College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

January 28, 1985 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 3	St. John's	Big East
2	< 1	Georgetown	Big East
3	< 4	Memphis
4	< 2	SMU	Southwest
5	< 6	Illinois	Big Ten
6	< 5	Duke	ACC
7	< 9	Oklahoma	Big 8
8	< 16	Georgia Tech	ACC
9	< 11	Syracuse	Big East
10	< 18	Michigan	Big Ten
11	< 8	North Carolina	ACC
12	< 17	Tulsa
13	< 7	DePaul
14	< 10	Oregon State	Pac-10
15	< 12	Louisiana Tech
16	< 20	UNLV
17	< NR	Maryland	ACC
18	< 14	Villanova
19	< 15	Kansas	Big 8
20	< NR	UAB

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