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February 3, 1986 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

Notes

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  • 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.