AP Records - Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 20

There have been 905 polls over 50 seasons. The record is 626, held by Connecticut.

Most Consecutive Polls Ranked Top 20
Place	Team	From	To	Polls
1.	Connecticut	Nov 16, 1993	(Active)	626
2.	Tennessee	Feb 17, 1985	Oct 27, 2012	492
3.	Baylor	Jan 19, 2004	Nov 14, 2022	355
4.	Stanford	Nov 6, 2001	Dec 18, 2017	312
5.	Duke	Dec 6, 1999	Jan 4, 2016	310
6.	Maryland	Dec 13, 2010	Nov 13, 2023	246
7.	Louisiana Tech	Nov 24, 1992	Mar 15, 2004	217
8.	Louisiana Tech	Nov 25, 1978	Dec 31, 1990	211
9.	Long Beach State	Jan 2, 1979	Dec 31, 1990	206
10.	Notre Dame	Oct 30, 2009	Nov 11, 2019	195
11.	Stanford	Nov 23, 1987	Nov 6, 1998	192
12.	Virginia	Nov 20, 1989	Nov 30, 1998	161
13.	Georgia	Nov 18, 1982	Nov 24, 1991	153
14.	North Carolina	Feb 11, 2002	Feb 8, 2010	152
15.	Texas	Jan 10, 1982	Dec 3, 1990	148
16.	South Carolina	Jan 14, 2019	(Active)	147
17.	Old Dominion	Jan 12, 1977	Dec 15, 1985	145
18.	Texas Tech	Jan 26, 1992	Mar 8, 1999	131
	Kentucky	Feb 1, 2010	Dec 26, 2016	131
20.	Maryland	Nov 25, 1976	Nov 26, 1984	130
21.	NC State	Dec 15, 1976	Nov 26, 1984	128
22.	Vanderbilt	Nov 17, 1991	Nov 30, 1998	127
	Louisville	Jan 18, 2016	Nov 28, 2022	127
24.	Auburn	Dec 16, 1984	Jan 12, 1992	122
	Stanford	Feb 5, 2018	Apr 8, 2024	122
26.	Mississippi	Nov 18, 1982	Dec 11, 1989	121
27.	Mississippi State	Dec 22, 2014	Jan 18, 2021	119
28.	USC	Nov 25, 1980	Feb 17, 1987	116
29.	LSU	Nov 4, 2002	Mar 17, 2008	114
30.	Texas Tech	Nov 22, 1999	Nov 21, 2005	113
31.	Oklahoma	Nov 28, 2005	Feb 28, 2011	110
32.	Cheyney	Dec 12, 1978	Mar 11, 1984	102
33.	South Carolina	Nov 18, 2013	Nov 26, 2018	98
34.	LSU	Dec 27, 2021	(Active)	93
35.	Iowa	Nov 12, 1985	Dec 31, 1990	90
36.	NC State	Nov 1, 2018	Jan 30, 2023	89
37.	Rutgers	Nov 25, 1978	Feb 20, 1983	84
38.	Tennessee	Dec 8, 1976	Jan 3, 1982	82
	Purdue	Feb 28, 2000	Nov 29, 2004	82
40.	Louisville	Oct 29, 2011	Nov 16, 2015	80
41.	UCLA	Nov 21, 2022	(Active)	79
42.	Purdue	Nov 28, 1988	Jan 26, 1993	77
43.	Maryland	Nov 8, 2005	Mar 16, 2009	76
44.	Penn State	Dec 8, 1992	Dec 23, 1996	75
45.	Texas	Nov 3, 2015	Feb 25, 2019	74
	Oregon	Nov 2, 2017	Mar 1, 2021	74
47.	Colorado	Dec 8, 1992	Dec 2, 1996	72
	Old Dominion	Dec 11, 1995	Nov 29, 1999	72
49.	Ohio State	Feb 26, 1984	Nov 28, 1988	71
50.	Texas	Nov 25, 1977	Dec 6, 1981	69
	Tennessee	Nov 19, 2012	Jan 25, 2016	69
52.	Georgia	Nov 6, 1998	Jan 28, 2002	68
	Texas	Feb 6, 2023	(Active)	68
54.	Florida State	Jan 12, 2015	Mar 12, 2018	67
55.	Georgia	Nov 13, 1994	Jan 26, 1998	66
	Ohio State	Feb 14, 2022	Apr 7, 2025	66
57.	Virginia	Nov 12, 1985	Feb 26, 1989	64
	Ohio State	Nov 8, 2004	Dec 24, 2007	64
59.	Stephen F. Austin	Mar 15, 1978	Jan 24, 1982	63
	Kentucky	Jan 15, 1980	Mar 13, 1983	63
	Notre Dame	Oct 18, 2022	Nov 10, 2025	63
62.	North Carolina	Dec 9, 1996	Jan 10, 2000	60
	Indiana	Mar 2, 2020	Nov 13, 2023	60
64.	Kentucky	Dec 3, 2018	Dec 13, 2021	59
65.	Notre Dame	Nov 6, 1998	Nov 19, 2001	58
	Texas	Dec 23, 2002	Dec 26, 2005	58
67.	Iowa State	Mar 8, 1999	Mar 11, 2002	57
	Ohio State	Nov 3, 2015	Mar 12, 2018	57
69.	Rutgers	Nov 6, 1998	Mar 12, 2001	56
70.	NC State	Jan 2, 1989	Jan 19, 1992	55
	Iowa	Nov 17, 1991	Dec 6, 1994	55
72.	Texas A&M	Nov 16, 2009	Feb 27, 2012	54
	North Carolina	Dec 10, 2012	Mar 16, 2015	54
74.	Kansas	Jan 23, 1979	Jan 10, 1982	52
	Rutgers	Jan 5, 1986	Jan 16, 1989	52
	Kansas State	Jan 7, 2002	Nov 29, 2004	52
	Oregon State	Jan 15, 2018	Dec 7, 2020	52
78.	Georgia	Mar 14, 2005	Jan 28, 2008	51
79.	UCLA	Nov 25, 1976	Jan 22, 1980	50
80.	Penn State	Nov 18, 1984	Mar 10, 1987	49
	UCLA	Jan 4, 2016	Mar 12, 2018	49
	USC	Nov 13, 2023	Dec 22, 2025	49
83.	Penn State	Jan 23, 2012	Mar 17, 2014	48
84.	Vanderbilt	Jan 8, 2001	Mar 17, 2003	47
	Ohio State	Nov 1, 2008	Jan 3, 2011	47
86.	UNLV	Dec 26, 1988	Mar 11, 1991	46
87.	Tennessee	Feb 7, 1982	Dec 9, 1984	45
88.	North Carolina	Jan 19, 1993	Mar 14, 1995	44
	Michigan State	Nov 8, 2004	Dec 18, 2006	44
90.	Arizona State	Nov 8, 2005	Dec 10, 2007	43
	Xavier	Feb 16, 2009	Mar 14, 2011	43
	Iowa	Feb 28, 2022	Apr 8, 2024	43
93.	Penn State	Feb 1, 1999	Feb 26, 2001	42
	Minnesota	Feb 4, 2002	Mar 1, 2004	42
	UCLA	Mar 11, 2019	Nov 23, 2021	42
	Virginia Tech	Mar 7, 2022	Apr 8, 2024	42
97.	Wayland Baptist	Nov 25, 1976	Mar 20, 1979	41
	Stephen F. Austin	Feb 18, 1991	Dec 7, 1993	41
	California	Nov 3, 2007	Nov 16, 2009	41
	Texas A&M	Feb 25, 2019	Mar 15, 2021	41
	Oklahoma	Oct 15, 2024	(Active)	41
102.	Missouri	Nov 28, 1982	Dec 30, 1984	40
	Maryland	Dec 14, 1987	Jan 14, 1990	40
	Kansas State	Nov 20, 2023	Apr 7, 2025	40
105.	TCU	Nov 18, 2024	(Active)	39
106.	Delta State	Nov 25, 1976	Feb 27, 1979	38
	Oregon	Mar 9, 1980	Mar 27, 1982	38
	Kansas State	Feb 28, 1982	Mar 11, 1984	38
	Penn State	Nov 4, 2002	Mar 15, 2004	38
	Oregon State	Oct 30, 2014	Mar 14, 2016	38
111.	Georgia	Jan 27, 2003	Jan 10, 2005	37
112.	South Carolina	Feb 27, 1979	Mar 3, 1981	36
	Alabama	Dec 4, 1995	Nov 24, 1997	36
114.	Penn State	Dec 20, 1981	Dec 11, 1983	35
	Penn State	Nov 18, 1990	Mar 15, 1992	35
	Alabama	Nov 16, 1993	Mar 14, 1995	35
117.	Washington	Nov 20, 1989	Mar 11, 1991	34
	Maryland	Nov 17, 1991	Mar 16, 1993	34
	Western Kentucky	Jan 19, 1992	Jan 18, 1994	34
	LSU	Dec 6, 1999	Mar 12, 2001	34
	Rutgers	Jan 3, 2005	Dec 4, 2006	34
	Michigan	Dec 7, 2020	Mar 14, 2022	34
123.	Arizona State	Dec 13, 1981	Nov 18, 1983	33
	Western Kentucky	Dec 16, 1984	Dec 16, 1986	33
	USC	Nov 24, 1992	Mar 15, 1994	33
	Minnesota	Nov 8, 2004	Feb 13, 2006	33
	Florida State	Jan 26, 2009	Dec 13, 2010	33
	Duke	Dec 12, 2016	Mar 12, 2018	33
129.	LSU	Nov 12, 1985	Mar 10, 1987	32
	South Carolina	Dec 5, 1988	Mar 12, 1990	32
	Stephen F. Austin	Dec 5, 1988	Mar 12, 1990	32
	UCLA	Nov 6, 1998	Feb 7, 2000	32
	Rutgers	Feb 26, 2007	Jan 5, 2009	32
	Iowa State	Oct 19, 2021	Jan 30, 2023	32
135.	Montclair State	Nov 25, 1976	Jan 9, 1979	31
	Louisiana-Monroe	Feb 5, 1984	Jan 12, 1986	31
	Kansas	Nov 16, 1993	Feb 14, 1995	31
	Purdue	Dec 26, 2005	Mar 12, 2007	31
	Utah	Nov 21, 2022	Feb 5, 2024	31
140.	Penn State	Dec 14, 1977	Nov 25, 1979	30
	UNLV	Dec 12, 1978	Mar 2, 1980	30
	Florida	Dec 4, 2000	Feb 18, 2002	30
	Tennessee	Nov 2, 2017	Jan 14, 2019	30
	Arizona	Nov 15, 2021	Jan 23, 2023	30
145.	Oklahoma	Jan 1, 2001	Mar 11, 2002	29
	Notre Dame	Dec 3, 2007	Feb 2, 2009	29
	North Carolina	Oct 15, 2024	Dec 22, 2025	29
148.	Auburn	Dec 19, 1982	Feb 26, 1984	28
	Washington	Jan 11, 1994	Mar 14, 1995	28
	Notre Dame	Nov 8, 2004	Jan 9, 2006	28
	DePaul	Jan 17, 2005	Nov 8, 2006	28
	Miami	Jan 17, 2011	Mar 12, 2012	28
153.	LSU	Feb 13, 1983	Dec 16, 1984	27
154.	LSU	Mar 16, 1977	Feb 6, 1979	26
	Valdosta State	Jan 25, 1978	Nov 25, 1979	26
	South Carolina	Nov 18, 1981	Jan 9, 1983	26
	Duke	Nov 27, 1995	Jan 13, 1997	26
	Florida	Jan 20, 1997	Mar 9, 1998	26
	Georgetown	Jan 18, 2010	Feb 28, 2011	26
	Texas A&M	Jan 20, 2014	Mar 2, 2015	26
	Arizona	Jan 20, 2020	Mar 15, 2021	26
162.	Virginia	Jan 8, 1984	Feb 24, 1985	25
	Washington	Feb 3, 1987	Nov 28, 1988	25
	Duke	Jan 26, 1998	Mar 8, 1999	25
	North Carolina	Oct 29, 2010	Dec 12, 2011	25
	Tennessee	Feb 22, 2021	Nov 14, 2022	25
167.	Kansas State	Dec 11, 1979	Jan 20, 1981	24
	Northwestern	Jan 21, 1990	Mar 4, 1991	24
	Illinois	Feb 3, 1997	Mar 9, 1998	24
	West Virginia	Jan 11, 2010	Feb 7, 2011	24
	California	Oct 27, 2012	Nov 25, 2013	24
	NC State	Nov 13, 2023	Nov 25, 2024	24
	Duke	Apr 8, 2024	Nov 10, 2025	24
174.	James Madison	Jan 26, 1986	Mar 10, 1987	23
	Iowa	Nov 14, 1995	Dec 9, 1996	23
	Texas A&M	Feb 25, 2008	Mar 16, 2009	23
	Texas	Oct 30, 2009	Nov 29, 2010	23
	Ohio State	Nov 21, 2011	Dec 10, 2012	23
	Tennessee	Dec 9, 2024	Dec 15, 2025	23
180.	St. Joseph's	Dec 15, 1976	Mar 15, 1978	22
	UCLA	Nov 25, 1980	Dec 13, 1981	22
	Arkansas	Nov 18, 1990	Dec 15, 1991	22
	Ohio State	Dec 29, 1992	Jan 25, 1994	22
	Purdue	Dec 14, 1993	Jan 3, 1995	22
	DePaul	Oct 30, 2019	Nov 30, 2020	22
186.	Auburn	Dec 15, 1992	Jan 4, 1994	21
	Georgia	Mar 12, 2012	Mar 18, 2013	21
	Texas	Nov 15, 2021	Nov 21, 2022	21
	Colorado	Oct 17, 2023	Apr 8, 2024	21
190.	Vanderbilt	Dec 16, 1986	Jan 4, 1988	20
	Kansas	Mar 4, 1996	Mar 10, 1997	20
	West Virginia	Nov 3, 2007	Mar 17, 2008	20
	Louisville	Mar 17, 2008	Mar 16, 2009	20
	Syracuse	Nov 1, 2018	Mar 18, 2019	20
	Kentucky	Nov 11, 2024	Apr 7, 2025	20
	Michigan	Oct 14, 2025	(Active)	20
	Vanderbilt	Oct 14, 2025	(Active)	20
198.	Stephen F. Austin	Nov 25, 1976	Feb 8, 1978	19
	Queens College	Nov 25, 1977	Dec 26, 1978	19
	LSU	Dec 10, 1990	Dec 15, 1991	19
	Florida	Mar 15, 1994	Mar 14, 1995	19
	Western Kentucky	Nov 29, 1994	Nov 27, 1995	19
	Auburn	Nov 9, 1999	Mar 13, 2000	19
	Colorado	Nov 10, 2003	Mar 15, 2004	19
	Vanderbilt	Nov 8, 2006	Mar 12, 2007	19
	Auburn	Nov 1, 2008	Mar 16, 2009	19
	UCLA	Oct 29, 2010	Mar 14, 2011	19
	Texas A&M	Nov 3, 2015	Mar 14, 2016	19
	Washington	Nov 1, 2016	Mar 13, 2017	19
210.	Immaculata	Nov 25, 1976	Feb 1, 1978	18
	San Diego State	Nov 18, 1984	Nov 12, 1985	18
	George Washington	Dec 1, 1991	Dec 8, 1992	18
	George Washington	Nov 13, 1994	Mar 14, 1995	18
	Arizona	Nov 7, 1997	Mar 9, 1998	18
	Purdue	Nov 6, 1998	Mar 8, 1999	18
	NC State	Nov 9, 1999	Mar 6, 2000	18
	Baylor	Nov 6, 2001	Mar 11, 2002	18
	Mississippi State	Nov 18, 2002	Mar 17, 2003	18
	George Washington	Dec 11, 2006	Nov 26, 2007	18
	Texas A&M	Jan 29, 2007	Jan 14, 2008	18
	UCLA	Nov 19, 2012	Mar 18, 2013	18
	Nebraska	Feb 17, 2014	Feb 2, 2015	18
	Missouri	Nov 27, 2017	Nov 12, 2018	18
	Indiana	Nov 27, 2023	Apr 8, 2024	18
	Iowa	Nov 17, 2025	(Active)	18
	Kentucky	Nov 17, 2025	(Active)	18
227.	Missouri	Jan 11, 1978	Jan 9, 1979	17
	Mississippi	Nov 18, 1990	Mar 11, 1991	17
	Texas	Mar 15, 1992	Mar 16, 1993	17
	NC State	Dec 15, 1997	Nov 30, 1998	17
	Texas	Nov 1, 2008	Mar 2, 2009	17
	Oklahoma State	Nov 11, 2013	Mar 3, 2014	17
	Florida State	Oct 30, 2019	Feb 24, 2020	17
	Arkansas	Nov 10, 2020	Mar 15, 2021	17
	Maryland	Feb 24, 2025	Jan 26, 2026	17
	Mississippi	Apr 7, 2025	Feb 23, 2026	17
237.	Georgia	Nov 18, 1981	Mar 7, 1982	16
	North Carolina	Nov 12, 1985	Mar 9, 1986	16
	Western Kentucky	Jan 7, 1991	Dec 22, 1991	16
	Mississippi	Dec 22, 1991	Dec 15, 1992	16
	Mississippi	Nov 29, 1994	Mar 14, 1995	16
	Arkansas	Feb 7, 1995	Jan 15, 1996	16
	NC State	Nov 14, 1995	Feb 26, 1996	16
	Oregon State	Nov 14, 1995	Feb 26, 1996	16
	Wisconsin	Nov 27, 1995	Mar 11, 1996	16
	Colorado State	Nov 23, 1998	Mar 8, 1999	16
	Georgetown	Nov 28, 2011	Mar 12, 2012	16
	LSU	Nov 1, 2013	Feb 17, 2014	16
	Miami	Nov 28, 2016	Mar 13, 2017	16
	Gonzaga	Dec 2, 2019	Mar 17, 2020	16
	Michigan	Nov 28, 2022	Mar 13, 2023	16
252.	Detroit	Dec 4, 1979	Mar 9, 1980	15
	Texas Tech	Dec 2, 1984	Mar 10, 1985	15
	Oklahoma	Dec 1, 1985	Mar 9, 1986	15
	NC State	Dec 2, 1986	Mar 10, 1987	15
	Southern Illinois	Dec 23, 1986	Dec 7, 1987	15
	Rutgers	Dec 3, 1990	Mar 11, 1991	15
	Texas	Jan 7, 1991	Dec 15, 1991	15
	Purdue	Feb 7, 1995	Jan 8, 1996	15
	Texas	Dec 2, 1996	Mar 10, 1997	15
	Western Kentucky	Dec 1, 1997	Mar 9, 1998	15
	Alabama	Feb 16, 1998	Jan 18, 1999	15
	Virginia Tech	Dec 14, 1998	Nov 15, 1999	15
	Arkansas	Nov 4, 2002	Feb 17, 2003	15
	South Carolina	Dec 9, 2002	Mar 17, 2003	15
	Michigan State	Dec 6, 2010	Mar 14, 2011	15
	Texas A&M	Jan 7, 2013	Nov 25, 2013	15
	Colorado	Feb 18, 2013	Jan 6, 2014	15
	Arizona State	Jan 5, 2015	Nov 30, 2015	15
	Texas A&M	Jan 1, 2018	Nov 26, 2018	15
	BYU	Dec 6, 2021	Mar 14, 2022	15
	Gonzaga	Dec 18, 2023	Apr 8, 2024	15
	Maryland	Oct 15, 2024	Feb 10, 2025	15
274.	Southern Connecticut State	Mar 9, 1977	Mar 1, 1978	14
	Alabama	Feb 12, 1984	Jan 13, 1985	14
	San Diego State	Nov 21, 1988	Feb 20, 1989	14
	LSU	Nov 20, 1989	Feb 19, 1990	14
	Connecticut	Dec 31, 1990	Dec 1, 1991	14
	Miami	Jan 12, 1992	Dec 22, 1992	14
	Clemson	Dec 7, 1998	Mar 8, 1999	14
	Colorado	Feb 5, 2001	Dec 31, 2001	14
	Texas	Jan 7, 2002	Dec 2, 2002	14
	Boston College	Mar 15, 2004	Jan 31, 2005	14
	Virginia	Nov 1, 2008	Feb 9, 2009	14
	Georgia	Nov 16, 2009	Feb 15, 2010	14
	Nebraska	Dec 14, 2009	Mar 15, 2010	14
	Rutgers	Oct 29, 2011	Feb 6, 2012	14
	Green Bay	Dec 12, 2011	Mar 12, 2012	14
	Purdue	Nov 12, 2012	Feb 11, 2013	14
	Arizona State	Dec 28, 2015	Nov 14, 2016	14
	Oregon State	Jan 2, 2017	Nov 20, 2017	14
	Ohio State	Nov 10, 2020	Feb 22, 2021	14
	Louisville	Dec 15, 2025	(Active)	14
294.	Mississippi	Mar 15, 1978	Feb 13, 1979	13
	USC	Jan 11, 1988	Dec 5, 1988	13
	Iowa State	Nov 30, 1998	Feb 22, 1999	13
	Purdue	Nov 22, 1999	Feb 14, 2000	13
	Missouri State	Dec 18, 2000	Mar 12, 2001	13
	UC-Santa Barbara	Feb 3, 2003	Dec 15, 2003	13
	Vanderbilt	Mar 8, 2004	Jan 17, 2005	13
	LSU	Oct 30, 2009	Feb 1, 2010	13
	DePaul	Jan 3, 2011	Nov 14, 2011	13
	South Carolina	Dec 24, 2012	Mar 18, 2013	13
	Texas	Oct 30, 2014	Feb 2, 2015	13
	Gonzaga	Dec 24, 2018	Mar 18, 2019	13
	Indiana	Nov 18, 2019	Feb 10, 2020	13
	NC State	Jan 20, 2025	Nov 17, 2025	13
	Baylor	Feb 17, 2025	Dec 15, 2025	13
	Ohio State	Dec 22, 2025	(Active)	13