Dayton basketball in the Top 25: What to know about UD’s history in the national rankings

Flyers have now been ranked in 26 different seasons
Dayton's Anthony Grant, right, and Marquette's Shaka Smart shake hands before the game on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at UD Arena. David Jablonski/Staff

Credit: David Jablonski

Credit: David Jablonski

Dayton's Anthony Grant, right, and Marquette's Shaka Smart shake hands before the game on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at UD Arena. David Jablonski/Staff

The Dayton Flyers earned their first top-25 ranking of the 2024-25 season on Monday, landing at No. 22 in the Associated Press poll after beating Marquette 71-63 on Saturday at UD Arena.

The Flyers have been ranked in the AP Top 25 during 26 seasons. The program’s highest ranking ever is No. 2 in the 1955-56 season, a ranking it held for seven weeks of that season.

Here’s a look at UD’s history in the AP poll in the seasons prior to this one, with highest rankings and how many weeks the Flyers were ranked:

SeasonHighest rankLast date
of highest ranking
Weeks ranked
2023-2416April 9, 202410
2022-2321Nov. 14, 20222
2019-203March 9, 202016
2015-1615Feb. 15, 20164
2014-1522Jan. 19, 20151
2013-1425Dec. 2, 20131
2009-1018Nov. 16, 20092
2008-0925Feb. 16, 20091
2007-0814Jan. 14, 20084
2003-0423Dec. 22, 20033
2002-0316Final poll5
2000-0124Nov. 27, 20001
1973-7416March 18, 19743
1968-6917Feb. 10, 19694
1967-686Dec. 4, 19672
1960-6120Dec. 12, 19601
1959-6013Feb. 1, 19604
1958-5920Dec. 22, 19581
1957-588March 3, 19588
1956-5715Dec. 10, 19561
1955-562Feb. 13, 195615
1954-554Dec. 27, 195414
1953-5414March 1, 19549
1951-5211Final poll9
1950-5113Final poll5