December 14, 2020 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
| Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
| Big Ten |
7 |
13.7 |
5252 |
| ACC |
6 |
20.3 |
2068 |
| Big 12 |
5 |
8.0 |
5435 |
| Big East |
2 |
8.0 |
2200 |
| SEC |
2 |
13.0 |
1432 |
| West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1541 |
| American |
1 |
6.0 |
1169 |
| Mountain West |
1 |
18.0 |
455 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Clemson makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 11/19/2018 poll (40 polls)
- Missouri makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/6/2014 poll (129 polls)
- Tennessee makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/22/2018 poll (50 polls)
- West Virginia makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the final 2019 poll (23 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Florida State's Top 25 streak reaches 20
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Providence for #60
- Clemson reaches 140 appearances (#62)
- Rutgers ties three others for #116
- Texas ties UNLV for #38
- Texas Tech ties Massachusetts for #82
- West Virginia reaches 250 appearances (#40)
- Wisconsin reaches 270 appearances (#34)
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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