AP Polls -- Top 5 Appearances - decade/all-time

By Mel Greenberg

Here are the total Top 5 appearances in the AP poll in this decade.


2000's (to present)
Tennessee 110
Duke 93
Connecticut 90
LSU 54
Stanford 31
Texas 29
Notre Dame 28
Georgia 26
North Caro. 21
Oklahoma 18
Ohio St. 16
Kansas St. 15
Baylor 14
Louisiana Tech 13
Purdue 10
Iowa St. 9
Texas Tech 9
Vanderbilt 9
Penn St. 8
Maryland 5
Rutgers 3
North Caro. St. 2
Wisconsin 2
Auburn 1

Here are the all-time appearance rankings in the Top 5 in AP's 30-year history



Tennessee 373
Louisiana Tech 279
Connecticut 190
Texas 157
Georgia 145
Old Dominion 131
Stanford 129
Duke 94
Southern Cal 74
LSU 68
Auburn 66
Long Beach St. 60
North Caro. 58
Virginia 57
Iowa 54
Maryland 48
Vanderbilt 45
Penn St. 43
Steph. F. Austin 42
Purdue 38
Rutgers 37
North Caro. St. 34
Notre Dame 28
Cheyney 25
Wayland Baptist 23
Colorado 22
Delta St. 22
Texas Tech 22
Ohio St. 20
Mississippi U. 19
Oklahoma 18
La.-Monroe 16
UCLA 16
Kansas St. 15
Baylor 14
UNLV 13
South Carolina 12
Kansas 11
Western Ky. 10
Immaculata 10
Iowa St. 9
Alabama 8
Cal-St. Fullerton 7
Washington 5
Kentucky 5
Colorado St. 5
Montclair St. 3
Wisconsin 2
Illinois 1
Florida 1
St. Joseph's 1
Tennessee Tech 1