Utah & BYU AP top 5 Basketball History

Written By CAL TEBBS

Majerus had the Utes rolling in the 90s, BYU’s Stan Watts took the 1955-56 Cougars to #5.

BYU men’s basketball has reached the AP Top 5 three times—each for a single week.

  • 1955–56: Peaked at No. 5

  • 1987–88: Climbed to No. 3

  • 2010–11: Reached the Top 5 for one week

Utah men’s basketball tells a different story.

The Utes have reached the AP Top 5 in six different seasons, spending a total of 30 weeks there—including 11 weeks in 1996–97 and 9 weeks in 1997–98.

Now comes the twist.

Playing in arguably the toughest conference in college basketball—the Big 12—BYU has a real opportunity to change its Top-5 history. The next six weeks of conference play will tell us whether the Cougars can increase their number of top 5 rankings, or maybe something bigger.

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