AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Jan 11 2021

Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Gonzaga	West Coast	12-0	1,599(63)	@ Portland W 116-88	Share Copy link
2	-	Baylor	Big 12	11-0	1,536(1)	@ TCU W 67-49	Share Copy link
3	-	Villanova	Big East	8-1	1,436	_	Share Copy link
4	-	Texas	Big 12	10-1	1,422	@ West Virginia W 72-70	Share Copy link
5	-	Iowa	Big Ten	11-2	1,322	vs Minnesota W 86-71	Share Copy link
6	-	Kansas	Big 12	10-2	1,220	vs Oklahoma W 63-59	Share Copy link
7	3	Michigan	Big Ten	10-0	1,161	vs Minnesota W 82-57	Share Copy link
8	1	Creighton	Big East	10-2	1,151	vs St. John's W 97-79	Share Copy link
9	1	Wisconsin	Big Ten	10-2	1,110	vs Indiana W 80-73	Share Copy link
10	1	Tennessee	SEC	9-1	1,093	@ Texas A&M W 68-54	Share Copy link
11	-	Houston	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	10-1	993	vs Tulane W 71-50	Share Copy link
12	7	Clemson	ACC	9-1	747	vs North Carolina State W 74-70	Share Copy link
13	1	West Virginia	Big 12	9-4	701	vs Texas L 72-70	Share Copy link
14	2	Illinois	Big Ten	9-4	694	@ Northwestern W 81-56	Share Copy link
15	3	Texas Tech	Big 12	10-3	689	@ Iowa State W 91-64	Share Copy link
16	-	Louisville	ACC	8-1	464	vs Virginia Tech W 73-71	Share Copy link
17	4	Missouri	SEC	7-2	436	@ Mississippi State L 78-63	Share Copy link
18	4	Virginia	ACC	7-2	403	@ Boston College W 61-49	Share Copy link
19	2	Duke	ACC	5-2	397	vs Wake Forest W 79-68	Share Copy link
20	1	Virginia Tech	ACC	9-2	286	vs Notre Dame W 77-63	Share Copy link
21	-	Ohio State	Big Ten	9-3	280	@ Rutgers W 79-68	Share Copy link
22	5	Oregon	Pac-12	9-2	264	@ Utah W 79-73	Share Copy link
23	7	Minnesota	Big Ten	10-4	233	@ Iowa L 86-71	Share Copy link
24	1	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	7-1	220	_	Share Copy link
25	-	Connecticut	Big East	6-1	181	@ Butler W 72-60	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Alabama 173, UCLA 137, Colorado 96, Florida St. 74, Southern Cal 48, Rutgers 46, Drake 42, Michigan St. 34, Oklahoma St. 28, Arkansas 24, San Diego St. 10, Boise St. 8, Florida 7, Xavier 7, LSU 7, Northwestern 6, Tulsa 5, NC State 5, Indiana 2, Winthrop 2, Belmont 1.

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Find Your Team

TEAM	CONF	OVR
Duke	ACC (3-1)	5-3
Baylor	Big 12 (4-0)	11-0
Iowa	Big Ten (5-1)	11-2
Tennessee	SEC (3-1)	9-1
Gonzaga	West Coast (4-0)	13-0

Poll Methodology

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes noted in parentheses, are determined by a points system. A team receives 25 points for a first-place vote, 24 points for a second-place vote and so on through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking.

History of the Poll

The Associated Press college basketball poll started on Jan. 20, 1949. The original poll had 20 teams, with Saint Louis the first school to hold the No. 1 ranking. From the 1961-62 season through 1967-68 only 10 teams were ranked. It expanded again to 20 teams from 1968-69 through 1988-89. The Top 25 began the next season, and it has stayed at that number ever since. The AP's final poll is released after the field for the NCAA Tournament is selected.

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