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February 23, 1981 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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.
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