College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 19, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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