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January 26, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Oregon State	Pac-10
1	<	2	Virginia	ACC
3	<	3	DePaul
4	<	5	LSU	SEC
5	<	7	Arizona State	Pac-10
6	<	3	Wake Forest	ACC
7	<	6	Kentucky	SEC
8	<	13	Notre Dame
9	<	14	Utah
10	<	12	UCLA	Pac-10
11	<	8	Tennessee	SEC
12	<	17	North Carolina	ACC
13	<	9	Iowa	Big Ten
14	<	10	Maryland	ACC
15	<	18	BYU
16	<	11	South Alabama
17	<	16	Michigan	Big Ten
18	<	NR	Kansas	Big 8
19	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten
20	<	20	Connecticut	Big East

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