College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

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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