College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 22, 1980 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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