February 15, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
6 |
12.3 |
5269 |
Big Ten |
5 |
8.8 |
5346 |
SEC |
4 |
17.8 |
2063 |
ACC |
3 |
13.7 |
2269 |
Big East |
2 |
12.0 |
1855 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1595 |
American |
1 |
6.0 |
1171 |
Pac-12 |
1 |
17.0 |
587 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
22.0 |
167 |
Mountain West |
1 |
25.0 |
75 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Arkansas makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 1/1/2018 poll (62 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Creighton's Top 25 streak reaches 20
- Michigan's Top 25 streak reaches 10
- Missouri's Top 25 streak reaches 10
Total Appearances:
- Alabama reaches 300 appearances (#27)
- Iowa ties Notre Dame for #18
- Loyola Chicago ties Mississippi for #103
- Oklahoma ties Purdue for #21
- Texas Tech ties California for #79
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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