Associated Press, March 29, 2017

The Associated Press has been ranking the best teams in college basketball since January 1949. Over 68 years and more than 1,100 polls, a total of 200 schools have been ranked and 59 of them have been ranked No. 1 (Saint Louis was the first No. 1).

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To determine the all-time Top 100, the AP formula counted poll appearances (one point each) to mark consistency and No. 1 rankings (two points each) to acknowledge elite programs. Keep in mind that AP doesn?t release a poll after the NCAA Tournament, so eventual national champions are not factored into these rankings. Instead, this lists focuses more on those programs that consistently appear in the poll and/or at the top during the regular seasons.

The poll started with 20 teams ranked each week until it was reduced to just the Top 10 midway through the 1960-1961 season. It then returned to a Top 20 format for the 1968-69 season. The poll expanded to 25 teams starting with the 1989-1990 and it has remained that size since then. The first preseason poll was introduced at the start of the 1961-1962 season.

Ten Big Ten teams landed in the poll, with all ten being ranked within the Top 50. Eight fell within the Top 25. The Big Ten teams that made the Top 100 are listed below.

6. Indiana
11. Illinois
12. Ohio State
13. Michigan State
14. Michigan
17. Maryland
23. Iowa
24. Purdue
37. Wisconsin
43. Minnesota