AP Records - # Seasons Ranked Top 20

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

# Seasons Ranked Top 20
Place	Team	Seasons
1.	Tennessee	50
2.	Texas	42
3.	Maryland	38
4.	Georgia	37
	Stanford	37
6.	Connecticut	35
7.	NC State	34
8.	Duke	32
	LSU	32
	Ohio State	32
11.	North Carolina	29
	Vanderbilt	29
13.	Notre Dame	28
	Rutgers	28
15.	Baylor	27
	Louisiana Tech	27
	Penn State	27
18.	Iowa	26
19.	UCLA	25
20.	Auburn	24
	Kentucky	24
	South Carolina	24
23.	Oklahoma	23
24.	Old Dominion	22
	Virginia	22
26.	Mississippi	21
	Purdue	21
28.	USC	20
29.	Texas Tech	19
30.	DePaul	18
	Louisville	18
	Texas A&M	18
33.	Colorado	17
	Florida State	17
35.	Iowa State	16
	Kansas	16
	Michigan State	16
	Stephen F. Austin	16
39.	Arizona State	15
	Arkansas	15
	Clemson	15
	Kansas State	15
	Long Beach State	15
	Oregon	15
45.	Florida	14
	Oregon State	14
	Washington	14
	West Virginia	14
	Western Kentucky	14
50.	California	13
51.	Oklahoma State	12
	UNLV	12
53.	Alabama	11
	Mississippi State	11
	Nebraska	11
	Northwestern	11
57.	George Washington	10
	Miami	10
59.	Gonzaga	9
	Minnesota	9
	Missouri	9
	Virginia Tech	9
63.	Arizona	8
	Michigan	8
	Syracuse	8
	Utah	8
	Villanova	8
68.	Boston College	7
	Illinois	7
	Missouri State	7
	St. Joseph's	7
72.	Cheyney	6
	Green Bay	6
	Marquette	6
	San Diego State	6
	South Florida	6
	St. John's	6
78.	Houston	5
	Indiana	5
	Memphis	5
	TCU	5
	Tennessee Tech	5
	Wisconsin	5
84.	BYU	4
	Delta State	4
	Drake	4
	Georgia Tech	4
	Hawaii	4
	Pittsburgh	4
	Queens College	4
	Tulane	4
	UC-Santa Barbara	4
	Valdosta State	4
	Wayland Baptist	4
	Xavier	4
96.	Colorado State	3
	Dayton	3
	Florida International	3
	Georgetown	3
	Illinois State	3
	James Madison	3
	Louisiana-Monroe	3
	Mercer	3
	Montclair State	3
	Providence	3
	Southern Connecticut State	3
	Southern Illinois	3
108.	Bowling Green	2
	Chattanooga	2
	Cincinnati	2
	Creighton	2
	Delaware	2
	Detroit	2
	Idaho	2
	Immaculata	2
	La Salle	2
	Marist	2
	Mississippi College	2
	Montana	2
	New Mexico	2
	Northern Illinois	2
	Princeton	2
	San Francisco	2
	Seton Hall	2
	Southern Mississippi	2
	Temple	2
127.	Boise State	1
	Cal Poly Pomona	1
	Cal State Fullerton	1
	Central Missouri	1
	East Carolina	1
	Florida Gulf Coast	1
	Fordham	1
	Georgia State	1
	Indiana State	1
	Jackson State	1
	Lamar	1
	Middle Tennessee	1
	New Mexico State	1
	Oral Roberts	1
	Saint Peter's	1
	South Dakota	1
	South Dakota State	1
	Southeastern Louisiana	1
	St. Bonaventure	1
	UTEP	1
	Vermont	1
	Wake Forest	1
	William Penn	1
	Wyoming	1