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What's the longest a team had been ranked #1?
I only looked back to 2000 (Only AP Polls of course).
In 1999-2000 Cincinnati was #1 for 5 straight weeks and then later in the season for 6 straight weeks.
In 2001-2002 Duke was ranked #1 for the first 8 weeks of the season. Then Kansas was #1 for a week and then Duke was #1 again for the next 5 weeks.
In 2002-2003 Arizona was #1 for the first 6 weeks.
In 2004-2005 Illinois was #1 for the final 15 weeks of the season!!! (Too bad this season never actually occurred and was just an Illuminati conspiracy)
In 2005-2006 Duke was #1 for the first 11 weeks of the season.
In 2006-2007 UCLA spent 6 straight weeks at #1. Florida had 5 straight weeks as well that season.
In 2007-2008 UNC was #1 for the first 11 weeks.
In 2008-2009 UNC was #1 for the first 8 weeks.
In 2009-2010 Kansas held it for the first 9 weeks.
In 2010-2011 Duke held it for the first 10 weeks.
In 2011-2012 Syracuse held it for 6 weeks and UK for 8 weeks.
In 2012-2013 Indiana held it for the first 6 weeks.
As of tomorrow, UA will have held it for 8 straight weeks. So, it's a pretty good run but hardly unprecedented.
Edit: Out of boredom, I will also give some shout outs to teams that fall outside of OP's requested timeline but had 10 or more straight weeks at #1 (or at least half the season).
1997 Kansas was #1 for the final 15 weeks of the season.
1996 UMass was #1 for 9 straight weeks (out of 18)
1992 Duke was #1 for the entire season (18 total poll weeks)
1991 UNLV was #1 for the entire season (17 total poll weeks)
1989 Duke was #1 for the first 10 weeks
1987 UNLV was #1 for 12 of the final 14 weeks but had 2 weeks in the middle of that run where they weren't.
1986 UNC for 13 weeks.
1985 Georgetown for 10 weeks
1984 UNC for 15 straight weeks. WOuld have went wire to wire #1 (16 weeks) but they UK was #1 in the first regular season poll despite UNC being #1 in the preseason poll.
1982 UNC had 9 straight weeks.
In 1980 Depaul was #1 for the final 8 straight weeks. That may not seem like a lot now but at the time there was only 15 AP poll weeks a season so it was over half.
1978 UK for 11 weeks
In 1977 San Francisco for 9. Michigan held it for the other 8 weeks but their streak was split up by San Francisco's streak.
In 1976 Indiana wire to wire for 17 weeks.
In 1975 Indiana for 11 weeks (but UCLA had the last 2 weeks)
Starting in the 1970-1971 season and lasting into the 1973-1974 season, UCLA was #1 for 46 weeks. 57 out of 60 weeks total for those 4 seasons.
1969 UCLA wire to wire 16 weeks
In 1968 both UCLA and Houston were #1 for 8 weeks straight
In 1967 UCLA wire to wire 15 weeks
1964 UCLA for 10 straight weeks
1963 Cincinnati wire to wire for 16 weeks
For the 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 seasons Ohio St. was #1 for both wire to wire. 27 straight weeks.
1960 Cincinnati wire to wire for 12 weeks
In 1958 West Virginia for 7 straight weeks (out of 14)
1957 UNC for 8 (out of 14)
1956 San Francisco wire to wire for 15. Add to this the final 5 weeks they were #1 from the season before and that is 20 weeks.
1951 Kentucky for 7 (out of 12)
1950 for 5 (out of 10)
1949 Kentucky for 6 (out of 8)
Thank God that's as far back as the AP polls go.
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