February 8, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big Ten |
7 |
14.0 |
5307 |
Big 12 |
6 |
11.8 |
5331 |
SEC |
3 |
12.3 |
2567 |
ACC |
3 |
14.7 |
1969 |
Big East |
2 |
12.0 |
1746 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1567 |
American |
1 |
8.0 |
1060 |
Pac-12 |
1 |
20.0 |
411 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
22.0 |
200 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Loyola Chicago makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 3/11/1985 poll (660 polls)
- Missouri makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 1/7/2013 poll (157 polls)
- Ohio State makes first appearance in the Top 5 since the 12/30/2019 poll (22 polls)
- Oklahoma State makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the final 2/16/2015 poll (112 polls)
- USC makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 12/4/2017 poll (65 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 25 streak reaches 90
- Iowa's Top 10 streak ends at 11
- Kansas' Top 25 streak ends at 231
- Villanova's Top 10 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Creighton ties La Salle for #77
- Florida State ties Xavier for #49
- Iowa ties Marquette for #19
- Loyola Chicago reaches 50 appearances (#104)
- Oklahoma State reaches 270 appearances (#35)
- Rutgers ties Tulane for #112
- Virginia Tech reaches 80 appearances (#87)
- USC reaches 180 appearances (#48)
- Virginia reaches 320 appearances (#25)
- West Virginia ties Pittsburgh for #38
Note: No teams in the Top 10 in all-time appearances are ranked this week.
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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