March 1, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference |
Teams |
Avg Rank |
Total Points |
Big 12 |
7 |
12.6 |
5726 |
Big Ten |
6 |
11.0 |
5589 |
ACC |
3 |
18.0 |
1594 |
SEC |
2 |
10.0 |
1977 |
Big East |
2 |
12.0 |
1611 |
West Coast |
1 |
1.0 |
1571 |
American |
1 |
9.0 |
1109 |
Mountain West |
1 |
19.0 |
406 |
Missouri Valley |
1 |
20.0 |
367 |
Pac-12 |
1 |
24.0 |
150 |
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MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Colorado makes first appearance in the Top 25 since the 2/24/2020 poll (17 polls)
Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 10 streak reaches 60
- Missouri's Top 25 streak ends at 11
- Tennessee's Top 25 streak ends at 14
Total Appearances:
- Baylor ties Oregon for #57
- Colorado ties two others for #101
- Creighton reaches 110 appearances and ties Boston College for #76
- Gonzaga reaches 290 appearances (#32)
- Iowa reaches 380 appearances (#18)
- Loyola Chicago ties two others for #101
- Michigan reaches 430 appearances (#14)
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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