Men's Basketball

Home Last Poll Teams

1981 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 4 Kentucky SEC 0-0
2 < 1 DePaul 0-0
3 < 2 Louisville 0-0
4 < 8 Maryland ACC 0-0
5 < 7 Indiana Big Ten 0-0
6 < NR UCLA Pac-10 0-0
7 < 5 Oregon State Pac-10 0-0
8 < NR Virginia ACC 0-0
9 < 10 Ohio State Big Ten 0-0
10 < 9 Notre Dame 0-0
11 < 16 Missouri Big 8 0-0
12 < 3 LSU SEC 0-0
13 < 15 North Carolina ACC 0-0
14 < NR Iowa Big Ten 0-0
15 < NR Texas A&M Southwest 0-0
16 < 11 Georgetown Big East 0-0
17 < 13 St. John's Big East 0-0
18 < 12 BYU 0-0
19 < 6 Syracuse Big East 0-0
20 < NR Arkansas Southwest 0-0

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.