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December 23, 1985 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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.