Guru’s AP WBB Poll Database: Preseason Poll History (Thru 2018-19)

By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru

In advance of this week’s release to launch the 2019-20 season here are the categories count from the previous 43 opening rankings.

 Most Appearances

Tennessee	42
Texas	34
Georgia	33
Maryland	31
Stanford	31
Connecticut	29
Louisiana Tech	27
Penn St.	25
Rutgers	25
Duke	24
LSU	23
North Caro.	23
Vanderbilt	23
North Caro. St.	21
Notre Dame	21
Old Dominion	20
Purdue	20
Ohio St.	19
Virginia	19
Baylor	18
Southern Cal	18
Oklahoma	17
Auburn	16
Iowa	16
Mississippi U.	16
Texas Tech	15
Long Beach St.	14
UCLA	14
Kansas	13
South Carolina	13
Steph. F. Austin	13
DePaul	12
Kentucky	12
Texas A&M	12
Western Ky.	12
Arizona St.	11
Louisville	11
California	10
Geo. Wash.	10
Colorado	9
Michigan St.	9
Washington	9
Alabama	8
Florida St.	8
Kansas St.	8
Oregon	8
Iowa St.	7
Arkansas	6
Florida	6
Mississippi St.	6
Missouri	6
Oregon St.	6
UNLV	6
West Virginia	6
Arizona	5
Cheyney	5
Miami	5
Oklahoma St.	5
St. Joseph's	5
UC Santa Barb.	5
Clemson	4
Minnesota	4
Nebraska	4
San Diego St.	4
Syracuse	4
Tennessee Tech	4
Wisconsin	4
Boston College	3
Delta St.	3
Drake	3
Illinois	3
Marquette	3
Missouri St.	3
Montclair St.	3
Northwestern	3
Queens	3
South Florida	3
Southern Conn.	3
St. John's	3
Utah	3
Wayland Baptist	3
Xavier	3
Colorado St.	2
Dayton	2
Georgetown	2
Georgia Tech	2
Immaculata	2
La.-Monroe	2
Mercer	2
Michigan	2
TCU	2
Valdosta St.	2
BYU	1
Cal-St. Fullerton	1
Chattanooga	1
Cincinnati	1
Delaware	1
Florida Intl.	1
Gonzaga	1
Iliinois St.	1
Indiana	1
James Madison	1
Lamar	1
Middle Tenn.	1
Mississippi Coll.	1
New Mexico	1
Pittsburgh	1
Seton Hall	1
Southern Ill.	1
Temple	1
Tulane	1
Virginia Tech	1
William Penn	1

 Most Top Ten

Tennessee	37
Connecticut	26
Stanford	24
Georgia	21
Louisiana Tech	20
Duke	17
Texas	17
Maryland	14
Notre Dame	13
Baylor	12
LSU	11
North Caro.	11
Old Dominion	11
Long Beach St.	10
Rutgers	10
Virginia	10
Ohio St.	10
Penn St.	9
Purdue	9
Auburn	8
UCLA	8
Louisville	8
Iowa	7
Vanderbilt	7
Southern Cal	7
North Caro. St.	7
South Carolina	6
Texas Tech	5
Oklahoma	5
Western Ky.	4
Steph. F. Austin	4
Mississippi U.	4
Cheyney	4
Wayland Baptist	3
Texas A&M	3
Mississippi St.	3
Kentucky	3
Kansas St.	3
Iowa St.	3
Delta St.	3
Alabama	3
Oregon St.	2
Montclair St.	2
Michigan St.	2
La.-Monroe	2
Immaculata	2
California	2
Arkansas	2
Xavier	1
William Penn	1
UNLV	1
Tennessee Tech	1
St. Joseph's	1
Queens	1
Oregon	1
Mississippi Coll.	1
Miami	1
Mercer	1
Kansas	1
Illinois	1
Georgetown	1
Florida St.	1
Florida	1
Cal-St. Fullerton	1

Most Top Five

Tennessee	32
Connecticut	22
Louisiana Tech	15
Stanford	13
Georgia	12
Texas	10
Duke	9
Baylor	7
Old Dominion	7
Maryland	6
Notre Dame	6
South Carolina	6
LSU	5
Rutgers	5
Southern Cal	5
Auburn	4
Vanderbilt	4
Long Beach St.	3
North Caro.	3
Ohio St.	3
Oklahoma	3
Purdue	3
UCLA	3
Virginia	3
Wayland Baptist	3
Delta St.	2
Iowa	2
Kansas St.	2
Louisville	2
North Caro. St.	2
Western Ky.	2
Alabama	1
Cal-St. Fullerton	1
Immaculata	1
La.-Monroe	1
Oregon	1
Penn St.	1
Steph. F. Austin	1
Tennessee Tech	1
Texas A&M	1
Xavier	1

Most No. 1

 (Tenn/La. Tech once tied)

Connecticut	12
Tennessee	12
Louisiana Tech	3
Baylor	2
Duke	2
Notre Dame	2
Southern Cal	2
Stanford	2
Texas	2
Delta St.	1
Georgia	1
Maryland	1
Old Dominion	1
Virginia	1