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November 30, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 North Carolina ACC
2 < 3 Kentucky SEC
3 < 4 Louisville
4 < 6 Wichita State
5 < 7 Virginia ACC
6 < 9 Iowa Big Ten
7 < 8 DePaul
8 < 2 UCLA Pac-10
9 < 11 Tulsa
10 < 10 Minnesota Big Ten
11 < 14 UAB
12 < 12 Indiana Big Ten
13 < 18 Arkansas Southwest
14 < NR San Francisco
15 < NR BYU
16 < 15 Missouri Big 8
17 < 20 Alabama SEC
18 < NR UNLV
19 < 19 Notre Dame
20 < 5 Georgetown Big East

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
  • Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.