Calling It 30: AP Final Poll Performances

By Mel Greenberg

Here's a morsel for this morning: Now that we have a complete 30 years of final AP women's polls, here's how teams ranked in categories, although be forewarned I'm writing this before the cut-and-paste from the data base and it may not be pretty.

Of course, it was that ugly, you wouldn't be reading this because I would have killed the post. :)

Total Final Poll Appearances

Tennessee 30
Louisiana Tech 25
Texas 22
Georgia 20
Penn St. 20
North Caro. St. 19
LSU 17
Old Dominion 17
Stanford 16
Purdue 15
Texas Tech 15
Virginia 15
Connecticut 14
Long Beach St. 14
Mississippi U. 14
North Caro. 14
Rutgers 14
Vanderbilt 14
Auburn 13
Maryland 13
Steph. F. Austin 13
Iowa 12
Ohio St. 12
Duke 11
Southern Cal 11
Colorado 10
Kansas 9
Kansas St. 9
Western Ky. 9
Alabama 8
Clemson 8
UCLA 8
Florida 7
South Carolina 7
Washington 7
Baylor 6
Cheyney 6
Iowa St. 6
Minnesota 6
Notre Dame 6
Oklahoma 6
Boston College 5
Michigan St. 5
Oregon 5
UNLV 5
Arizona St. 4
Arkansas 4
Florida Intl. 4
Geo. Wash. 4
Kentucky 4
Missouri 4
Northwestern 4
Oregon St. 4
St. Joseph's 4
UC Santa Barb. 4
Villanova 4
Arizona 3
Bowling Green 3
Hawaii 3
James Madison 3
Montclair St. 3
Tulane 3
Wayland Baptist 3
BYU 2
Colorado St. 2
Delta St. 2
DePaul 2
Drake 2
Houston 2
Illinois 2
La Salle 2
La.-Monroe 2
Memphis 2
Miami 2
Mississippi St. 2
Missouri St. 2
Montana 2
Northern Ill. 2
Oklahoma St. 2
Providence 2
San Diego St. 2
Southern Conn. 2
Southern Ill. 2
Southern Miss. 2
TCU 2
Temple 2
Tennessee Tech 2
Texas A&M 2
Utah 2
Valdosta St. 2
Vermont 2
Virginia Tech 2
Wis.-Green Bay 2
Wisconsin 2
Xavier 2
Boise St. 1
Cal-St. Fullerton 1
Central Mo. 1
Cincinnati 1
Creighton 1
Fordham 1
Illinois St. 1
Immaculata 1
Jackson St. 1
Lamar 1
Mercer 1
Michigan 1
Mississippi Coll. 1
Nebraska 1
New Mexico 1
New Mexico St. 1
Queens 1
San Francisco 1
Seton Hall 1
Southeast La. 1
Tenn-Chattanooga 1
Toledo 1
West Virginia 1


Total Top 10 Appearances, Final Polls

Tennessee 27
Louisiana Tech 23
Connecticut 13
Texas 13
Georgia 12
Stanford 12
Old Dominion 11
Penn St. 11
Rutgers 11
Long Beach St. 10
Maryland 10
Duke 9
Auburn 8
LSU 8
Iowa 7
Purdue 7
Texas Tech 7
Virginia 7
Ohio St. 6
Southern Cal 6
Cheyney 5
North Caro. 5
North Caro. St. 5
Steph. F. Austin 5
Colorado 4
Mississippi U. 4
Vanderbilt 4
Baylor 3
Iowa St. 3
Kansas St. 3
Notre Dame 3
Oklahoma 3
UCLA 3
Wayland Baptist 3
Western Ky. 3
Alabama 2
Delta St. 2
Montclair St. 2
Arizona 1
Arkansas 1
Cal-St. Fullerton 1
Clemson 1
Colorado St. 1
Florida 1
Houston 1
Immaculata 1
Kansas 1
La.-Monroe 1
Miami 1
Michigan St. 1
Missouri St. 1
Queens 1
South Carolina 1
St. Joseph's 1
Tennessee Tech 1
UC Santa Barb. 1
UNLV 1
Valdosta St. 1
Washington 1

Total Top 5 Appearances in Final Polls

Tennessee 22
Louisiana Tech 17
Connecticut 10
Texas 10
Old Dominion 9
Stanford 9
Georgia 6
Duke 5
North Caro 4
Southern Cal 4
Auburn 3
Cheyney 3
LSU 3
Maryland 3
Penn St. 3
Purdue 3
Steph. F. Austin 3
Colorado 2
Iowa 2
Long Beach St. 2
Notre Dame 2
Ohio St. 2
Texas Tech 2
Vanderbilt 2
Virginia 2
Baylor 1
Cal-St. Fullerton 1
Delta St. 1
Immaculata 1
La.-Monroe 1
Mississippi U. 1
Montclair St. 1
North Caro. St. 1
Oklahoma 1
Rutgers 1
South Carolina 1
St. Joseph's 1
UCLA 1
UNLV 1
Washington 1
Wayland Baptist 1
Western Ky. 1

Total No. 1 Appearances in Final Polls

Connecticut 6
Louisiana Tech 5
Tennessee 5
Texas 4
Old Dominion 2
Delta St. 1
Duke 1
North Caro. 1
Penn St. 1
Purdue 1
Stanford 1
Vanderbilt 1
Virginia 1

That's it for this post -- Mel