January 6, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big Ten |
5 |
14.0 |
3874 |
ACC |
4 |
10.8 |
3911 |
Big 12 |
4 |
11.5 |
3785 |
Pac-12 |
3 |
19.3 |
1340 |
SEC |
2 |
9.5 |
2128 |
Big East |
2 |
11.0 |
1785 |
American |
2 |
22.0 |
707 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1607 |
Mountain West |
1 |
7.0 |
1130 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
15.0 |
614 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Auburn makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/17/2000 poll (381 polls)
- Baylor makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 2/13/2017 poll (52 polls)
- Butler makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/28/2015 poll (78 polls)
- San Diego State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 3/10/2014 poll (106 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Arizona's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Baylor's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Kansas' Top 5, Top 10 streaks reach 10
- Louisville's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Maryland's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Memphis' Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Ohio State's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Oregon's Top 25 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties BYU for #64
- Penn State ties five others for #131
- San Diego State ties Davidson for #90
- Texas Tech reaches 80 appearances (#85)
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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