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February 2, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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