February 17, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
| Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
| Big East |
5 |
16.6 |
2860 |
| Big Ten |
4 |
15.3 |
2567 |
| Big 12 |
3 |
7.0 |
3545 |
| ACC |
3 |
8.3 |
3210 |
| Pac-12 |
3 |
18.7 |
1345 |
| SEC |
2 |
11.5 |
1829 |
| West Coast |
2 |
12.5 |
1706 |
| Mountain West |
1 |
4.0 |
1404 |
| Atlantic 10 |
1 |
5.0 |
1294 |
| American |
1 |
22.0 |
237 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- BYU makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2011 poll (170 polls)
- Dayton makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 1956 poll (1,098 polls)
- Penn State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2/12/1996 poll (456 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Baylor's Top 10 streak reaches 10
- Duke's Top 10 streak reaches 40
- Gonzaga's Top 5 streak reaches 10
- West Virginia's Top 25 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Arizona reaches 550 appearances and ties Syracuse for #8
- Auburn reaches 130 appearances (#66)
- Butler ties two others for #63
- BYU reaches 130 appearances (#66)
- Colorado ties Mississippi for #102
- Creighton ties Duquesne for #79
- Dayton reaches 110 appearances and ties Boston College for #74
- Houston reaches 150 appearances (#57)
- Oregon ties Providence for #59
- Penn State ties two others for #123
- San Diego State ties SMU for #88
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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