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February 22, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Gonzaga (60) West Coast 22-0 1596 *1
2 < 2 Baylor (4) Big 12 17-0 1540 *2
3 < 3 Michigan Big Ten 16-1 1472 *3
4 < 4 Ohio State Big Ten 18-5 1370 5
5 < 5 Illinois Big Ten 16-5 1356 4
6 < 8 Alabama SEC 18-5 1196 7
7 < 9 Oklahoma Big 12 14-5 1150 8
8 < 10 Villanova Big East 14-3 1132 6
9 < 11 Iowa Big Ten 17-6 1088 12
10 < 13 West Virginia Big 12 15-6 1014 13
11 < 16 Florida State ACC 13-3 967 9
12 < 6 Houston American 18-3 921 10
13 < 14 Creighton Big East 16-5 836 11
14 < 12 Texas Big 12 13-6 730 16
15 < 7 Virginia ACC 15-5 690 14
16 < 18 Virginia Tech ACC 14-4 545 15
17 < 23 Kansas Big 12 17-7 532 19
18 < 15 Texas Tech Big 12 14-7 477 17
19 < 17 USC Pac-12 18-4 423 18
20 < 24 Arkansas SEC 17-5 346 20
21 < 22 Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 19-4 288 22
22 < 25 San Diego State Mountain West 17-4 222 25
23 < 21 Wisconsin Big Ten 16-8 200 24
24 < 20 Missouri SEC 14-6 149 RV
25 < 19 Tennessee SEC 15-6 145 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma State Big 12 92 21
RV < NR Belmont Ohio Valley 80 RV
RV < NR Oregon Pac-12 53 23
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 53 RV
RV < NR LSU SEC 32 RV
RV < NR BYU West Coast 19 RV
RV < NR Drake Missouri Valley 19 RV
RV < NR UCLA Pac-12 17 RV
RV < NR Clemson ACC 13 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 8 NR
RV < NR North Carolina ACC 6 RV
RV < NR Wichita State American 6 RV
RV < NR Boise State Mountain West 5 RV
RV < NR Toledo MAC 4 NR
RV < NR UC Santa Barbara Big West 2 NR
RV < NR Western Kentucky Conference USA 2 NR
RV < NR Winthrop Big South 2 RV
RV < NR Xavier Big East 2 NR
NR < NR Connecticut American 0 RV
NR < NR Seton Hall Big East 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 6 11.3 5443
Big Ten 5 8.8 5486
SEC 4 18.8 1836
ACC 3 14.0 2202
Big East 2 10.5 1968
West Coast 1 1.0 1596
American 1 12.0 921
Pac-12 1 19.0 423
Missouri Valley 1 21.0 288
Mountain West 1 22.0 222

MILESTONES
Last Appearances

Weekly Streaks:
- Virginia Tech's Top 25 streak reaches 10

Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Mississippi State for #58
- Florida State reaches 180 appearances (#49)
- Loyola Chicago ties Colorado for #102
- Virginia Tech ties two others for #85
- West Virginia reaches 260 appearances (#38)
- Wisconsin reaches 280 appearances (#33)

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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