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December 9, 1985 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	North Carolina (47)	ACC	6-0	1281
2	<	2	Michigan (13)	Big Ten	6-0	1213
3	<	3	Duke (4)	ACC	8-0	1162
4	<	4	Syracuse	Big East	5-0	1100
5	<	6	Georgetown (1)	Big East	4-0	956
5	<	5	Georgia Tech	ACC	4-1	956
7	<	7	Kansas	Big 8	6-1	918
8	<	8	Oklahoma	Big 8	6-0	777
9	<	9	Kentucky	SEC	5-0	774
10	<	12	Illinois	Big Ten	5-1	614
11	<	11	LSU	SEC	6-0	613
12	<	13	Memphis		5-0	595
13	<	14	UNLV		5-1	518
14	<	15	St. John's	Big East	6-1	474
15	<	16	Louisville		3-2	311
16	<	17	UAB		5-1	302
17	<	10	Notre Dame		3-1	281
18	<	19	Indiana	Big Ten	2-1	226
19	<	NR	DePaul		3-0	113
20	<	NR	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-0	85
RV	<	18	Iowa	Big Ten		82
RV	<	19	Auburn	SEC		32
RV	<	NR	Virginia Tech			31
RV	<	NR	Pittsburgh			28
RV	<	NR	Maryland	ACC		23
RV	<	NR	Bradley			19
RV	<	NR	Pepperdine			17
RV	<	NR	Virginia	ACC		17
RV	<	NR	Arizona State	Pac-10		15
RV	<	NR	New Mexico			15
RV	<	NR	Boston College	Big East		14
RV	<	NR	Alabama	SEC		13
RV	<	NR	Washington	Pac-10		12
RV	<	NR	Western Kentucky			11
RV	<	NR	Arkansas	Southwest		10
RV	<	NR	Lamar			10
RV	<	NR	NC State	ACC		8
RV	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten		4
RV	<	NR	Temple			4
RV	<	NR	Clemson	ACC		2
RV	<	NR	Houston	Southwest		2
RV	<	NR	Ohio			2
RV	<	NR	Tennessee	SEC		2
RV	<	NR	Wisconsin	Big Ten		2
RV	<	NR	Xavier			2
RV	<	NR	Georgia	SEC		1
RV	<	NR	Michigan State	Big Ten		1
RV	<	NR	Nebraska	Big 8		1
RV	<	NR	Richmond			1
RV	<	NR	SMU	Southwest		1

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