AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Mar 01 2021

Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Gonzaga	West Coast	24-0	1,571(59)	vs Loyola Marymount W 86-69	Share Copy link
2	1	Michigan	Big Ten	18-1	1,512(4)	@ Indiana W 73-57	Share Copy link
3	1	Baylor	Big 12	18-1	1,450	@ Kansas L 71-58	Share Copy link
4	1	Illinois	Big Ten	18-6	1,350	@ Wisconsin W 74-69	Share Copy link
5	4	Iowa	Big Ten	18-7	1,266	@ Ohio State W 73-57	Share Copy link
6	4	West Virginia	Big 12	17-6	1,210	vs Kansas State W 65-43	Share Copy link
7	3	Ohio State	Big Ten	18-7	1,163	vs Iowa L 73-57	Share Copy link
8	2	Alabama	SEC	19-6	1,130	@ Mississippi State W 64-59	Share Copy link
9	3	Houston	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	20-3	1,109	vs South Florida W 98-52	Share Copy link
10	2	Villanova	Big East	15-4	942	@ Butler L 73-61	Share Copy link
11	-	Florida State	ACC	14-4	897	@ North Carolina L 78-70	Share Copy link
12	8	Arkansas	SEC	19-5	847	vs LSU W 83-75	Share Copy link
13	4	Kansas	Big 12	18-8	785	vs Baylor W 71-58	Share Copy link
14	1	Creighton	Big East	17-6	669	@ Xavier L 77-69	Share Copy link
15	1	Texas	Big 12	14-7	650	@ Texas Tech L 68-59	Share Copy link
16	9	Oklahoma	Big 12	14-7	584	vs Oklahoma State L 94-90	Share Copy link
17	-	Oklahoma State	Big 12	16-6	553	@ Oklahoma W 94-90	Share Copy link
18	-	Texas Tech	Big 12	15-8	494	vs Texas W 68-59	Share Copy link
19	3	San Diego State	Mountain West	19-4	406	vs Boise State W 62-58	Share Copy link
20	1	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley(-)	21-4	367	_	Share Copy link
21	6	Virginia	ACC	15-6	362	vs North Carolina State L 68-61	Share Copy link
22	6	Virginia Tech	ACC	15-5	335	vs Wake Forest W 84-46	Share Copy link
23	-	Purdue	Big Ten	16-8	192	@ Penn State W 73-52	Share Copy link
24	-	Colorado	Pac-12	19-7	150	vs UCLA W 70-61	Share Copy link
25	2	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16-9	106	vs Illinois L 74-69	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:BYU 101, Southern Cal 88, Clemson 47, Florida 24, Tennessee 19, St. Bonaventure 16, Oregon 15, Missouri 13, Wichita St. 11, Maryland 9, Toledo 8, UConn 5, Belmont 5, Winthrop 4, North Carolina 4, UCLA 2, Louisville 2, UC Santa Barbara 1, Drake 1.

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TEAM	CONF	OVR
Duke	ACC (9-8)	11-10
Baylor	Big 12 (11-1)	19-1
Iowa	Big Ten (12-6)	18-7
Tennessee	SEC (9-7)	16-7
Gonzaga	West Coast (15-0)	24-0

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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