January 4, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
| Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
| ACC |
6 |
12.7 |
5106 |
| Big 12 |
4 |
8.3 |
4574 |
| Big Ten |
4 |
11.8 |
3765 |
| Big East |
4 |
11.8 |
3604 |
| SEC |
3 |
17.3 |
1745 |
| American |
2 |
19.0 |
838 |
| Pac-12 |
1 |
7.0 |
1126 |
| Atlantic 10 |
1 |
25.0 |
100 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Dayton makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/19/2015 poll (16 polls)
- Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/19/2015 poll (16 polls)
- Kansas makes first appearance at #1 since the 2/14/2011 poll (90 polls)
- Pittsburgh makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2/10/2014 poll (32 polls)
Total Appearances:
- Miami (FL) ties New Mexico State for #93
- Pittsburgh ties UNLV for #33
- Purdue reaches 310 appearances
- Texas A&M ties Oregon for #72
- Virginia reaches 230 appearances
- Xavier reaches 130 appearances
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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