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AP Records - # Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 20

There have been 905 polls over 50 seasons. The record is 46, held by Tennessee.

# Seasons Preseason Ranked Top 20
Place	Team	Seasons
1.	Tennessee	46
2.	Stanford	36
3.	Texas	35
4.	Connecticut	34
	Maryland	34
6.	Georgia	31
7.	NC State	26
8.	Baylor	25
	Louisiana Tech	25
	Notre Dame	25
11.	Duke	24
	LSU	24
	Ohio State	24
14.	North Carolina	22
	Penn State	22
16.	Rutgers	21
17.	Vanderbilt	20
18.	Old Dominion	19
19.	Iowa	18
	South Carolina	18
	Virginia	18
22.	UCLA	17
23.	Louisville	16
	Purdue	16
25.	Kentucky	15
	Mississippi	15
	Oklahoma	15
	USC	15
29.	Long Beach State	14
	Texas Tech	14
31.	Texas A&M	13
32.	Auburn	12
	Kansas	12
	Stephen F. Austin	12
35.	Florida State	11
36.	Arizona State	10
	DePaul	10
	Oregon	10
	Western Kentucky	10
40.	Colorado	9
	Iowa State	9
	Kansas State	9
43.	California	8
	Michigan State	8
	Oregon State	8
46.	Alabama	7
	Arkansas	7
	Mississippi State	7
	Washington	7
	West Virginia	7
51.	Cheyney	5
	George Washington	5
	Missouri	5
	UNLV	5
55.	Florida	4
	Indiana	4
	Miami	4
	Minnesota	4
	Northwestern	4
	San Diego State	4
	St. Joseph's	4
	Tennessee Tech	4
63.	Arizona	3
	Boston College	3
	Clemson	3
	Delta State	3
	Michigan	3
	Montclair State	3
	Nebraska	3
	Queens College	3
	Southern Connecticut State	3
	Virginia Tech	3
	Wayland Baptist	3
74.	Drake	2
	Georgetown	2
	Georgia Tech	2
	Illinois	2
	Immaculata	2
	Louisiana-Monroe	2
	Marquette	2
	Mercer	2
	Missouri State	2
	St. John's	2
	Syracuse	2
	UC-Santa Barbara	2
	Utah	2
	Valdosta State	2
	Xavier	2
89.	Cal State Fullerton	1
	Cincinnati	1
	Colorado State	1
	Dayton	1
	Delaware	1
	Florida International	1
	Illinois State	1
	James Madison	1
	Lamar	1
	Mississippi College	1
	New Mexico	1
	Oklahoma State	1
	Pittsburgh	1
	South Florida	1
	Southern Illinois	1
	TCU	1
	William Penn	1
	Wisconsin	1