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December 6, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 2 Purdue (61) Big Ten 8-0 1525 *1
2 < 4 Baylor Big 12 8-0 1421 *2
3 < 1 Duke ACC 7-1 1390 3
4 < 5 UCLA Pac-12 8-1 1293 4
5 < 3 Gonzaga West Coast 7-2 1240 5
6 < 6 Villanova Big East 6-2 1175 6
7 < 7 Texas Big 12 6-1 1101 11
8 < 8 Kansas Big 12 6-1 1068 7
9 < 16 Alabama SEC 7-1 1029 9
10 < 9 Kentucky SEC 6-1 972 12
11 < 11 Arizona Pac-12 7-0 919 8
12 < 10 Arkansas SEC 8-0 905 10
13 < 13 Tennessee SEC 6-1 762 14
14 < 15 Houston American 7-1 686 13
15 < 17 Connecticut Big East 8-1 527 18
16 < 20 USC Pac-12 8-0 510 15
17 < 19 Iowa State Big 12 8-0 499 19
18 < 21 Auburn SEC 7-1 419 21
19 < 22 Michigan State Big Ten 7-2 405 20
20 < 14 Florida SEC 6-1 386 16
21 < NR Ohio State Big Ten 6-2 370 22
22 < 23 Wisconsin Big Ten 7-1 338 17
23 < 25 Seton Hall Big East 7-1 177 25
24 < 12 BYU West Coast 7-1 157 23
25 < NR LSU SEC 8-0 135 24
RV < NR Colorado State Mountain West 90 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 78 RV
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 71 RV
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 55 RV
RV < NR St. Bonaventure Atlantic 10 37 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 29 RV
RV < 18 Memphis American 14 RV
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 12 RV
RV < 24 Michigan Big Ten 11 RV
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 10 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 4 RV
RV < NR Indiana Big Ten 3 RV
RV < NR Texas Tech Big 12 2 RV
NR < NR Minnesota Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Providence Big East 0 RV
NR < NR Utah Valley WAC 0 RV
NR < NR Wake Forest ACC 0 RV
NR < NR Weber State Big Sky 0 RV
NR < NR Wyoming Mountain West 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
SEC 7 15.3 4608
Big 12 4 8.5 4089
Big Ten 4 15.8 2638
Pac-12 3 10.3 2722
Big East 3 14.7 1879
West Coast 2 14.5 1397
ACC 1 3.0 1390
American 1 14.0 686

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- LSU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2/10/2020 poll (26 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Arkansas' Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Gonzaga's Top 25 streak reaches 100
- Kansas' Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Michigan's Top 25 streak ends at 18

Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Wichita State for #54
- Iowa State ties Washington for #52
- Purdue reaches 380 appearances (#19)
- Tennessee reaches 300 appearances (#28)
- Texas ties Wake Forest for #35

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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