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December 1, 1980 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 2 DePaul
2 < 1 Kentucky SEC
3 < 6 UCLA Pac-10
4 < 4 Maryland ACC
5 < 5 Indiana Big Ten
6 < 7 Oregon State Pac-10
7 < 8 Virginia ACC
8 < 3 Louisville
9 < 9 Ohio State Big Ten
10 < 13 North Carolina ACC
11 < 20 Arkansas Southwest
12 < 14 Iowa Big Ten
13 < 10 Notre Dame
14 < 15 Texas A&M Southwest
15 < 12 LSU SEC
16 < 17 St. John's Big East
17 < 11 Missouri Big 8
18 < 19 Syracuse Big East
19 < 18 BYU
19 < 16 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.