January 25, 2016 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
ACC |
6 |
15.5 |
4242 |
Big 12 |
5 |
9.0 |
5452 |
Big Ten |
5 |
12.6 |
4247 |
Big East |
3 |
7.7 |
3452 |
SEC |
2 |
12.5 |
1735 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
20.5 |
651 |
American |
1 |
13.0 |
838 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
22.0 |
151 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Iowa makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 1/10/1989 poll (504 polls)
- Texas A&M makes first ever appearance in the Top 5 (1,118 polls)
Total Appearances:
- Duke reaches 750 appearances (third team to do so)
- Miami (FL) ties Creighton for #88
- Providence reaches 140 appearances and ties Mississippi State for #53
- SMU ties New Mexico State for #94
- Texas A&M ties Seton Hall for #71
- Xavier ties San Fransisco for #56
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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