Longest Absence Between Rankings

Longest Absence Between Rankings
Place	Team	Last ranked	Returned	Polls missed
1.	Mercer	Dec 9, 1980	Feb 26, 2018	684
2.	Chattanooga	Mar 11, 1984	Jan 26, 2015	555
3.	UNLV	Jan 18, 1994	Feb 13, 2023	550
4.	Alabama	Mar 8, 1999	Oct 15, 2024	478
5.	Pittsburgh	Dec 18, 1979	Dec 11, 2006	477
6.	Creighton	Mar 15, 1992	Mar 6, 2017	464
7.	Illinois	Nov 27, 2000	Jan 9, 2023	424
8.	Baylor	Jan 25, 1978	Jan 8, 2001	397
9.	Indiana	Jan 19, 1993	Jan 6, 2014	390
10.	St. John's	Feb 5, 1984	Jan 30, 2006	387
11.	BYU	Mar 18, 1980	Nov 25, 2002	386
12.	Missouri	Dec 30, 1984	Jan 9, 2006	372
13.	Seton Hall	Jan 31, 1995	Dec 29, 2014	371
14.	Northwestern	Jan 29, 1996	Feb 23, 2015	361
15.	Illinois State	Dec 5, 1988	Jan 28, 2008	351
16.	Oregon State	Mar 11, 1996	Oct 30, 2014	340
17.	Minnesota	Dec 12, 1982	Jan 21, 2002	336
18.	James Madison	Mar 14, 1988	Jan 29, 2007	335
19.	Western Kentucky	Mar 9, 1998	Jan 5, 2015	312
20.	Georgetown	Mar 2, 1993	Jan 11, 2010	307
21.	Vermont	Mar 16, 1993	Jan 18, 2010	306
22.	Kansas State	Mar 11, 1984	Jan 7, 2002	304
23.	Missouri State	Feb 9, 2004	Dec 2, 2019	297
24.	Drake	Dec 3, 2001	Feb 13, 2017	296
25.	Virginia	Nov 21, 2011	Apr 6, 2026	288
26.	Mississippi	Jan 22, 2007	Jan 24, 2022	287
27.	Arizona	Dec 6, 2004	Nov 25, 2019	286
28.	Georgia Tech	Jan 19, 1993	Jan 21, 2008	276
29.	West Virginia	Mar 15, 1992	Nov 3, 2007	273
30.	Texas Tech	Jan 30, 2012	Dec 22, 2025	266
31.	San Diego State	Mar 14, 1995	Nov 23, 2009	263
32.	Colorado State	Nov 18, 2002	Feb 22, 2016	262
33.	Florida State	Feb 11, 1991	Jan 24, 2005	250
34.	Oregon	Dec 15, 2003	Dec 12, 2016	248
34.	Villanova	Nov 29, 2004	Nov 27, 2017	248
36.	Washington	Mar 3, 2003	Jan 25, 2016	243
37.	California	Feb 16, 1993	Nov 8, 2006	242
38.	Villanova	Mar 10, 1987	Jan 22, 2001	239
39.	Montana	Mar 15, 1994	Mar 5, 2007	238
40.	Kentucky	Feb 2, 1993	Jan 30, 2006	237
41.	Memphis	Feb 3, 1985	Dec 14, 1998	233
42.	Cal State Fullerton	Mar 16, 1977	Feb 4, 1991	229
42.	Michigan State	Mar 16, 1977	Feb 4, 1991	229
44.	Toledo	Nov 19, 2001	Mar 4, 2013	223
45.	Bowling Green	Mar 15, 1994	Mar 6, 2006	219
46.	South Dakota State	Mar 16, 2009	Dec 7, 2020	215
47.	Oklahoma State	Feb 12, 1996	Dec 3, 2007	212
48.	Vanderbilt	Feb 10, 2014	Jan 27, 2025	209
49.	Drake	Dec 5, 1982	Jan 17, 1995	208
49.	Houston	Mar 15, 1992	Jan 19, 2004	208
49.	Temple	Mar 13, 2006	Feb 20, 2017	208
52.	Virginia Tech	Jan 23, 2006	Dec 5, 2016	204
53.	Utah	Mar 17, 2008	Jan 21, 2019	203
54.	South Carolina	Dec 3, 1990	Nov 26, 2001	195
55.	Michigan	Dec 23, 2002	Jan 14, 2013	193
56.	Miami	Mar 16, 1993	Jan 5, 2004	190
57.	Missouri	Jan 9, 2006	Dec 21, 2015	189
58.	Kansas	Jan 14, 2013	Dec 12, 2022	186
59.	USC	Nov 21, 1995	Nov 8, 2005	183
60.	Texas A&M	Mar 11, 1996	Feb 6, 2006	179
61.	Penn State	Mar 17, 2014	Dec 4, 2023	175
62.	Florida	Jan 1, 1984	Feb 22, 1994	174
63.	Kansas	Feb 21, 2000	Oct 30, 2009	173
64.	Mississippi	Mar 11, 1996	Dec 19, 2005	172
64.	Georgia Tech	Oct 27, 2012	Oct 19, 2021	172
66.	Kansas	Jan 10, 1982	Dec 8, 1991	164
67.	Minnesota	Mar 13, 2006	Jan 5, 2015	163
67.	Middle Tennessee	Mar 17, 2014	Jan 23, 2023	163
69.	South Carolina	Mar 17, 2003	Jan 9, 2012	161
70.	Illinois	Dec 28, 1987	Jan 27, 1997	160
71.	California	Nov 18, 1982	Jan 19, 1992	159
72.	Arizona State	Mar 1, 1992	Feb 5, 2001	157
73.	Arizona State	Nov 18, 1983	Mar 1, 1992	148
74.	Oklahoma	Mar 9, 1986	Jan 31, 1995	146
75.	TCU	Nov 22, 2010	Jan 22, 2018	143
76.	Oregon State	Dec 2, 1986	Dec 20, 1994	138
76.	Maryland	Jan 4, 1994	Nov 6, 2001	138
76.	Auburn	Mar 16, 2009	Nov 28, 2016	138
79.	Nebraska	Feb 16, 2015	Oct 18, 2022	137
79.	USC	Jan 11, 2016	Feb 13, 2023	137
81.	UCLA	Mar 10, 1985	Dec 7, 1993	136
82.	St. John's	Dec 14, 2015	Dec 19, 2022	133
83.	Xavier	Mar 12, 2001	Nov 1, 2008	132
83.	BYU	Feb 13, 2012	Jan 28, 2019	132
85.	Oklahoma State	Feb 19, 2018	Jan 13, 2025	129
86.	George Washington	Mar 17, 2008	Feb 2, 2015	128
87.	Florida State	Mar 6, 1983	Jan 21, 1991	127
88.	NC State	Mar 12, 2007	Jan 6, 2014	125
88.	Florida	Mar 16, 2009	Jan 11, 2016	125
90.	Houston	Dec 20, 2004	Feb 28, 2011	123
91.	Illinois State	Mar 26, 1981	Dec 5, 1988	120
91.	Washington	Mar 13, 2017	Dec 18, 2023	120
93.	Alabama	Jan 13, 1985	Jan 26, 1992	118
93.	Marquette	Feb 28, 2000	Dec 4, 2006	118
93.	North Carolina	Nov 3, 2015	Dec 13, 2021	118
96.	Marquette	Mar 14, 2011	Nov 2, 2017	116
97.	Mississippi State	Mar 17, 2003	Nov 16, 2009	115
98.	Michigan State	Mar 10, 1997	Dec 1, 2003	114
99.	Miami	Jan 13, 1985	Dec 22, 1991	113
100.	Florida Gulf Coast	Mar 16, 2015	Mar 8, 2021	112
100.	California	Jan 7, 2019	Dec 16, 2024	112
102.	Colorado	Jan 17, 1982	Dec 5, 1988	111
103.	St. Joseph's	Mar 15, 1978	Dec 30, 1984	110
104.	DePaul	Jan 20, 1997	Jan 13, 2003	108
105.	Miami	Feb 23, 2004	Jan 11, 2010	107
106.	UC-Santa Barbara	Mar 15, 1992	Nov 6, 1998	105
107.	Duke	Jan 2, 1989	Jan 17, 1995	104
108.	Michigan State	Feb 4, 1991	Jan 27, 1997	103
108.	Iowa	Jan 17, 2005	Oct 29, 2010	103
108.	BYU	Nov 27, 2006	Jan 23, 2012	103
108.	James Madison	Dec 28, 2009	Feb 16, 2015	103
108.	Florida	Dec 5, 2016	Feb 7, 2022	103
113.	Nebraska	Dec 9, 1986	Dec 15, 1992	101
114.	Wisconsin	Feb 11, 2002	Nov 12, 2007	99
115.	Old Dominion	Mar 11, 2002	Dec 3, 2007	98
116.	Bowling Green	Mar 2, 2009	Mar 10, 2014	97
116.	Minnesota	Dec 30, 2019	Jan 13, 2025	97
118.	St. John's	Feb 22, 1978	Jan 1, 1984	96
118.	Mississippi State	Nov 23, 2009	Nov 24, 2014	96
118.	Creighton	Mar 6, 2017	Oct 18, 2022	96
121.	USC	Nov 13, 2006	Oct 29, 2011	94
122.	Northwestern	Mar 18, 1980	Jan 5, 1986	93
122.	North Carolina	Mar 9, 1986	Jan 19, 1992	93
122.	Toledo	Feb 15, 1994	Mar 8, 1999	93
122.	Texas Tech	Nov 27, 2006	Nov 14, 2011	93
126.	Stephen F. Austin	Nov 18, 1982	Feb 1, 1988	92
126.	Texas Tech	Nov 18, 1986	Jan 19, 1992	92
126.	Kansas State	Jan 16, 2012	Dec 19, 2016	92
126.	Arkansas	Dec 1, 2014	Oct 30, 2019	92
130.	Old Dominion	Jan 28, 1990	Mar 14, 1995	91
130.	Virginia	Nov 10, 2003	Mar 3, 2008	91
130.	Colorado	Jan 14, 2008	Dec 17, 2012	91
130.	Colorado	Dec 26, 2016	Dec 6, 2021	91
134.	Montana	Mar 14, 1988	Dec 28, 1993	90
134.	Gonzaga	Feb 28, 2005	Feb 1, 2010	90
136.	Penn State	Mar 14, 2005	Jan 25, 2010	87
136.	Middle Tennessee	Nov 16, 2009	Jan 27, 2014	87
136.	Villanova	Jan 1, 2018	Nov 14, 2022	87
139.	Iowa State	Jan 27, 2014	Nov 26, 2018	86
139.	Princeton	Mar 16, 2015	Jan 6, 2020	86
141.	LSU	Jan 19, 1992	Jan 6, 1997	85
141.	Boston College	Feb 20, 2006	Dec 13, 2010	85
141.	Kansas State	Mar 13, 2017	Jan 10, 2022	85
144.	UNLV	Mar 2, 1980	Feb 10, 1985	84
144.	South Carolina	Nov 18, 1983	Dec 5, 1988	84
144.	UCLA	Dec 7, 1993	Mar 2, 1998	84
144.	Oklahoma	Feb 28, 1995	Jan 17, 2000	84
144.	Nebraska	Nov 15, 1999	Jan 26, 2004	84
149.	Notre Dame	Feb 25, 1991	Feb 5, 1996	83
149.	Virginia Tech	Jan 23, 2017	Oct 19, 2021	83
151.	Oklahoma	Nov 13, 2017	Jan 3, 2022	82
152.	UCLA	Feb 21, 2000	Nov 29, 2004	81
153.	Oregon	Mar 27, 1982	Feb 24, 1987	80
154.	Tennessee Tech	Dec 9, 1984	Nov 20, 1989	79
154.	Michigan	Jan 21, 2013	Feb 6, 2017	79
154.	Northwestern	Jan 4, 2016	Jan 20, 2020	79
157.	Tennessee Tech	Feb 24, 1980	Dec 9, 1984	76
157.	Illinois	Jan 31, 1982	Dec 9, 1986	76
157.	Kentucky	Feb 10, 1985	Jan 1, 1990	76
157.	Arizona State	Dec 28, 2009	Dec 23, 2013	76
157.	LSU	Feb 17, 2014	Feb 19, 2018	76
162.	Rutgers	Feb 22, 1994	Nov 6, 1998	75
162.	St. John's	Feb 6, 2006	Feb 1, 2010	75
164.	Georgia	Feb 28, 2022	Jan 26, 2026	74
165.	Michigan State	Jan 4, 2021	Dec 2, 2024	73
166.	Ohio State	Jan 3, 1995	Jan 4, 1999	72
166.	UCLA	Nov 20, 2006	Mar 8, 2010	72
168.	Oregon	Jan 24, 1995	Jan 18, 1999	71
168.	Miami	Dec 30, 2019	Dec 11, 2023	71
170.	Ohio State	Jan 25, 1999	Jan 6, 2003	70
170.	Marquette	Mar 12, 2007	Jan 31, 2011	70
172.	Arkansas	Dec 7, 1998	Nov 4, 2002	69
173.	Northwestern	Jan 5, 1986	Jan 8, 1990	66
173.	Hawaii	Mar 8, 1994	Jan 26, 1998	66
173.	Kentucky	Nov 27, 2006	Feb 1, 2010	66
173.	Minnesota	Jan 19, 2015	Nov 12, 2018	66
177.	Villanova	Mar 27, 1982	Mar 2, 1986	65
177.	Virginia Tech	Jan 24, 1995	Dec 7, 1998	65
179.	Clemson	Feb 26, 1984	Feb 22, 1988	64
179.	TCU	Feb 24, 2020	Dec 18, 2023	64
181.	LSU	Dec 4, 1979	Feb 13, 1983	63
181.	Colorado	Mar 15, 2004	Dec 24, 2007	63
181.	Utah	Feb 4, 2019	Nov 14, 2022	63
184.	Houston	Jan 11, 1988	Dec 1, 1991	62
185.	Missouri	Jan 9, 1979	Mar 14, 1982	61
185.	San Diego State	Feb 20, 1989	Jan 12, 1993	61
185.	Southern Mississippi	Mar 12, 1990	Feb 1, 1994	61
185.	Drake	Jan 17, 1995	Mar 9, 1998	61
185.	Iowa	Mar 12, 2001	Dec 13, 2004	61
185.	NC State	Dec 17, 2001	Jan 24, 2005	61
185.	Arkansas	Mar 17, 2003	Dec 11, 2006	61
192.	BYU	Dec 16, 2002	Jan 16, 2006	60
192.	Duke	Nov 1, 2018	Dec 6, 2021	60
194.	Nebraska	Mar 16, 1993	Dec 23, 1996	59
194.	Drake	Mar 9, 1998	Dec 3, 2001	59
194.	Marquette	Mar 18, 2019	Nov 28, 2022	59
197.	Illinois State	Jan 26, 1977	Jan 13, 1981	58
197.	San Diego State	Feb 10, 1981	Nov 18, 1984	58
197.	Colorado	Dec 29, 1997	Jan 22, 2001	58
197.	Auburn	Mar 15, 2004	Nov 19, 2007	58
197.	TCU	Mar 14, 2005	Nov 17, 2008	58
202.	Providence	Feb 23, 1986	Dec 24, 1989	57
202.	Florida International	Nov 29, 1994	Dec 22, 1997	57
204.	Ohio State	Mar 15, 1978	Dec 20, 1981	56
204.	Oregon	Dec 15, 1991	Jan 24, 1995	56
204.	USC	Nov 14, 2011	Mar 17, 2014	56
204.	South Dakota State	Oct 18, 2022	Mar 3, 2025	56
208.	Missouri State	Dec 6, 1994	Dec 15, 1997	55
209.	Florida International	Mar 8, 1999	Mar 4, 2002	54
209.	Maryland	Nov 19, 2001	Nov 8, 2004	54
209.	Arkansas	Jan 7, 2008	Dec 20, 2010	54
209.	Dayton	Dec 7, 2009	Nov 19, 2012	54
209.	Miami	Jan 7, 2013	Dec 14, 2015	54
209.	Georgia	Feb 9, 2015	Jan 22, 2018	54
209.	Syracuse	Jan 18, 2021	Jan 1, 2024	54
216.	Washington	Feb 23, 1998	Feb 12, 2001	53
217.	Purdue	Dec 8, 2008	Oct 29, 2011	52
217.	California	Dec 7, 2009	Oct 27, 2012	52
219.	Oregon State	Mar 13, 1983	Dec 2, 1986	51
219.	Colorado	Mar 13, 1989	Mar 15, 1992	51
219.	Kentucky	Jan 1, 1990	Jan 12, 1993	51
219.	Iowa	Mar 9, 1998	Feb 12, 2001	51
219.	Arizona State	Jan 14, 2002	Dec 13, 2004	51
219.	Ohio State	Dec 10, 2012	Mar 9, 2015	51
225.	Arkansas	Dec 29, 1991	Dec 27, 1994	50
225.	Kansas	Jan 4, 2010	Nov 19, 2012	50
225.	Colorado	Jan 13, 2014	Nov 28, 2016	50
228.	Missouri State	Mar 12, 2001	Feb 2, 2004	49
228.	Rutgers	Mar 2, 2015	Jan 8, 2018	49
230.	Nebraska	Jan 26, 2004	Dec 4, 2006	48
230.	Kansas State	Mar 16, 2009	Jan 16, 2012	48
230.	Princeton	Mar 12, 2012	Jan 5, 2015	48
230.	Indiana	Jan 6, 2014	Nov 1, 2016	48
234.	DePaul	Dec 24, 1989	Dec 8, 1992	47
234.	George Washington	Mar 17, 2003	Jan 16, 2006	47
234.	James Madison	Feb 19, 2007	Dec 14, 2009	47
234.	Syracuse	Feb 18, 2008	Dec 13, 2010	47
234.	NC State	Mar 17, 2014	Jan 9, 2017	47
234.	BYU	Jan 28, 2019	Nov 29, 2021	47
234.	Georgia Tech	Feb 28, 2022	Dec 9, 2024	47
241.	Clemson	Feb 23, 1993	Jan 8, 1996	46
241.	Nebraska	Feb 19, 2007	Dec 7, 2009	46
241.	Georgia	Nov 12, 2018	Jan 18, 2021	46
244.	NC State	Dec 22, 1992	Mar 7, 1995	45
244.	Virginia	Jan 15, 2001	Nov 10, 2003	45
244.	Florida	Feb 27, 2006	Dec 8, 2008	45
244.	Indiana	Nov 14, 2016	Jan 7, 2019	45
244.	Washington State	Jan 11, 2021	Mar 6, 2023	45
249.	Drake	Jan 16, 1979	Nov 18, 1981	44
249.	Stephen F. Austin	Dec 7, 1993	Feb 5, 1996	44
249.	Utah	Mar 2, 1998	Dec 18, 2000	44
249.	Oregon	Jan 29, 2001	Nov 17, 2003	44
249.	Iowa State	Nov 25, 2002	Jan 10, 2005	44
249.	Green Bay	Mar 12, 2007	Dec 14, 2009	44
249.	Mississippi State	Feb 1, 2021	Oct 17, 2023	44
249.	Oregon State	Dec 6, 2021	Jan 22, 2024	44
257.	Memphis	Mar 13, 1979	Jan 10, 1982	43
257.	Mississippi	Dec 4, 1979	Jan 31, 1982	43
257.	Rutgers	Mar 11, 1991	Jan 25, 1994	43
257.	Florida State	Jan 31, 2005	Nov 3, 2007	43
261.	Mercer	Dec 8, 1976	Dec 18, 1979	42
261.	Wisconsin	Mar 8, 1992	Jan 10, 1995	42
261.	Green Bay	Dec 22, 2014	Jan 23, 2017	42
261.	West Virginia	Nov 23, 2021	Dec 25, 2023	42
265.	Virginia	Mar 3, 1981	Dec 11, 1983	41
265.	Syracuse	Jan 10, 2011	Feb 4, 2013	41
265.	TCU	Feb 5, 2018	Feb 24, 2020	41
268.	Missouri State	Feb 16, 1998	Nov 7, 2000	40
268.	Marist	Jan 19, 2009	Feb 7, 2011	40
268.	Michigan State	Nov 21, 2016	Dec 10, 2018	40
268.	Ohio State	Mar 12, 2018	Nov 10, 2020	40
268.	Kentucky	Mar 14, 2022	Oct 15, 2024	40
273.	Memphis	Mar 27, 1982	Dec 24, 1984	39
273.	San Diego State	Jan 12, 1993	Feb 14, 1995	39
273.	Texas	Nov 17, 1997	Dec 13, 1999	39
273.	Toledo	Mar 8, 1999	Nov 19, 2001	39
273.	Middle Tennessee	Mar 12, 2007	Oct 30, 2009	39
273.	Gonzaga	Nov 21, 2016	Dec 3, 2018	39
279.	Washington	Nov 14, 1995	Dec 1, 1997	38
279.	Colorado State	Mar 8, 1999	Nov 6, 2001	38
279.	Oklahoma State	Mar 15, 2010	Oct 27, 2012	38
279.	Gonzaga	Nov 17, 2014	Nov 21, 2016	38
279.	Iowa	Dec 7, 2015	Dec 11, 2017	38
279.	Rutgers	Feb 11, 2019	Feb 22, 2021	38
279.	Nebraska	Nov 14, 2022	Oct 15, 2024	38
279.	Fairfield	Mar 18, 2024	Mar 2, 2026	38
287.	UCLA	Feb 6, 1983	Mar 3, 1985	37
287.	Tennessee Tech	Mar 12, 1990	Dec 15, 1992	37
287.	Northern Illinois	Dec 24, 1990	Jan 26, 1993	37
287.	New Mexico	Jan 1, 2007	Dec 29, 2008	37
287.	Rutgers	Oct 30, 2009	Oct 29, 2011	37
292.	UC-Santa Barbara	Nov 7, 2000	Nov 4, 2002	36
292.	Utah	Nov 6, 2001	Nov 10, 2003	36
292.	Iowa State	Mar 14, 2005	Mar 12, 2007	36
292.	Bowling Green	Mar 12, 2007	Mar 2, 2009	36
292.	Louisville	Nov 16, 2009	Oct 29, 2011	36
292.	LSU	Dec 2, 2019	Dec 6, 2021	36
292.	Washington	Dec 18, 2023	Nov 10, 2025	36
299.	Mississippi College	Mar 16, 1977	Dec 25, 1979	35
299.	Oregon	Mar 3, 1987	Nov 20, 1989	35
299.	Oregon	Nov 27, 1989	Dec 8, 1991	35