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2021–22 AP Men’s Basketball Polls

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Season Best: No. 4 · Ranked in 19 of 19 Polls · Final: No. 7

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2021–22 Season · Week 8

Week 8 AP Top 25

Source label: 2021-12-27 · Publication date unverified · 25 Ranked Teams

No. 1Baylor

2021 Week 8 AP Poll Results
Rank	Movement	Points	First Place
1	— Previously No. 1	1,525	61
2	— Previously No. 2	1,448	0
3	— Previously No. 3	1,371	0
4	— Previously No. 4	1,335	0
5	— Previously No. 5	1,296	0
6	↑ 1 Previously No. 7	1,233	0
7	↑ 1 Previously No. 8	994	0
8	↑ 1 Previously No. 9	985	0
9	↓ 3 Previously No. 6	973	0
10	↑ 1 Previously No. 11	901	0
11	↑ 1 Previously No. 12	826	0
12	↑ 1 Previously No. 13	801	0
13	↑ 1 Previously No. 14	787	0
14	↑ 5 Previously No. 19	729	0
15	— Previously No. 15	716	0
16	↑ 1 Previously No. 17	609	0
17	↓ 1 Previously No. 16	567	0
18	↑ 2 Previously No. 20	459	0
19	↓ 9 Previously No. 10	426	0
20	↑ 1 Previously No. 21	366	0
21	↑ 1 Previously No. 22	315	0
22	↑ 1 Previously No. 23	312	0
23	↓ 5 Previously No. 18	237	0
24	— Previously No. 24	207	0
25	— Previously No. 25	121	0

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All 19 ranked lists were compared across retained source tables. This edition contains 475 ranked positions. Points and first-place counts appear where verified; a dash means unavailable, not zero. Known source differences, reviewed selections and unresolved arithmetic exceptions are documented with the affected polls and downloads.

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