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December 27, 2021 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points Coaches
1 < 1 Baylor (61) Big 12 11-0 1525 *1
2 < 2 Duke ACC 11-1 1448 2
3 < 3 Purdue Big Ten 11-1 1371 3
4 < 4 Gonzaga West Coast 10-2 1335 4
5 < 5 UCLA Pac-12 8-1 1296 5
6 < 7 Kansas Big 12 9-1 1233 6
7 < 8 USC Pac-12 12-0 994 9
8 < 9 Iowa State Big 12 12-0 985 8
9 < 6 Arizona Pac-12 11-1 973 7
10 < 11 Michigan State Big Ten 10-2 901 10
11 < 12 Auburn SEC 11-1 826 11
12 < 13 Houston American 11-2 801 14
13 < 14 Ohio State Big Ten 8-2 787 12
14 < 19 Tennessee SEC 9-2 729 15
15 < 15 Seton Hall Big East 9-1 716 13
16 < 17 LSU SEC 12-0 609 16
17 < 16 Texas Big 12 9-2 567 18
18 < 20 Kentucky SEC 9-2 459 17
19 < 10 Alabama SEC 9-3 426 19
20 < 21 Colorado State Mountain West 10-0 366 20
21 < 22 Providence Big East 11-1 315 21
22 < 23 Villanova Big East 8-4 312 22
23 < 18 Xavier Big East 11-2 237 24
24 < 24 Wisconsin Big Ten 9-2 207 23
25 < 25 Texas Tech Big 12 9-2 121 25
RV < NR Illinois Big Ten 72 RV
RV < NR Oklahoma Big 12 62 RV
RV < NR West Virginia Big 12 52 RV
RV < NR Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley 39 RV
RV < NR Connecticut Big East 34 RV
RV < NR Michigan Big Ten 7 RV
RV < NR Colorado Pac-12 5 NR
RV < NR San Francisco West Coast 4 RV
RV < NR Wake Forest ACC 4 RV
RV < NR Davidson Atlantic 10 2 NR
RV < NR Iowa Big Ten 2 NR
RV < NR Creighton Big East 1 NR
RV < NR Memphis American 1 NR
RV < NR Minnesota Big Ten 1 RV
NR < NR Arkansas SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Florida SEC 0 RV
NR < NR Indiana Big Ten 0 RV
NR < NR Saint Mary's West Coast 0 RV
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
Conference Teams Avg Rank Total Points
Big 12 5 11.4 4431
SEC 5 15.6 3049
Big Ten 4 12.5 3266
Big East 4 20.3 1580
Pac-12 3 7.0 3263
ACC 1 2.0 1448
West Coast 1 4.0 1335
American 1 12.0 801
Mountain West 1 20.0 366

MILESTONES
Last Appearances:
- Michigan State makes first appearance in the Top 10 since the 12/14/2020 poll (20 polls)

Weekly Streaks:
- Gonzaga's Top 10 streak reaches 70

Total Appearances:
- Colorado State ties three others for #152
- Gonzaga reaches 300 appearances (#29)
- Ohio State ties Cincinnati for #13

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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