AP All-Time Top 100 College Basketball Ranks Will Start Fights Among Nation's Schools

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I went to George Mason University years after they made their Cinderella Final Four run, so I have no idea what it feels like to have a ranked college basketball team, let alone a good college basketball team. But I imagine it’s pretty ‘effing sweet what with all of the nationally televised games, victories, after-parties, and awesomeness.
A lot of that joy comes from seeing your school ranked in the Associated Press’ weekly Top 25 list. Since January 1949, college students have been turning to the AP for NCAA basketball rankings that will validate their mocking group texts to friends.
Now they’ve come out with a All-Time Top 100.
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.

Without further ado, here are the top 100 college basketball teams of all time.

1. Kentucky Wildcats (1,111 Points)
2. North Carolina Tar Heels (1,098 Points)
3. Duke Blue Devils (1,032 Points)
4. UCLA Bruins (957 Points)
5. Kansas Jayhawks (857 Points)
6. Indiana Hoosiers (662 Points)
7. Louisville Cardinals (627 Points)
8. Arizona Wildcats (594 Points)
9. Syracuse Orange (581 Points)
10. Cincinnati Bearcats (500 Points)
11. Illinois Fighting Illini (479 Points)
12. Ohio State Buckeyes (453 Points)
13. Michigan State Spartans (434 Points)
14. Michigan Wolverines (423 Points)
15. Georgetown Hoyas (421)
16. Connecticut Huskies (402 Points)
17. Maryland Terrapins (400 Points)
18. Notre Dame Fighting Irish (382 Points)
19. Villanova Wildcats (372 Points)
20. Oklahoma Sooners (371 Points)
21. Marquette Golden Eagles (366 Points)
22. North Carolina State Wolfpack (366 Points)
23. Iowa Hawkeyes (343 Points)
24. Purdue Boilermakers (339 Points)
25. UNLV Rebels (321 Points)

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RANK	TEAM NAME	POINTS
26	Memphis	307
27	St. John’s	306
27	Florida	306
29	Missouri	300
30	Alabama	297
31	Arkansas	289
32	Virginia	283
33	Wake Forest	281
34	Oklahoma State	271
35	Pittsburgh	264
36	Texas	255
37	Wisconsin	250
38	Tennessee	243
39	Utah	239
40	Stanford	232
41	Gonzaga	230
42	West Virginia	229
43	Minnesota	226
44	Kansas State	224
45	Georgia Tech	213
46	Vanderbilt	204
47	LSU	198
48	San Francisco	191
49	DePaul	186
50	USC	174
51	Temple	169
52	Washington	154
53	Xavier	153
53	Iowa State	153
55	New Mexico	149
56	Houston	148
57	Providence	143
58	Mississippi State	140
58	Wichita State	140
60	Bradley	138
60	Oregon State	138
62	South Carolina	135
63	BYU	129
64	Florida State	127
65	Clemson	125
66	Oregon	123
67	Butler	121
68	Massachusetts	118
69	Saint Louis	115
69	La Salle	115
71	Baylor	113
72	Seton Hall	112
73	Western Kentucky	111
74	Boston College	110
75	Texas A&M	105
76	Dayton	98
77	California	97
78	Duquesne	95
79	Arizona State	94
80	Auburn	90
81	Holy Cross	89
82	Creighton	83
83	St. Bonaventure	82
83	Tulsa	82
85	Penn	78
86	SMU	77
87	Miami (FL)	75
88	George Washington	74
89	Davidson	71
90	Oklahoma City	69
91	Saint Joseph’s	68
92	Georgia	66
92	San Diego State	66
94	Seattle	65
95	New Mexico State	64
96	Long Beach State	60
96	UTEP	60
98	Loyola Chicago	57
99	Virginia Tech	50
100	Jacksonville	49
100	Mississippi	49