AP Poll Deecmber 2: Purdue Back in the Top 10

[Travis Miller]

A tourney win plus the chaos of Feast Week has Purdue back in the top 10.

College Basketball Rankings December 2

Purdue moves back into the top 10.

purdue.rivals.com

 

[Boiler Buck]

Over the last few years, how many weeks has Purdue been in top 10? More often than not, is my guess.

Kind of taken for granted at this s point.
CMP = Excellence

 

[DrEss]

#7, ahead of Gonzaga, in the Coaches.

 

[boilerzz]

Over the last few years, how many weeks has Purdue been in top 10? More often than not, is my guess.

Kind of taken for granted at this s point.
CMP = Excellence

Total AP Men's BB Poll Appearances Summary | College Poll Archive

www.collegepollarchive.com

Updated prior to this week (notice anything in that average rank column?):

Appearances in the AP Top 10 : 2022 to 2025​

Rk	Team	App*	Pct*	Avg Rk	High Rk
1.	Kansas	59	93.7%	4.8	1
2.	Purdue	57	90.5%	3.2	1
3.	Houston	48	76.2%	3.5	1
	Arizona	48	76.2%	5.7	1
5.	Duke	36	57.1%	6.6	1
6.	Gonzaga	35	55.6%	4.2	1
7.	Connecticut	33	52.4%	3.4	1
	Baylor	33	52.4%	5.9	1
	Tennessee	33	52.4%	6.3	2
10.	UCLA	26	41.3%	5.3	2
11.	Alabama	24	38.1%	5.1	1
12.	Marquette	23	36.5%	7.0	3
	Kentucky	23	36.5%	7.2	4
14.	North Carolina	22	34.9%	6.2	1
	Texas	22	34.9%	6.6	2
16.	Auburn	16	25.4%	4.3	1
17.	Iowa State	13	20.6%	6.8	4
18.	Virginia	11	17.5%	5.7	2
	Creighton (NE)	11	17.5%	8.7	7
20.	Villanova	10	15.9%	6.9	4
21.	Arkansas	8	12.7%	9.5	9
22.	Illinois	7	11.1%	9.3	6
23.	USC	5	7.9%	7.4	5
	Michigan State	5	7.9%	8.8	4
25.	Wisconsin	3	4.8%	8.0	6
	Florida Atlantic	3	4.8%	9.0	7
27.	Michigan	2	3.2%	5.0	4
	Kansas State	2	3.2%	6.0	5
	Oklahoma	2	3.2%	8.0	7
	Providence (RI)	2	3.2%	8.5	8
	Miami (FL)	2	3.2%	9.0	8
	Texas Tech	2	3.2%	9.0	9
	Memphis	2	3.2%	9.5	9
34.	Xavier (OH)	1	1.6%	8.0	8
	Indiana	1	1.6%	10.0	10
	NC State	1	1.6%	10.0	10

 

[Gman544]

I think the current ranking is a bit high. But, enjoy that Purdue is now a little over ranked because of their reputation.

 

[Travis Miller]

Total AP Men's BB Poll Appearances Summary | College Poll Archive

www.collegepollarchive.com

Updated prior to this week (notice anything in that average rank column?):

Appearances in the AP Top 10 : 2022 to 2025​

Rk	Team	App*	Pct*	Avg Rk	High Rk
1.	Kansas	59	93.7%	4.8	1
2.	Purdue	57	90.5%	3.2	1
3.	Houston	48	76.2%	3.5	1
	Arizona	48	76.2%	5.7	1
5.	Duke	36	57.1%	6.6	1
6.	Gonzaga	35	55.6%	4.2	1
7.	Connecticut	33	52.4%	3.4	1
	Baylor	33	52.4%	5.9	1
	Tennessee	33	52.4%	6.3	2
10.	UCLA	26	41.3%	5.3	2
11.	Alabama	24	38.1%	5.1	1
12.	Marquette	23	36.5%	7.0	3
	Kentucky	23	36.5%	7.2	4
14.	North Carolina	22	34.9%	6.2	1
	Texas	22	34.9%	6.6	2
16.	Auburn	16	25.4%	4.3	1
17.	Iowa State	13	20.6%	6.8	4
18.	Virginia	11	17.5%	5.7	2
	Creighton (NE)	11	17.5%	8.7	7
20.	Villanova	10	15.9%	6.9	4
21.	Arkansas	8	12.7%	9.5	9
22.	Illinois	7	11.1%	9.3	6
23.	USC	5	7.9%	7.4	5
	Michigan State	5	7.9%	8.8	4
25.	Wisconsin	3	4.8%	8.0	6
	Florida Atlantic	3	4.8%	9.0	7
27.	Michigan	2	3.2%	5.0	4
	Kansas State	2	3.2%	6.0	5
	Oklahoma	2	3.2%	8.0	7
	Providence (RI)	2	3.2%	8.5	8
	Miami (FL)	2	3.2%	9.0	8
	Texas Tech	2	3.2%	9.0	9
	Memphis	2	3.2%	9.5	9
34.	Xavier (OH)	1	1.6%	8.0	8
	Indiana	1	1.6%	10.0	10
	NC State	1	1.6%	10.0	10

Purdue has been in every poll since the second one of the 2022-23 season, for a total of 42 weeks. In only three of those it was not in the top 10, two of them being this year.

If Purdue had been in the top 25 for the 2022-23 preseason and week 1 it would be in 63 consecutive polls and in the top 10 in 59 of those 63.