December 20, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
| Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
| Big 12 |
5 |
11.6 |
4315 |
| SEC |
5 |
15.6 |
3096 |
| Big Ten |
4 |
13.0 |
3108 |
| Big East |
4 |
19.5 |
1650 |
| Pac-12 |
3 |
6.3 |
3461 |
| ACC |
1 |
2.0 |
1445 |
| West Coast |
1 |
4.0 |
1313 |
| American |
1 |
13.0 |
780 |
| Mountain West |
1 |
21.0 |
328 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Iowa State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/14/2015 poll (114 polls)
- Providence makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2/15/2016 poll (105 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Arkansas' Top 25 streak ends at 11
- Purdue's Top 25 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Alabama ties Memphis for #26
- Colorado State reaches 10 appearances and ties Hamline for #156
- Gonzaga ties Missouri for #29
- Michigan State reaches 480 appearances (#10)
- Ohio State ties Maryland for #14
- Purdue ties Iowa for #18
- Texas ties Arkansas for #34
- USC reaches 190 appearances (#48)
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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