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UCLA Basketball Among the Top 5 in the AP All-Time Poll

By Mike Regalado

Jan 13, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the UCLA Bruins logo before an NCAA basketball game against the Southern California Trojans at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 13, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the UCLA Bruins logo before an NCAA basketball game against the Southern California Trojans at Pauley Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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The UCLA Basketball team is one of the highest ranked teams in the All-Time Top 100 Poll recently put out by the Associated Press.

The Associated Press release their All-Time Top 100 College Basketball Team Poll and the UCLA Basketball team was among the top five.

The Bruins, who have recently seen more time in the Top 25, came in at #4 in the all-time poll. Though UCLA are winners of 11 national championships (the most among all NCAA teams), this poll was based on most appearances in the Associated Press Top 25.

The poll was based on a point system where  “the AP formula counted poll appearances (one point each) to mark consistency and No. 1 rankings (two points each) to acknowledge elite programs.”

UCLA received 957 points based on having appeared in the AP Top 25 Poll 60.17% of the time since 1949 and has the most appearances at #1 with 134.

According to the AP, their best decade was the 70s where they were ranked in 100% of the polls. The 80s was their worst decade, only appearing in 39.76% of the polls.

Though this is indicative of the best all-time college basketball teams, this poll is based only on the amount of times that teams have made appearances in the Top 25.

The Top 5 are as follows: 1. Kentucky (1,111 points), 2. North Carolina (1,098), 3. Duke (1,032), 4. UCLA and 5. Kansas (857).

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As for the rest of the Pac-12, Arizona came in at #8 with 594 points, Utah was 39th with 239 points, Stanford is 40th with 232, USC is 50th with 174, #52 is Washington with 154, #60 was Oregon State with 138, #66 Oregon has 123 points, Cal is 77th with 97 and Arizona State in 79th with 94 points.