 4204
SEC 5 16.0 3110
ACC 4 18.3 2016
Big 12 3 5.3 3734
Pac-12 2 7.5 2234
American 2 13.5 1525
Big East 2 14.0 1493
West Coast 1 1.0 1562
Atlantic 10 1 23.0 238

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (17 polls)
- Duke makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/7/2020 poll (14 polls)
- Kansas makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/28/2020 poll (11 polls)
- Kentucky makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2020 preseason poll (16 polls), and in the Top 25 since the 11/30/2020 poll (15 polls)
- Maryland makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2020 poll (17 polls)
- Memphis makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/20/2020 poll (25 polls)
- North Carolina makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/21/2020 poll (12 polls)
- Purdue makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 3/5/2018 poll (58 polls)
- St. Bonaventure makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/18/1971 poll (909 polls)
- UCLA makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 3/6/2017 poll (77 polls), and in the Top 10 since the final 2017 poll (76 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Alabama's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Baylor's Top 5 streak ends at 28
- Creighton's Top 25 streak ends at 24
- Iowa's Top 25 streak ends at 26
- Texas Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 17
- Virginia Tech's Top 25 streak ends at 13
- West Virginia's Top 25 streak ends at 19

Total Appearances:
- Auburn ties two others for #63
- Baylor ties Temple for #55
- Florida State ties USC for #48
- UCLA reaches 700 appearances (#5)

Total Appearances - Preseason:
- St. Bonaventure reaches 5 appearances (#69)

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.

Home | Football | Men's BB | Women's BB | Flashback | Credits | Contact

Copyright © 2023 College Poll Archive. All rights reserved.
College Poll Archive is not affiliated with the companies, administrators, or members of
the football or basketball AP Top 25 Polls, Amway Coaches Polls, or selection committees
Formerly known as AP Poll Archive (2007-2010)