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1985 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 Georgetown Big East
2 < 3 Michigan Big Ten
3 < 2 St. John's Big East
4 < 4 Oklahoma Big 8
5 < 5 Memphis
6 < 9 Georgia Tech ACC
7 < 6 North Carolina ACC
8 < 8 Louisiana Tech
9 < 11 UNLV
10 < 7 Duke ACC
11 < 12 VCU
12 < 14 Illinois Big Ten
13 < 10 Kansas Big 8
14 < 16 Loyola Chicago
15 < 13 Syracuse Big East
16 < 18 NC State ACC
17 < NR Texas Tech Southwest
18 < 15 Tulsa
19 < 17 Georgia SEC
20 < 19 LSU SEC

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.