College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

November 25, 1985 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 2	North Carolina	ACC
2	< 1	Georgia Tech	ACC
3	< 3	Michigan	Big Ten
4	< 4	Syracuse	Big East
5	< 5	Kansas	Big 8
6	< 6	Duke	ACC
7	< 7	Illinois	Big Ten
8	< 8	Georgetown	Big East
9	< 9	Louisville
10	< 11	Kentucky	SEC
11	< 12	Notre Dame
12	< 14	LSU	SEC
13	< 13	Oklahoma	Big 8
14	< 15	Memphis
15	< 17	NC State	ACC
16	< 18	UNLV
17	< 19	Maryland	ACC
18	< NR	St. John's	Big East
19	< 10	Auburn	SEC
20	< 16	UAB

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