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1981 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record
1	<	4	Kentucky	SEC	0-0
2	<	1	DePaul		0-0
3	<	2	Louisville		0-0
4	<	8	Maryland	ACC	0-0
5	<	7	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0
6	<	NR	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0
7	<	5	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0
8	<	NR	Virginia	ACC	0-0
9	<	10	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0
10	<	9	Notre Dame		0-0
11	<	16	Missouri	Big 8	0-0
12	<	3	LSU	SEC	0-0
13	<	15	North Carolina	ACC	0-0
14	<	NR	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0
15	<	NR	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-0
16	<	11	Georgetown	Big East	0-0
17	<	13	St. John's	Big East	0-0
18	<	12	BYU		0-0
19	<	6	Syracuse	Big East	0-0
20	<	NR	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0

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.