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December 2, 1985 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 1 North Carolina (45) ACC 5-0 1239
2 < 3 Michigan (12) Big Ten 4-0 1165
3 < 6 Duke (4) ACC 6-0 1112
4 < 4 Syracuse Big East 3-0 1054
5 < 2 Georgia Tech ACC 2-1 910
6 < 8 Georgetown (1) Big East 2-0 908
7 < 5 Kansas Big 8 3-1 830
8 < 13 Oklahoma Big 8 5-0 753
9 < 10 Kentucky SEC 3-0 693
10 < 11 Notre Dame (1) 2-0 636
11 < 12 LSU SEC 5-0 585
12 < 7 Illinois Big Ten 2-1 527
13 < 14 Memphis 2-0 469
14 < 16 UNLV 4-1 445
15 < 18 St. John's Big East 3-1 412
16 < 9 Louisville 2-2 287
17 < 20 UAB 2-1 166
18 < NR Iowa Big Ten 4-0 126
19 < 19 Auburn SEC 1-1 122
19 < NR Indiana Big Ten 1-0 122
RV < 15 NC State ACC 117
RV < NR DePaul 78
RV < 17 Maryland ACC 63
RV < NR Pittsburgh 59
RV < NR Arkansas Southwest 57
RV < NR Ohio State Big Ten 52
RV < NR Virginia ACC 50
RV < NR Tennessee SEC 40
RV < NR Georgia SEC 26
RV < NR Virginia Tech 20
RV < NR Bradley 16
RV < NR Washington Pac-10 13
RV < NR Navy 12
RV < NR Alabama SEC 11
RV < NR Pepperdine 11
RV < NR New Mexico 9
RV < NR Arizona State Pac-10 8
RV < NR Houston Southwest 6
RV < NR West Virginia 6
RV < NR Loyola Chicago 3
RV < NR Saint Joseph's 3
RV < NR Texas A&M Southwest 3
RV < NR Lamar 2
RV < NR Villanova 2
RV < NR Purdue Big Ten 1
RV < NR Temple 1

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.

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