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February 16, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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