AP Top 25 Poll

Poll Released: Mar 15 2021

Rank	Trend	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Game scores	Share
1	-	Gonzaga	West Coast	26-0	1,500(60)	_	Share Copy link
2	1	Illinois	Big Ten	23-6	1,415	_	Share Copy link
3	1	Baylor	Big 12	22-2	1,397	_	Share Copy link
4	-	Michigan	Big Ten	20-4	1,280	_	Share Copy link
5	1	Alabama	SEC	24-6	1,242	_	Share Copy link
6	1	Houston	American Athletic Conference (AAC)	24-3	1,145	_	Share Copy link
7	2	Ohio State	Big Ten	21-9	1,138	_	Share Copy link
8	3	Iowa	Big Ten	21-8	1,132	_	Share Copy link
9	4	Texas	Big 12	19-7	993	@ TCU W 76-64	Share Copy link
10	2	Arkansas	SEC	22-6	895	_	Share Copy link
11	1	Oklahoma State	Big 12	20-8	891	_	Share Copy link
12	1	Kansas	Big 12	20-8	803	_	Share Copy link
13	3	West Virginia	Big 12	18-9	745	_	Share Copy link
14	1	Florida State	ACC	16-6	651	_	Share Copy link
15	1	Virginia	ACC	18-6	584	_	Share Copy link
16	3	San Diego State	Mountain West	23-4	521	_	Share Copy link
17	1	Loyola Chicago	Missouri Valley(-)	24-4	513	_	Share Copy link
18	4	Villanova	Big East	16-6	490	_	Share Copy link
19	2	Creighton	Big East	20-8	411	_	Share Copy link
20	-	Purdue	Big Ten	18-9	382	_	Share Copy link
21	1	Texas Tech	Big 12	17-10	271	_	Share Copy link
22	1	Colorado	Pac-12	22-8	243	_	Share Copy link
23	1	Southern California	Pac-12	22-7	125	_	Share Copy link
23	-	Brigham Young	West Coast	20-6	125	_	Share Copy link
25	3	Virginia Tech	ACC	15-6	118	_	Share Copy link

Others Receiving Votes:
Others receiving votes:Georgia Tech 103, Tennessee 72, St. Bonaventure 71, UConn 62, LSU 54, Oregon 40, Oklahoma 40, Wisconsin 26, Winthrop 10, Clemson 5, UC Santa Barbara 2, Missouri 2, Cleveland St. 2, Georgetown 1.

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TEAM	CONF	OVR
Cincinnati	American Athletic Conference (AAC) (8-6)	12-11
West Virginia	Big 12 (11-6)	18-9
Ohio State	Big Ten (12-8)	21-9
Marshall	Conference USA (9-5)	15-7
Ohio	Mid-American Conference (9-5)	16-7

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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