How many weeks has Michigan State been ranked number one on the AP Poll since its inception? (Factoid 648)

The Michigan State Spartans have been the AP #1 for 29 weeks since its inception. They first appeared as an AP #1 in 1951 and the last time they were the AP#1 was in 1966.

They have also been an AP #1 at the end of the season. The first time they were an AP #1 at the end of the season was in 1952 under Coach Clarence Munn with a 9-0 record.

“The Associated Press (AP Poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 65 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation.[1] Each voter provides his own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP Poll are made public.“ – www.wikipedia.com