BREAKING: AP ranks all-time top 100 basketball teams based on weekly polls; No. 1 all-time is Kentucky. #APTop100 https://t.co/qjarpNU2Yy pic.twitter.com/f7bBgxbdTC

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The Top 100 poll counted all-time poll appearances per school — giving each appearance one point — to mark consistency, while programs were awarded two points for each time ranked No. 1.

The AP did state they do not release a poll after the NCAA Tournament, so national champions are not factored into the rankings, but the list focuses more on the programs that consistently appear in the poll and/or at the top during the regular season.

The prominent poll first started with 20 teams until midway through the 1960-61 season when it was reduced to just the Top 10.

In the 1968-69, the poll reverted back to the Top 20 format before expanding to 25 teams in the 1989-90 season.

On Jan. 1, 1952, the Spartans made their first appearance in the AP poll. Since then, MSU has held the No. 1 ranking 11 times and has appeared in 35.98 percent of all polls with 2/3 of the Spartan’s total poll appearances under Tom Izzo’s tenure as head coach.

From 2000 to 2010, MSU appeared in 71.58 percent of polls, but the AP noted that they are on pace to surpass that number this decade.

At the top of the list was Kentucky with North Carolina, Duke, UCLA and Kansas rounding out the Top 5, while in-state rival University of Michigan was ranked No. 14.