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1980-81 Polls

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National Champion: Indiana
Final Four: Indiana, Louisiana State, North Carolina and Virginia

Consensus Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson

AP Preseason #1: Kentucky ▪ AP Final #1: DePaul

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Kentucky*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 2 DePaul* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 3 Louisville* RT NA — Metro
1 Preseason 4 Maryland*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 5 Indiana* RFN NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 6 UCLA*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 7 Oregon State* R NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 8 Virginia* RF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 9 Ohio State  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 10 Notre Dame*  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 11 Missouri* R NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 12 Louisiana State* RF NA — SEC
1 Preseason 13 North Carolina* TF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 14 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 15 Texas A&M  NA — SWC
1 Preseason 16 Georgetown*  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 17 St. John's (NY)  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 18 Brigham Young*  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 19 Syracuse T NA — Big East
1 Preseason 20 Arkansas* R NA — SWC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1980-12-02 1 DePaul* R 2 Up 1 Ind
2 1980-12-02 2 Kentucky*  1 Down 1 SEC
2 1980-12-02 3 UCLA*  6 Up 3 Pac-10
2 1980-12-02 4 Maryland*  4 NC ACC
2 1980-12-02 5 Indiana* RFN 5 NC Big Ten
2 1980-12-02 6 Oregon State* R 7 Up 1 Pac-10
2 1980-12-02 7 Virginia* RF 8 Up 1 ACC
2 1980-12-02 8 Louisville* RT 3 Down 5 Metro
2 1980-12-02 9 Ohio State  9 NC Big Ten
2 1980-12-02 10 North Carolina* TF 13 Up 3 ACC
2 1980-12-02 11 Arkansas* R 20 Up 9 SWC
2 1980-12-02 12 Iowa*  14 Up 2 Big Ten
2 1980-12-02 13 Notre Dame*  10 Down 3 Ind
2 1980-12-02 14 Texas A&M  15 Up 1 SWC
2 1980-12-02 15 Louisiana State* RF 12 Down 3 SEC
2 1980-12-02 16 St. John's (NY)  17 Up 1 Big East
2 1980-12-02 17 Missouri* R 11 Down 6 Big 8
2 1980-12-02 18 Syracuse T 19 Up 1 Big East
2 1980-12-02 19 Brigham Young*  18 Down 1 WAC
2 1980-12-02 19 Georgetown*  16 Down 3 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1980-12-09 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
3 1980-12-09 2 Kentucky*  2 NC SEC
3 1980-12-09 3 UCLA*  3 NC Pac-10
3 1980-12-09 4 Maryland*  4 NC ACC
3 1980-12-09 5 Oregon State* R 6 Up 1 Pac-10
3 1980-12-09 6 Virginia* RF 7 Up 1 ACC
3 1980-12-09 7 Indiana* RFN 5 Down 2 Big Ten
3 1980-12-09 8 Ohio State  9 Up 1 Big Ten
3 1980-12-09 9 Notre Dame*  13 Up 4 Ind
3 1980-12-09 10 North Carolina* TF 10 NC ACC
3 1980-12-09 11 Louisiana State* RF 15 Up 4 SEC
3 1980-12-09 12 Texas A&M  14 Up 2 SWC
3 1980-12-09 13 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
3 1980-12-09 14 Missouri* R 17 Up 3 Big 8
3 1980-12-09 15 Arizona State*  Up  Pac-10
3 1980-12-09 16 Iowa*  12 Down 4 Big Ten
3 1980-12-09 17 Arkansas* R 11 Down 6 SWC
3 1980-12-09 18 Michigan  Up  Big Ten
3 1980-12-09 19 Brigham Young*  19 NC WAC
3 1980-12-09 20 Syracuse T 18 Down 2 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1980-12-16 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
4 1980-12-16 2 Kentucky*  2 NC SEC
4 1980-12-16 3 UCLA*  3 NC Pac-10
4 1980-12-16 4 Oregon State* R 5 Up 1 Pac-10
4 1980-12-16 5 Virginia* RF 6 Up 1 ACC
4 1980-12-16 6 Notre Dame*  9 Up 3 Ind
4 1980-12-16 7 Ohio State  8 Up 1 Big Ten
4 1980-12-16 8 North Carolina* TF 10 Up 2 ACC
4 1980-12-16 9 Maryland*  4 Down 5 ACC
4 1980-12-16 10 Louisiana State* RF 11 Up 1 SEC
4 1980-12-16 11 Indiana* RFN 7 Down 4 Big Ten
4 1980-12-16 12 Wake Forest*  13 Up 1 ACC
4 1980-12-16 13 Texas A&M  12 Down 1 SWC
4 1980-12-16 14 Arizona State*  15 Up 1 Pac-10
4 1980-12-16 15 Michigan  18 Up 3 Big Ten
4 1980-12-16 16 Iowa*  16 NC Big Ten
4 1980-12-16 17 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
4 1980-12-16 18 Brigham Young*  19 Up 1 WAC
4 1980-12-16 19 Arkansas* R 17 Down 2 SWC
4 1980-12-16 20 Louisville* RT Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1980-12-23 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
5 1980-12-23 2 Kentucky*  2 NC SEC
5 1980-12-23 3 UCLA*  3 NC Pac-10
5 1980-12-23 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
5 1980-12-23 5 Virginia* RF 5 NC ACC
5 1980-12-23 6 North Carolina* TF 8 Up 2 ACC
5 1980-12-23 7 Wake Forest*  12 Up 5 ACC
5 1980-12-23 8 Notre Dame*  6 Down 2 Ind
5 1980-12-23 9 Maryland*  9 NC ACC
5 1980-12-23 10 Louisiana State* RF 10 NC SEC
5 1980-12-23 11 Arizona State*  14 Up 3 Pac-10
5 1980-12-23 12 Texas A&M  13 Up 1 SWC
5 1980-12-23 13 Michigan  15 Up 2 Big Ten
5 1980-12-23 14 Iowa*  16 Up 2 Big Ten
5 1980-12-23 15 Indiana* RFN 11 Down 4 Big Ten
5 1980-12-23 16 South Alabama R Up  Sun Belt
5 1980-12-23 17 Arkansas* R 19 Up 2 SWC
5 1980-12-23 18 Illinois*  17 Down 1 Big Ten
5 1980-12-23 19 Utah* R Up  WAC
5 1980-12-23 20 Brigham Young*  18 Down 2 WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1980-12-30 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
6 1980-12-30 2 Oregon State* R 4 Up 2 Pac-10
6 1980-12-30 3 Virginia* RF 5 Up 2 ACC
6 1980-12-30 4 Notre Dame*  8 Up 4 Ind
6 1980-12-30 5 Kentucky*  2 Down 3 SEC
6 1980-12-30 6 North Carolina* TF 6 NC ACC
6 1980-12-30 7 UCLA*  3 Down 4 Pac-10
6 1980-12-30 8 Wake Forest*  7 Down 1 ACC
6 1980-12-30 9 Maryland*  9 NC ACC
6 1980-12-30 10 Louisiana State* RF 10 NC SEC
6 1980-12-30 11 Texas A&M  12 Up 1 SWC
6 1980-12-30 12 Michigan  13 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1980-12-30 13 Arizona State*  11 Down 2 Pac-10
6 1980-12-30 14 Iowa*  14 NC Big Ten
6 1980-12-30 15 Indiana* RFN 15 NC Big Ten
6 1980-12-30 16 Illinois*  18 Up 2 Big Ten
6 1980-12-30 17 South Alabama R 16 Down 1 Sun Belt
6 1980-12-30 18 Tennessee*  Up  SEC
6 1980-12-30 19 Brigham Young*  20 Up 1 WAC
6 1980-12-30 20 Utah* R 19 Down 1 WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1981-01-06 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
7 1981-01-06 2 Oregon State* R 2 NC Pac-10
7 1981-01-06 3 Virginia* RF 3 NC ACC
7 1981-01-06 4 Kentucky*  5 Up 1 SEC
7 1981-01-06 5 Notre Dame*  4 Down 1 Ind
7 1981-01-06 6 Wake Forest*  8 Up 2 ACC
7 1981-01-06 7 UCLA*  7 NC Pac-10
7 1981-01-06 8 Maryland*  9 Up 1 ACC
7 1981-01-06 9 Louisiana State* RF 10 Up 1 SEC
7 1981-01-06 10 Michigan  12 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1981-01-06 11 Iowa*  14 Up 3 Big Ten
7 1981-01-06 12 Illinois*  16 Up 4 Big Ten
7 1981-01-06 13 Tennessee*  18 Up 5 SEC
7 1981-01-06 14 Arizona State*  13 Down 1 Pac-10
7 1981-01-06 15 South Alabama R 17 Up 2 Sun Belt
7 1981-01-06 16 North Carolina* TF 6 Down 10 ACC
7 1981-01-06 17 Brigham Young*  19 Up 2 WAC
7 1981-01-06 18 Utah* R 20 Up 2 WAC
7 1981-01-06 19 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
7 1981-01-06 20 Clemson  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1981-01-13 1 Oregon State* R 2 Up 1 Pac-10
8 1981-01-13 2 Virginia* RF 3 Up 1 ACC
8 1981-01-13 3 Kentucky*  4 Up 1 SEC
8 1981-01-13 4 DePaul* R 1 Down 3 Ind
8 1981-01-13 5 Wake Forest*  6 Up 1 ACC
8 1981-01-13 6 Louisiana State* RF 9 Up 3 SEC
8 1981-01-13 7 Notre Dame*  5 Down 2 Ind
8 1981-01-13 8 UCLA*  7 Down 1 Pac-10
8 1981-01-13 9 Michigan  10 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1981-01-13 10 Maryland*  8 Down 2 ACC
8 1981-01-13 11 Tennessee*  13 Up 2 SEC
8 1981-01-13 12 Arizona State*  14 Up 2 Pac-10
8 1981-01-13 13 South Alabama R 15 Up 2 Sun Belt
8 1981-01-13 14 Iowa*  11 Down 3 Big Ten
8 1981-01-13 15 Brigham Young*  17 Up 2 WAC
8 1981-01-13 16 Utah* R 18 Up 2 WAC
8 1981-01-13 17 North Carolina* TF 16 Down 1 ACC
8 1981-01-13 18 Illinois*  12 Down 6 Big Ten
8 1981-01-13 19 Clemson  20 Up 1 ACC
8 1981-01-13 20 Minnesota  19 Down 1 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1981-01-20 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
9 1981-01-20 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
9 1981-01-20 3 Wake Forest*  5 Up 2 ACC
9 1981-01-20 3 DePaul* R 4 Up 1 Ind
9 1981-01-20 5 Louisiana State* RF 6 Up 1 SEC
9 1981-01-20 6 Kentucky*  3 Down 3 SEC
9 1981-01-20 7 Arizona State*  12 Up 5 Pac-10
9 1981-01-20 8 Tennessee*  11 Up 3 SEC
9 1981-01-20 9 Iowa*  14 Up 5 Big Ten
9 1981-01-20 10 Maryland*  10 NC ACC
9 1981-01-20 11 South Alabama R 13 Up 2 Sun Belt
9 1981-01-20 12 UCLA*  8 Down 4 Pac-10
9 1981-01-20 13 Notre Dame*  7 Down 6 Ind
9 1981-01-20 14 Utah* R 16 Up 2 WAC
9 1981-01-20 15 Illinois*  18 Up 3 Big Ten
9 1981-01-20 16 Michigan  9 Down 7 Big Ten
9 1981-01-20 17 North Carolina* TF 17 NC ACC
9 1981-01-20 18 Brigham Young*  15 Down 3 WAC
9 1981-01-20 19 Clemson  19 NC ACC
9 1981-01-20 20 Connecticut  Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1981-01-27 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
10 1981-01-27 1 Virginia* RF 2 Up 1 ACC
10 1981-01-27 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
10 1981-01-27 4 Louisiana State* RF 5 Up 1 SEC
10 1981-01-27 5 Arizona State*  7 Up 2 Pac-10
10 1981-01-27 6 Wake Forest*  3 Down 3 ACC
10 1981-01-27 7 Kentucky*  6 Down 1 SEC
10 1981-01-27 8 Notre Dame*  13 Up 5 Ind
10 1981-01-27 9 Utah* R 14 Up 5 WAC
10 1981-01-27 10 UCLA*  12 Up 2 Pac-10
10 1981-01-27 11 Tennessee*  8 Down 3 SEC
10 1981-01-27 12 North Carolina* TF 17 Up 5 ACC
10 1981-01-27 13 Iowa*  9 Down 4 Big Ten
10 1981-01-27 14 Maryland*  10 Down 4 ACC
10 1981-01-27 15 Brigham Young*  18 Up 3 WAC
10 1981-01-27 16 South Alabama R 11 Down 5 Sun Belt
10 1981-01-27 17 Michigan  16 Down 1 Big Ten
10 1981-01-27 18 Kansas* T Up  Big 8
10 1981-01-27 19 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
10 1981-01-27 20 Connecticut  20 NC Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1981-02-03 1 Virginia* RF 1 NC ACC
11 1981-02-03 2 Oregon State* R 1 Down 1 Pac-10
11 1981-02-03 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
11 1981-02-03 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
11 1981-02-03 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
11 1981-02-03 6 Kentucky*  7 Up 1 SEC
11 1981-02-03 7 Utah* R 9 Up 2 WAC
11 1981-02-03 8 Wake Forest*  6 Down 2 ACC
11 1981-02-03 9 Notre Dame*  8 Down 1 Ind
11 1981-02-03 10 Tennessee*  11 Up 1 SEC
11 1981-02-03 11 North Carolina* TF 12 Up 1 ACC
11 1981-02-03 12 UCLA*  10 Down 2 Pac-10
11 1981-02-03 13 Maryland*  14 Up 1 ACC
11 1981-02-03 14 Michigan  17 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1981-02-03 15 Iowa*  13 Down 2 Big Ten
11 1981-02-03 16 Brigham Young*  15 Down 1 WAC
11 1981-02-03 17 Indiana* RFN Up  Big Ten
11 1981-02-03 18 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
11 1981-02-03 19 Wichita State* R Up  MVC
11 1981-02-03 20 South Alabama R 16 Down 4 Sun Belt
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1981-02-10 1 Virginia* RF 1 NC ACC
12 1981-02-10 2 Oregon State* R 2 NC Pac-10
12 1981-02-10 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
12 1981-02-10 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
12 1981-02-10 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
12 1981-02-10 6 Utah* R 7 Up 1 WAC
12 1981-02-10 7 Wake Forest*  8 Up 1 ACC
12 1981-02-10 8 UCLA*  12 Up 4 Pac-10
12 1981-02-10 9 Tennessee*  10 Up 1 SEC
12 1981-02-10 10 North Carolina* TF 11 Up 1 ACC
12 1981-02-10 11 Kentucky*  6 Down 5 SEC
12 1981-02-10 12 Notre Dame*  9 Down 3 Ind
12 1981-02-10 13 Michigan  14 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1981-02-10 14 Iowa*  15 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1981-02-10 15 Brigham Young*  16 Up 1 WAC
12 1981-02-10 16 Wichita State* R 19 Up 3 MVC
12 1981-02-10 17 Illinois*  18 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1981-02-10 18 South Alabama R 20 Up 2 Sun Belt
12 1981-02-10 19 Maryland*  13 Down 6 ACC
12 1981-02-10 20 Indiana* RFN 17 Down 3 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1981-02-17 1 Virginia* RF 1 NC ACC
13 1981-02-17 2 Oregon State* R 2 NC Pac-10
13 1981-02-17 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
13 1981-02-17 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
13 1981-02-17 5 Wake Forest*  7 Up 2 ACC
13 1981-02-17 6 UCLA*  8 Up 2 Pac-10
13 1981-02-17 7 Arizona State*  5 Down 2 Pac-10
13 1981-02-17 8 Tennessee*  9 Up 1 SEC
13 1981-02-17 9 Utah* R 6 Down 3 WAC
13 1981-02-17 10 Kentucky*  11 Up 1 SEC
13 1981-02-17 11 Notre Dame*  12 Up 1 Ind
13 1981-02-17 12 Iowa*  14 Up 2 Big Ten
13 1981-02-17 13 North Carolina* TF 10 Down 3 ACC
13 1981-02-17 14 Wichita State* R 16 Up 2 MVC
13 1981-02-17 15 Illinois*  17 Up 2 Big Ten
13 1981-02-17 16 Indiana* RFN 20 Up 4 Big Ten
13 1981-02-17 17 Brigham Young*  15 Down 2 WAC
13 1981-02-17 18 Michigan  13 Down 5 Big Ten
13 1981-02-17 19 Lamar* RT Up  Southland
13 1981-02-17 20 Maryland*  19 Down 1 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1981-02-24 1 Oregon State* R 2 Up 1 Pac-10
14 1981-02-24 2 Louisiana State* RF 4 Up 2 SEC
14 1981-02-24 3 Virginia* RF 1 Down 2 ACC
14 1981-02-24 4 DePaul* R 3 Down 1 Ind
14 1981-02-24 5 Arizona State*  7 Up 2 Pac-10
14 1981-02-24 6 Notre Dame*  11 Up 5 Ind
14 1981-02-24 7 Utah* R 9 Up 2 WAC
14 1981-02-24 8 Iowa*  12 Up 4 Big Ten
14 1981-02-24 9 Kentucky*  10 Up 1 SEC
14 1981-02-24 10 Tennessee*  8 Down 2 SEC
14 1981-02-24 11 North Carolina* TF 13 Up 2 ACC
14 1981-02-24 12 Wake Forest*  5 Down 7 ACC
14 1981-02-24 13 UCLA*  6 Down 7 Pac-10
14 1981-02-24 14 Illinois*  15 Up 1 Big Ten
14 1981-02-24 15 Brigham Young*  17 Up 2 WAC
14 1981-02-24 16 Indiana* RFN 16 NC Big Ten
14 1981-02-24 17 Maryland*  20 Up 3 ACC
14 1981-02-24 18 Arkansas* R Up  SWC
14 1981-02-24 19 Wichita State* R 14 Down 5 MVC
14 1981-02-24 20 Louisville* RT Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1981-03-03 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
15 1981-03-03 2 DePaul* R 4 Up 2 Ind
15 1981-03-03 3 Louisiana State* RF 2 Down 1 SEC
15 1981-03-03 4 Virginia* RF 3 Down 1 ACC
15 1981-03-03 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
15 1981-03-03 6 Notre Dame*  6 NC Ind
15 1981-03-03 7 Kentucky*  9 Up 2 SEC
15 1981-03-03 8 Iowa*  8 NC Big Ten
15 1981-03-03 9 Utah* R 7 Down 2 WAC
15 1981-03-03 10 Tennessee*  10 NC SEC
15 1981-03-03 11 Wake Forest*  12 Up 1 ACC
15 1981-03-03 12 North Carolina* TF 11 Down 1 ACC
15 1981-03-03 13 UCLA*  13 NC Pac-10
15 1981-03-03 14 Indiana* RFN 16 Up 2 Big Ten
15 1981-03-03 15 Arkansas* R 18 Up 3 SWC
15 1981-03-03 16 Illinois*  14 Down 2 Big Ten
15 1981-03-03 17 Louisville* RT 20 Up 3 Metro
15 1981-03-03 18 Brigham Young*  15 Down 3 WAC
15 1981-03-03 19 Wyoming* R Up  WAC
15 1981-03-03 20 Maryland*  17 Down 3 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 Final 1 DePaul* R 2 Up 1 Ind
16 Final 2 Oregon State* R 1 Down 1 Pac-10
16 Final 3 Arizona State*  5 Up 2 Pac-10
16 Final 4 Louisiana State* RF 3 Down 1 SEC
16 Final 5 Virginia* RF 4 Down 1 ACC
16 Final 6 North Carolina* TF 12 Up 6 ACC
16 Final 7 Notre Dame*  6 Down 1 Ind
16 Final 8 Kentucky*  7 Down 1 SEC
16 Final 9 Indiana* RFN 14 Up 5 Big Ten
16 Final 10 UCLA*  13 Up 3 Pac-10
16 Final 11 Wake Forest*  11 NC ACC
16 Final 12 Louisville* RT 17 Up 5 Metro
16 Final 13 Iowa*  8 Down 5 Big Ten
16 Final 14 Utah* R 9 Down 5 WAC
16 Final 15 Tennessee*  10 Down 5 SEC
16 Final 16 Brigham Young*  18 Up 2 WAC
16 Final 17 Wyoming* R 19 Up 2 WAC
16 Final 18 Maryland*  20 Up 2 ACC
16 Final 19 Illinois*  16 Down 3 Big Ten
16 Final 20 Arkansas* R 15 Down 5 SWC

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Kentucky*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 2 DePaul* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 3 Louisville* RT NA — Metro
1 Preseason 4 Indiana* RFN NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 5 Maryland*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 6 Oregon State* R NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 7 Virginia* RF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 8 UCLA*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 9 Ohio State  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 10 Missouri* R NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 11 North Carolina* TF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 12 Notre Dame*  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 13 Louisiana State* RF NA — SEC
1 Preseason 14 Texas A&M  NA — SWC
1 Preseason 15 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 16 Georgetown*  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 17 Brigham Young*  NA — WAC
1 Preseason 18 Kansas State*  NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 19 St. John's (NY)  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 20 Arizona State*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 20 Syracuse T NA — Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1980-12-09 1 Kentucky*  1 NC SEC
2 1980-12-09 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
2 1980-12-09 3 UCLA*  8 Up 5 Pac-10
2 1980-12-09 4 Maryland*  5 Up 1 ACC
2 1980-12-09 5 Oregon State* R 6 Up 1 Pac-10
2 1980-12-09 6 Indiana* RFN 4 Down 2 Big Ten
2 1980-12-09 7 Virginia* RF 7 NC ACC
2 1980-12-09 8 North Carolina* TF 11 Up 3 ACC
2 1980-12-09 9 Ohio State  9 NC Big Ten
2 1980-12-09 10 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
2 1980-12-09 11 Louisiana State* RF 13 Up 2 SEC
2 1980-12-09 12 Texas A&M  14 Up 2 SWC
2 1980-12-09 13 Notre Dame*  12 Down 1 Ind
2 1980-12-09 14 Missouri* R 10 Down 4 Big 8
2 1980-12-09 15 Iowa*  15 NC Big Ten
2 1980-12-09 16 Michigan  Up  Big Ten
2 1980-12-09 17 Brigham Young*  17 NC WAC
2 1980-12-09 18 Georgetown*  16 Down 2 Big East
2 1980-12-09 18 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
2 1980-12-09 20 Arizona State*  20 NC Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1980-12-16 1 Kentucky*  1 NC SEC
3 1980-12-16 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
3 1980-12-16 3 UCLA*  3 NC Pac-10
3 1980-12-16 4 Oregon State* R 5 Up 1 Pac-10
3 1980-12-16 5 Virginia* RF 7 Up 2 ACC
3 1980-12-16 6 North Carolina* TF 8 Up 2 ACC
3 1980-12-16 7 Indiana* RFN 6 Down 1 Big Ten
3 1980-12-16 8 Wake Forest*  10 Up 2 ACC
3 1980-12-16 9 Maryland*  4 Down 5 ACC
3 1980-12-16 10 Ohio State  9 Down 1 Big Ten
3 1980-12-16 11 Notre Dame*  13 Up 2 Ind
3 1980-12-16 12 Louisiana State* RF 11 Down 1 SEC
3 1980-12-16 13 Arizona State*  20 Up 7 Pac-10
3 1980-12-16 14 Texas A&M  12 Down 2 SWC
3 1980-12-16 15 Iowa*  15 NC Big Ten
3 1980-12-16 16 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
3 1980-12-16 17 Michigan  16 Down 1 Big Ten
3 1980-12-16 18 Louisville* RT Up  Metro
3 1980-12-16 19 Brigham Young*  17 Down 2 WAC
3 1980-12-16 20 Missouri* R 14 Down 6 Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1980-12-23 1 Kentucky*  1 NC SEC
4 1980-12-23 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
4 1980-12-23 3 UCLA*  3 NC Pac-10
4 1980-12-23 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
4 1980-12-23 5 Virginia* RF 5 NC ACC
4 1980-12-23 6 Arizona State*  13 Up 7 Pac-10
4 1980-12-23 7 North Carolina* TF 6 Down 1 ACC
4 1980-12-23 8 Wake Forest*  8 NC ACC
4 1980-12-23 9 Maryland*  9 NC ACC
4 1980-12-23 10 Texas A&M  14 Up 4 SWC
4 1980-12-23 11 Notre Dame*  11 NC Ind
4 1980-12-23 12 Louisiana State* RF 12 NC SEC
4 1980-12-23 13 Michigan  17 Up 4 Big Ten
4 1980-12-23 14 Iowa*  15 Up 1 Big Ten
4 1980-12-23 15 Utah* R Up  WAC
4 1980-12-23 16 Indiana* RFN 7 Down 9 Big Ten
4 1980-12-23 17 South Alabama R Up  Sun Belt
4 1980-12-23 18 Brigham Young*  19 Up 1 WAC
4 1980-12-23 19 Tennessee*  Up  SEC
4 1980-12-23 20 Arkansas* R Up  SWC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1980-12-30 1 DePaul* R 2 Up 1 Ind
5 1980-12-30 2 Oregon State* R 4 Up 2 Pac-10
5 1980-12-30 3 Kentucky*  1 Down 2 SEC
5 1980-12-30 4 Virginia* RF 5 Up 1 ACC
5 1980-12-30 5 Notre Dame*  11 Up 6 Ind
5 1980-12-30 6 North Carolina* TF 7 Up 1 ACC
5 1980-12-30 7 UCLA*  3 Down 4 Pac-10
5 1980-12-30 8 Wake Forest*  8 NC ACC
5 1980-12-30 9 Maryland*  9 NC ACC
5 1980-12-30 10 Arizona State*  6 Down 4 Pac-10
5 1980-12-30 11 Louisiana State* RF 12 Up 1 SEC
5 1980-12-30 12 Texas A&M  10 Down 2 SWC
5 1980-12-30 13 Michigan  13 NC Big Ten
5 1980-12-30 14 Indiana* RFN 16 Up 2 Big Ten
5 1980-12-30 15 Iowa*  14 Down 1 Big Ten
5 1980-12-30 16 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
5 1980-12-30 17 South Alabama R 17 NC Sun Belt
5 1980-12-30 18 Tennessee*  19 Up 1 SEC
5 1980-12-30 19 Brigham Young*  18 Down 1 WAC
5 1980-12-30 20 Utah* R 15 Down 5 WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1981-01-06 1 DePaul* R 1 NC Ind
6 1981-01-06 2 Oregon State* R 2 NC Pac-10
6 1981-01-06 3 Kentucky*  3 NC SEC
6 1981-01-06 4 Virginia* RF 4 NC ACC
6 1981-01-06 5 Notre Dame*  5 NC Ind
6 1981-01-06 6 UCLA*  7 Up 1 Pac-10
6 1981-01-06 7 Wake Forest*  8 Up 1 ACC
6 1981-01-06 8 Maryland*  9 Up 1 ACC
6 1981-01-06 9 Michigan  13 Up 4 Big Ten
6 1981-01-06 10 Louisiana State* RF 11 Up 1 SEC
6 1981-01-06 11 Iowa*  15 Up 4 Big Ten
6 1981-01-06 12 Tennessee*  18 Up 6 SEC
6 1981-01-06 13 North Carolina* TF 6 Down 7 ACC
6 1981-01-06 14 Minnesota  Up  Big Ten
6 1981-01-06 15 South Alabama R 17 Up 2 Sun Belt
6 1981-01-06 16 Illinois*  16 NC Big Ten
6 1981-01-06 17 Arizona State*  10 Down 7 Pac-10
6 1981-01-06 18 Brigham Young*  19 Up 1 WAC
6 1981-01-06 19 Utah* R 20 Up 1 WAC
6 1981-01-06 20 Clemson  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1981-01-13 1 Oregon State* R 2 Up 1 Pac-10
7 1981-01-13 2 Virginia* RF 4 Up 2 ACC
7 1981-01-13 3 DePaul* R 1 Down 2 Ind
7 1981-01-13 4 Kentucky*  3 Down 1 SEC
7 1981-01-13 5 Wake Forest*  7 Up 2 ACC
7 1981-01-13 6 Louisiana State* RF 10 Up 4 SEC
7 1981-01-13 7 Maryland*  8 Up 1 ACC
7 1981-01-13 8 Michigan  9 Up 1 Big Ten
7 1981-01-13 9 UCLA*  6 Down 3 Pac-10
7 1981-01-13 10 Notre Dame*  5 Down 5 Ind
7 1981-01-13 11 South Alabama R 15 Up 4 Sun Belt
7 1981-01-13 12 Tennessee*  12 NC SEC
7 1981-01-13 13 Brigham Young*  18 Up 5 WAC
7 1981-01-13 14 Arizona State*  17 Up 3 Pac-10
7 1981-01-13 15 Utah* R 19 Up 4 WAC
7 1981-01-13 16 Iowa*  11 Down 5 Big Ten
7 1981-01-13 17 North Carolina* TF 13 Down 4 ACC
7 1981-01-13 18 Connecticut  Up  Big East
7 1981-01-13 19 Indiana* RFN Up  Big Ten
7 1981-01-13 20 Minnesota  14 Down 6 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1981-01-20 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
8 1981-01-20 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
8 1981-01-20 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
8 1981-01-20 4 Wake Forest*  5 Up 1 ACC
8 1981-01-20 5 Louisiana State* RF 6 Up 1 SEC
8 1981-01-20 6 Kentucky*  4 Down 2 SEC
8 1981-01-20 7 Maryland*  7 NC ACC
8 1981-01-20 8 Iowa*  16 Up 8 Big Ten
8 1981-01-20 9 Arizona State*  14 Up 5 Pac-10
8 1981-01-20 10 South Alabama R 11 Up 1 Sun Belt
8 1981-01-20 11 Utah* R 15 Up 4 WAC
8 1981-01-20 12 Tennessee*  12 NC SEC
8 1981-01-20 13 Notre Dame*  10 Down 3 Ind
8 1981-01-20 14 UCLA*  9 Down 5 Pac-10
8 1981-01-20 15 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
8 1981-01-20 16 Michigan  8 Down 8 Big Ten
8 1981-01-20 17 Connecticut  18 Up 1 Big East
8 1981-01-20 18 North Carolina* TF 17 Down 1 ACC
8 1981-01-20 19 Indiana* RFN 19 NC Big Ten
8 1981-01-20 20 Kansas* T Up  Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1981-01-27 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
9 1981-01-27 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
9 1981-01-27 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
9 1981-01-27 4 Louisiana State* RF 5 Up 1 SEC
9 1981-01-27 5 Kentucky*  6 Up 1 SEC
9 1981-01-27 6 Wake Forest*  4 Down 2 ACC
9 1981-01-27 7 Arizona State*  9 Up 2 Pac-10
9 1981-01-27 8 Utah* R 11 Up 3 WAC
9 1981-01-27 9 Notre Dame*  13 Up 4 Ind
9 1981-01-27 10 UCLA*  14 Up 4 Pac-10
9 1981-01-27 11 North Carolina* TF 18 Up 7 ACC
9 1981-01-27 12 Iowa*  8 Down 4 Big Ten
9 1981-01-27 13 Maryland*  7 Down 6 ACC
9 1981-01-27 14 South Alabama R 10 Down 4 Sun Belt
9 1981-01-27 15 Tennessee*  12 Down 3 SEC
9 1981-01-27 16 Brigham Young*  Up  WAC
9 1981-01-27 17 Indiana* RFN 19 Up 2 Big Ten
9 1981-01-27 18 Kansas* T 20 Up 2 Big 8
9 1981-01-27 19 Connecticut  17 Down 2 Big East
9 1981-01-27 20 Michigan  16 Down 4 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1981-02-03 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
10 1981-02-03 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
10 1981-02-03 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
10 1981-02-03 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
10 1981-02-03 5 Arizona State*  7 Up 2 Pac-10
10 1981-02-03 6 Kentucky*  5 Down 1 SEC
10 1981-02-03 7 Utah* R 8 Up 1 WAC
10 1981-02-03 8 Wake Forest*  6 Down 2 ACC
10 1981-02-03 9 Notre Dame*  9 NC Ind
10 1981-02-03 10 North Carolina* TF 11 Up 1 ACC
10 1981-02-03 11 Maryland*  13 Up 2 ACC
10 1981-02-03 12 Tennessee*  15 Up 3 SEC
10 1981-02-03 13 Indiana* RFN 17 Up 4 Big Ten
10 1981-02-03 14 UCLA*  10 Down 4 Pac-10
10 1981-02-03 15 Michigan  20 Up 5 Big Ten
10 1981-02-03 16 Iowa*  12 Down 4 Big Ten
10 1981-02-03 17 South Alabama R 14 Down 3 Sun Belt
10 1981-02-03 18 Connecticut  19 Up 1 Big East
10 1981-02-03 19 Brigham Young*  16 Down 3 WAC
10 1981-02-03 20 Wichita State* R Up  MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1981-02-10 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
11 1981-02-10 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
11 1981-02-10 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
11 1981-02-10 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
11 1981-02-10 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
11 1981-02-10 6 Utah* R 7 Up 1 WAC
11 1981-02-10 7 Wake Forest*  8 Up 1 ACC
11 1981-02-10 8 Tennessee*  12 Up 4 SEC
11 1981-02-10 9 North Carolina* TF 10 Up 1 ACC
11 1981-02-10 10 UCLA*  14 Up 4 Pac-10
11 1981-02-10 11 Kentucky*  6 Down 5 SEC
11 1981-02-10 12 Michigan  15 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1981-02-10 13 Iowa*  16 Up 3 Big Ten
11 1981-02-10 14 Notre Dame*  9 Down 5 Ind
11 1981-02-10 15 Indiana* RFN 13 Down 2 Big Ten
11 1981-02-10 16 Maryland*  11 Down 5 ACC
11 1981-02-10 17 Brigham Young*  19 Up 2 WAC
11 1981-02-10 18 South Alabama R 17 Down 1 Sun Belt
11 1981-02-10 19 Wichita State* R 20 Up 1 MVC
11 1981-02-10 20 Idaho* RT Up  Big Sky
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1981-02-17 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
12 1981-02-17 2 Virginia* RF 2 NC ACC
12 1981-02-17 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
12 1981-02-17 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
12 1981-02-17 5 Wake Forest*  7 Up 2 ACC
12 1981-02-17 6 UCLA*  10 Up 4 Pac-10
12 1981-02-17 7 Utah* R 6 Down 1 WAC
12 1981-02-17 8 Arizona State*  5 Down 3 Pac-10
12 1981-02-17 9 Tennessee*  8 Down 1 SEC
12 1981-02-17 10 Kentucky*  11 Up 1 SEC
12 1981-02-17 11 Notre Dame*  14 Up 3 Ind
12 1981-02-17 12 Iowa*  13 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1981-02-17 13 North Carolina* TF 9 Down 4 ACC
12 1981-02-17 14 Indiana* RFN 15 Up 1 Big Ten
12 1981-02-17 15 Wichita State* R 19 Up 4 MVC
12 1981-02-17 16 Idaho* RT 20 Up 4 Big Sky
12 1981-02-17 17 Arkansas* R Up  SWC
12 1981-02-17 18 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
12 1981-02-17 19 Brigham Young*  17 Down 2 WAC
12 1981-02-17 19 Kansas State*  Up  Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1981-02-24 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
13 1981-02-24 2 DePaul* R 3 Up 1 Ind
13 1981-02-24 3 Virginia* RF 2 Down 1 ACC
13 1981-02-24 4 Louisiana State* RF 4 NC SEC
13 1981-02-24 5 Arizona State*  8 Up 3 Pac-10
13 1981-02-24 6 Notre Dame*  11 Up 5 Ind
13 1981-02-24 7 Utah* R 7 NC WAC
13 1981-02-24 8 Iowa*  12 Up 4 Big Ten
13 1981-02-24 9 Kentucky*  10 Up 1 SEC
13 1981-02-24 10 North Carolina* TF 13 Up 3 ACC
13 1981-02-24 11 Wake Forest*  5 Down 6 ACC
13 1981-02-24 12 Tennessee*  9 Down 3 SEC
13 1981-02-24 13 UCLA*  6 Down 7 Pac-10
13 1981-02-24 14 Illinois*  18 Up 4 Big Ten
13 1981-02-24 15 Indiana* RFN 14 Down 1 Big Ten
13 1981-02-24 16 Arkansas* R 17 Up 1 SWC
13 1981-02-24 17 Idaho* RT 16 Down 1 Big Sky
13 1981-02-24 18 Wichita State* R 15 Down 3 MVC
13 1981-02-24 19 Brigham Young*  19 NC WAC
13 1981-02-24 20 Maryland*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1981-03-03 1 Oregon State* R 1 NC Pac-10
14 1981-03-03 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
14 1981-03-03 3 Louisiana State* RF 4 Up 1 SEC
14 1981-03-03 4 Virginia* RF 3 Down 1 ACC
14 1981-03-03 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
14 1981-03-03 6 Iowa*  8 Up 2 Big Ten
14 1981-03-03 7 Notre Dame*  6 Down 1 Ind
14 1981-03-03 8 Kentucky*  9 Up 1 SEC
14 1981-03-03 9 Utah* R 7 Down 2 WAC
14 1981-03-03 10 Wake Forest*  11 Up 1 ACC
14 1981-03-03 11 North Carolina* TF 10 Down 1 ACC
14 1981-03-03 12 Tennessee*  12 NC SEC
14 1981-03-03 13 Indiana* RFN 15 Up 2 Big Ten
14 1981-03-03 14 UCLA*  13 Down 1 Pac-10
14 1981-03-03 15 Arkansas* R 16 Up 1 SWC
14 1981-03-03 16 Wyoming* R Up  WAC
14 1981-03-03 17 Illinois*  14 Down 3 Big Ten
14 1981-03-03 18 Louisville* RT Up  Metro
14 1981-03-03 19 Brigham Young*  19 NC WAC
14 1981-03-03 20 Missouri* R Up  Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 Final 1 DePaul* R 2 Up 1 Ind
15 Final 2 Oregon State* R 1 Down 1 Pac-10
15 Final 3 Virginia* RF 4 Up 1 ACC
15 Final 4 Louisiana State* RF 3 Down 1 SEC
15 Final 5 Arizona State*  5 NC Pac-10
15 Final 6 North Carolina* TF 11 Up 5 ACC
15 Final 7 Indiana* RFN 13 Up 6 Big Ten
15 Final 8 Kentucky*  8 NC SEC
15 Final 9 Notre Dame*  7 Down 2 Ind
15 Final 10 Utah* R 9 Down 1 WAC
15 Final 11 UCLA*  14 Up 3 Pac-10
15 Final 12 Iowa*  6 Down 6 Big Ten
15 Final 13 Louisville* RT 18 Up 5 Metro
15 Final 14 Wake Forest*  10 Down 4 ACC
15 Final 15 Tennessee*  12 Down 3 SEC
15 Final 16 Wyoming* R 16 NC WAC
15 Final 17 Brigham Young*  19 Up 2 WAC
15 Final 18 Illinois*  17 Down 1 Big Ten
15 Final 19 Kansas* T Up  Big 8
15 Final 20 Maryland*  Up  ACC