November 30, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big Ten |
6 |
11.2 |
5540 |
Big 12 |
5 |
10.8 |
4581 |
ACC |
5 |
14.6 |
3231 |
Big East |
2 |
10.5 |
1920 |
SEC |
2 |
16.5 |
1241 |
Pac-12 |
2 |
23.0 |
571 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1569 |
American |
1 |
10.0 |
949 |
Atlantic 10 |
1 |
19.0 |
382 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Houston makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 2/25/2019 poll (24 polls)
- Illinois makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2005 poll (291 polls)
- Richmond makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2010 poll (195 polls)
- Virginia Tech makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2019 poll (21 polls)
- Wisconsin makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the final 2015 poll (98 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 25 streak reaches 80
Total Appearances:
- Arizona State ties two others for #73
- Creighton ties California for #78
- Florida State reaches 170 appearances (#50)
- Houston ties DePaul for #55
- Kentucky reaches 920 appearances (#2)
- Oregon ties New Mexico for #58
- Richmond reaches 10 appearances and ties CCNY for #154
- Rutgers reaches 30 appearances (#120)
- Virginia reaches 310 appearances (#25)
- Virginia Tech ties Davidson for #91
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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