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1981-82 Polls

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National Champion: North Carolina
Final Four: Georgetown, Houston, Louisville and North Carolina

Consensus Player of the Year: Ralph Sampson

AP Preseason #1: North Carolina ▪ AP Final #1: North Carolina

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 North Carolina* RTFN NA — ACC
1 Preseason 2 UCLA  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 3 Kentucky* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 4 Louisville* F NA — Metro
1 Preseason 5 Georgetown* TF NA — Big East
1 Preseason 6 Wichita State  NA — MVC
1 Preseason 7 Virginia* R NA — ACC
1 Preseason 8 DePaul* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 9 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 10 Minnesota* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 11 Tulsa* T NA — MVC
1 Preseason 12 Indiana*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 13 Wake Forest*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 14 Alabama-Birmingham* RT NA — Sun Belt
1 Preseason 15 Missouri* RT NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 16 Georgia  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 17 Louisiana State  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 18 Arkansas* RT NA — SWC
1 Preseason 19 Notre Dame  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 20 Alabama* T NA — SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1981-12-01 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
2 1981-12-01 2 Kentucky* R 3 Up 1 SEC
2 1981-12-01 3 Louisville* F 4 Up 1 Metro
2 1981-12-01 4 Wichita State  6 Up 2 MVC
2 1981-12-01 5 Virginia* R 7 Up 2 ACC
2 1981-12-01 6 Iowa*  9 Up 3 Big Ten
2 1981-12-01 7 DePaul* R 8 Up 1 Ind
2 1981-12-01 8 UCLA  2 Down 6 Pac-10
2 1981-12-01 9 Tulsa* T 11 Up 2 MVC
2 1981-12-01 10 Minnesota* R 10 NC Big Ten
2 1981-12-01 11 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 14 Up 3 Sun Belt
2 1981-12-01 12 Indiana*  12 NC Big Ten
2 1981-12-01 13 Arkansas* RT 18 Up 5 SWC
2 1981-12-01 14 San Francisco*  Up  WCC
2 1981-12-01 15 Brigham Young  Up  WAC
2 1981-12-01 16 Missouri* RT 15 Down 1 Big 8
2 1981-12-01 17 Alabama* T 20 Up 3 SEC
2 1981-12-01 18 Nevada-Las Vegas  Up  Ind
2 1981-12-01 19 Notre Dame  19 NC Ind
2 1981-12-01 20 Georgetown* TF 5 Down 15 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1981-12-08 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
3 1981-12-08 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
3 1981-12-08 3 Louisville* F 3 NC Metro
3 1981-12-08 4 Wichita State  4 NC MVC
3 1981-12-08 5 Virginia* R 5 NC ACC
3 1981-12-08 6 Iowa*  6 NC Big Ten
3 1981-12-08 7 DePaul* R 7 NC Ind
3 1981-12-08 8 Minnesota* R 10 Up 2 Big Ten
3 1981-12-08 9 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 11 Up 2 Sun Belt
3 1981-12-08 10 Indiana*  12 Up 2 Big Ten
3 1981-12-08 11 Arkansas* RT 13 Up 2 SWC
3 1981-12-08 12 San Francisco*  14 Up 2 WCC
3 1981-12-08 13 Missouri* RT 16 Up 3 Big 8
3 1981-12-08 14 Tulsa* T 9 Down 5 MVC
3 1981-12-08 15 Nevada-Las Vegas  18 Up 3 Ind
3 1981-12-08 16 Alabama* T 17 Up 1 SEC
3 1981-12-08 17 UCLA  8 Down 9 Pac-10
3 1981-12-08 18 Louisiana-Lafayette* RT Up  Southland
3 1981-12-08 19 Oregon State* R Up  Pac-10
3 1981-12-08 20 Georgetown* TF 20 NC Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1981-12-15 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
4 1981-12-15 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
4 1981-12-15 3 Louisville* F 3 NC Metro
4 1981-12-15 4 Wichita State  4 NC MVC
4 1981-12-15 5 Virginia* R 5 NC ACC
4 1981-12-15 6 Iowa*  6 NC Big Ten
4 1981-12-15 7 DePaul* R 7 NC Ind
4 1981-12-15 8 Minnesota* R 8 NC Big Ten
4 1981-12-15 9 Arkansas* RT 11 Up 2 SWC
4 1981-12-15 10 San Francisco*  12 Up 2 WCC
4 1981-12-15 11 Missouri* RT 13 Up 2 Big 8
4 1981-12-15 12 Tulsa* T 14 Up 2 MVC
4 1981-12-15 13 Indiana*  10 Down 3 Big Ten
4 1981-12-15 14 Alabama* T 16 Up 2 SEC
4 1981-12-15 15 Louisiana-Lafayette* RT 18 Up 3 Southland
4 1981-12-15 16 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 9 Down 7 Sun Belt
4 1981-12-15 17 UCLA  17 NC Pac-10
4 1981-12-15 18 Villanova* R Up  Big East
4 1981-12-15 19 Georgetown* TF 20 Up 1 Big East
4 1981-12-15 20 Oregon State* R 19 Down 1 Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1981-12-22 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
5 1981-12-22 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
5 1981-12-22 3 Wichita State  4 Up 1 MVC
5 1981-12-22 4 Virginia* R 5 Up 1 ACC
5 1981-12-22 5 Minnesota* R 8 Up 3 Big Ten
5 1981-12-22 6 Arkansas* RT 9 Up 3 SWC
5 1981-12-22 7 San Francisco*  10 Up 3 WCC
5 1981-12-22 8 Louisville* F 3 Down 5 Metro
5 1981-12-22 9 Missouri* RT 11 Up 2 Big 8
5 1981-12-22 10 Iowa*  6 Down 4 Big Ten
5 1981-12-22 11 Indiana*  13 Up 2 Big Ten
5 1981-12-22 12 Alabama* T 14 Up 2 SEC
5 1981-12-22 13 DePaul* R 7 Down 6 Ind
5 1981-12-22 14 Tulsa* T 12 Down 2 MVC
5 1981-12-22 15 UCLA  17 Up 2 Pac-10
5 1981-12-22 16 Oregon State* R 20 Up 4 Pac-10
5 1981-12-22 17 Georgetown* TF 19 Up 2 Big East
5 1981-12-22 18 Houston* F Up  SWC
5 1981-12-22 19 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 16 Down 3 Sun Belt
5 1981-12-22 20 Villanova* R 18 Down 2 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1981-12-29 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
6 1981-12-29 2 Wichita State  3 Up 1 MVC
6 1981-12-29 3 Virginia* R 4 Up 1 ACC
6 1981-12-29 4 Kentucky* R 2 Down 2 SEC
6 1981-12-29 5 Arkansas* RT 6 Up 1 SWC
6 1981-12-29 6 San Francisco*  7 Up 1 WCC
6 1981-12-29 7 Missouri* RT 9 Up 2 Big 8
6 1981-12-29 8 DePaul* R 13 Up 5 Ind
6 1981-12-29 9 Minnesota* R 5 Down 4 Big Ten
6 1981-12-29 10 Iowa*  10 NC Big Ten
6 1981-12-29 11 Indiana*  11 NC Big Ten
6 1981-12-29 12 Alabama* T 12 NC SEC
6 1981-12-29 13 Tulsa* T 14 Up 1 MVC
6 1981-12-29 14 Louisville* F 8 Down 6 Metro
6 1981-12-29 15 Oregon State* R 16 Up 1 Pac-10
6 1981-12-29 16 UCLA  15 Down 1 Pac-10
6 1981-12-29 17 Georgetown* TF 17 NC Big East
6 1981-12-29 18 Houston* F 18 NC SWC
6 1981-12-29 19 Villanova* R 20 Up 1 Big East
6 1981-12-29 20 North Carolina State*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1982-01-05 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
7 1982-01-05 2 Virginia* R 3 Up 1 ACC
7 1982-01-05 3 Kentucky* R 4 Up 1 SEC
7 1982-01-05 4 Missouri* RT 7 Up 3 Big 8
7 1982-01-05 5 DePaul* R 8 Up 3 Ind
7 1982-01-05 6 Minnesota* R 9 Up 3 Big Ten
7 1982-01-05 7 Iowa*  10 Up 3 Big Ten
7 1982-01-05 8 San Francisco*  6 Down 2 WCC
7 1982-01-05 9 Wichita State  2 Down 7 MVC
7 1982-01-05 10 Tulsa* T 13 Up 3 MVC
7 1982-01-05 11 Arkansas* RT 5 Down 6 SWC
7 1982-01-05 12 Louisville* F 14 Up 2 Metro
7 1982-01-05 13 Georgetown* TF 17 Up 4 Big East
7 1982-01-05 14 Houston* F 18 Up 4 SWC
7 1982-01-05 15 North Carolina State*  20 Up 5 ACC
7 1982-01-05 16 Alabama* T 12 Down 4 SEC
7 1982-01-05 17 Oregon State* R 15 Down 2 Pac-10
7 1982-01-05 18 Idaho* RT Up  Big Sky
7 1982-01-05 19 UCLA  16 Down 3 Pac-10
7 1982-01-05 20 St. John's (NY)*  Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1982-01-12 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
8 1982-01-12 2 Missouri* RT 4 Up 2 Big 8
8 1982-01-12 3 Virginia* R 2 Down 1 ACC
8 1982-01-12 4 DePaul* R 5 Up 1 Ind
8 1982-01-12 5 Iowa*  7 Up 2 Big Ten
8 1982-01-12 6 Kentucky* R 3 Down 3 SEC
8 1982-01-12 7 San Francisco*  8 Up 1 WCC
8 1982-01-12 8 Georgetown* TF 13 Up 5 Big East
8 1982-01-12 9 Arkansas* RT 11 Up 2 SWC
8 1982-01-12 10 Houston* F 14 Up 4 SWC
8 1982-01-12 11 Minnesota* R 6 Down 5 Big Ten
8 1982-01-12 12 North Carolina State*  15 Up 3 ACC
8 1982-01-12 13 Alabama* T 16 Up 3 SEC
8 1982-01-12 14 Idaho* RT 18 Up 4 Big Sky
8 1982-01-12 15 Oregon State* R 17 Up 2 Pac-10
8 1982-01-12 16 Wichita State  9 Down 7 MVC
8 1982-01-12 17 Louisville* F 12 Down 5 Metro
8 1982-01-12 18 Tulsa* T 10 Down 8 MVC
8 1982-01-12 19 Texas  Up  SWC
8 1982-01-12 20 Virginia Tech  Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1982-01-19 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
9 1982-01-19 2 Missouri* RT 2 NC Big 8
9 1982-01-19 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
9 1982-01-19 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
9 1982-01-19 5 Minnesota* R 11 Up 6 Big Ten
9 1982-01-19 6 Iowa*  5 Down 1 Big Ten
9 1982-01-19 7 Texas  19 Up 12 SWC
9 1982-01-19 8 Idaho* RT 14 Up 6 Big Sky
9 1982-01-19 9 Kentucky* R 6 Down 3 SEC
9 1982-01-19 10 Tulsa* T 18 Up 8 MVC
9 1982-01-19 11 San Francisco*  7 Down 4 WCC
9 1982-01-19 12 Oregon State* R 15 Up 3 Pac-10
9 1982-01-19 13 Georgetown* TF 8 Down 5 Big East
9 1982-01-19 14 North Carolina State*  12 Down 2 ACC
9 1982-01-19 15 Arkansas* RT 9 Down 6 SWC
9 1982-01-19 16 Alabama* T 13 Down 3 SEC
9 1982-01-19 17 Louisville* F 17 NC Metro
9 1982-01-19 18 Kansas State*  Up  Big 8
9 1982-01-19 19 Houston* F 10 Down 9 SWC
9 1982-01-19 20 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1982-01-26 1 Missouri* RT 2 Up 1 Big 8
10 1982-01-26 2 North Carolina* RTFN 1 Down 1 ACC
10 1982-01-26 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
10 1982-01-26 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
10 1982-01-26 5 Texas  7 Up 2 SWC
10 1982-01-26 6 Iowa*  6 NC Big Ten
10 1982-01-26 7 Kentucky* R 9 Up 2 SEC
10 1982-01-26 8 Oregon State* R 12 Up 4 Pac-10
10 1982-01-26 9 San Francisco*  11 Up 2 WCC
10 1982-01-26 10 Minnesota* R 5 Down 5 Big Ten
10 1982-01-26 11 Idaho* RT 8 Down 3 Big Sky
10 1982-01-26 12 Arkansas* RT 15 Up 3 SWC
10 1982-01-26 13 Alabama* T 16 Up 3 SEC
10 1982-01-26 14 Kansas State*  18 Up 4 Big 8
10 1982-01-26 15 Tennessee* R 20 Up 5 SEC
10 1982-01-26 16 Tulsa* T 10 Down 6 MVC
10 1982-01-26 17 North Carolina State*  14 Down 3 ACC
10 1982-01-26 18 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
10 1982-01-26 19 Fresno State* RT Up  PCAA
10 1982-01-26 20 Villanova* R Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1982-02-02 1 Missouri* RT 1 NC Big 8
11 1982-02-02 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
11 1982-02-02 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
11 1982-02-02 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
11 1982-02-02 5 Iowa*  6 Up 1 Big Ten
11 1982-02-02 6 Minnesota* R 10 Up 4 Big Ten
11 1982-02-02 7 San Francisco*  9 Up 2 WCC
11 1982-02-02 8 Alabama* T 13 Up 5 SEC
11 1982-02-02 9 Kentucky* R 7 Down 2 SEC
11 1982-02-02 10 Oregon State* R 8 Down 2 Pac-10
11 1982-02-02 11 Tulsa* T 16 Up 5 MVC
11 1982-02-02 12 Texas  5 Down 7 SWC
11 1982-02-02 13 Wake Forest*  18 Up 5 ACC
11 1982-02-02 14 Arkansas* RT 12 Down 2 SWC
11 1982-02-02 15 Idaho* RT 11 Down 4 Big Sky
11 1982-02-02 16 Tennessee* R 15 Down 1 SEC
11 1982-02-02 17 Fresno State* RT 19 Up 2 PCAA
11 1982-02-02 18 West Virginia* R Up  EAA
11 1982-02-02 19 Kansas State*  14 Down 5 Big 8
11 1982-02-02 19 Memphis* RT Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1982-02-09 1 Virginia* R 3 Up 2 ACC
12 1982-02-09 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
12 1982-02-09 3 DePaul* R 4 Up 1 Ind
12 1982-02-09 4 Missouri* RT 1 Down 3 Big 8
12 1982-02-09 5 Iowa*  5 NC Big Ten
12 1982-02-09 6 Oregon State* R 10 Up 4 Pac-10
12 1982-02-09 7 Tulsa* T 11 Up 4 MVC
12 1982-02-09 8 Arkansas* RT 14 Up 6 SWC
12 1982-02-09 9 Minnesota* R 6 Down 3 Big Ten
12 1982-02-09 10 Alabama* T 8 Down 2 SEC
12 1982-02-09 11 West Virginia* R 18 Up 7 EAA
12 1982-02-09 12 Kentucky* R 9 Down 3 SEC
12 1982-02-09 13 Idaho* RT 15 Up 2 Big Sky
12 1982-02-09 14 Memphis* RT 19 Up 5 Metro
12 1982-02-09 15 Kansas State*  19 Up 4 Big 8
12 1982-02-09 16 Wake Forest*  13 Down 3 ACC
12 1982-02-09 17 San Francisco*  7 Down 10 WCC
12 1982-02-09 18 Fresno State* RT 17 Down 1 PCAA
12 1982-02-09 19 Washington  Up  Pac-10
12 1982-02-09 20 Georgetown* TF Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1982-02-16 1 Virginia* R 1 NC ACC
13 1982-02-16 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
13 1982-02-16 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
13 1982-02-16 4 Missouri* RT 4 NC Big 8
13 1982-02-16 5 Oregon State* R 6 Up 1 Pac-10
13 1982-02-16 6 Tulsa* T 7 Up 1 MVC
13 1982-02-16 7 Iowa*  5 Down 2 Big Ten
13 1982-02-16 8 Minnesota* R 9 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1982-02-16 9 West Virginia* R 11 Up 2 EAA
13 1982-02-16 10 Kentucky* R 12 Up 2 SEC
13 1982-02-16 11 Idaho* RT 13 Up 2 Big Sky
13 1982-02-16 12 Memphis* RT 14 Up 2 Metro
13 1982-02-16 13 Georgetown* TF 20 Up 7 Big East
13 1982-02-16 14 Wake Forest*  16 Up 2 ACC
13 1982-02-16 15 Fresno State* RT 18 Up 3 PCAA
13 1982-02-16 16 San Francisco*  17 Up 1 WCC
13 1982-02-16 17 Arkansas* RT 8 Down 9 SWC
13 1982-02-16 18 Kansas State*  15 Down 3 Big 8
13 1982-02-16 19 Alabama* T 10 Down 9 SEC
13 1982-02-16 20 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1982-02-23 1 Virginia* R 1 NC ACC
14 1982-02-23 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
14 1982-02-23 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
14 1982-02-23 4 Oregon State* R 5 Up 1 Pac-10
14 1982-02-23 5 Missouri* RT 4 Down 1 Big 8
14 1982-02-23 6 West Virginia* R 9 Up 3 EAA
14 1982-02-23 7 Kentucky* R 10 Up 3 SEC
14 1982-02-23 8 Tulsa* T 6 Down 2 MVC
14 1982-02-23 9 Idaho* RT 11 Up 2 Big Sky
14 1982-02-23 10 Memphis* RT 12 Up 2 Metro
14 1982-02-23 11 Iowa*  7 Down 4 Big Ten
14 1982-02-23 12 Georgetown* TF 13 Up 1 Big East
14 1982-02-23 13 Minnesota* R 8 Down 5 Big Ten
14 1982-02-23 14 Fresno State* RT 15 Up 1 PCAA
14 1982-02-23 15 Arkansas* RT 17 Up 2 SWC
14 1982-02-23 16 San Francisco*  16 NC WCC
14 1982-02-23 17 Alabama* T 19 Up 2 SEC
14 1982-02-23 18 Wake Forest*  14 Down 4 ACC
14 1982-02-23 19 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
14 1982-02-23 20 UCLA  Up  Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1982-03-02 1 North Carolina* RTFN 2 Up 1 ACC
15 1982-03-02 2 DePaul* R 3 Up 1 Ind
15 1982-03-02 3 Virginia* R 1 Down 2 ACC
15 1982-03-02 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
15 1982-03-02 5 Missouri* RT 5 NC Big 8
15 1982-03-02 6 Idaho* RT 9 Up 3 Big Sky
15 1982-03-02 7 Minnesota* R 13 Up 6 Big Ten
15 1982-03-02 8 Georgetown* TF 12 Up 4 Big East
15 1982-03-02 9 West Virginia* R 6 Down 3 EAA
15 1982-03-02 10 Tulsa* T 8 Down 2 MVC
15 1982-03-02 11 Iowa*  11 NC Big Ten
15 1982-03-02 12 Fresno State* RT 14 Up 2 PCAA
15 1982-03-02 13 Memphis* RT 10 Down 3 Metro
15 1982-03-02 14 Arkansas* RT 15 Up 1 SWC
15 1982-03-02 15 Kentucky* R 7 Down 8 SEC
15 1982-03-02 16 Wake Forest*  18 Up 2 ACC
15 1982-03-02 17 Kansas State*  Up  Big 8
15 1982-03-02 18 Alabama* T 17 Down 1 SEC
15 1982-03-02 19 UCLA  20 Up 1 Pac-10
15 1982-03-02 20 Alabama-Birmingham* RT Up  Sun Belt
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 Final 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
16 Final 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
16 Final 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
16 Final 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
16 Final 5 Missouri* RT 5 NC Big 8
16 Final 6 Georgetown* TF 8 Up 2 Big East
16 Final 7 Minnesota* R 7 NC Big Ten
16 Final 8 Idaho* RT 6 Down 2 Big Sky
16 Final 9 Memphis* RT 13 Up 4 Metro
16 Final 10 Tulsa* T 10 NC MVC
16 Final 11 Fresno State* RT 12 Up 1 PCAA
16 Final 12 Arkansas* RT 14 Up 2 SWC
16 Final 13 Alabama* T 18 Up 5 SEC
16 Final 14 West Virginia* R 9 Down 5 EAA
16 Final 15 Kentucky* R 15 NC SEC
16 Final 16 Iowa*  11 Down 5 Big Ten
16 Final 17 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 20 Up 3 Sun Belt
16 Final 18 Wake Forest*  16 Down 2 ACC
16 Final 19 UCLA  19 NC Pac-10
16 Final 20 Louisville* F Up  Metro

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 North Carolina* RTFN NA — ACC
1 Preseason 2 UCLA  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 3 Kentucky* R NA — SEC
1 Preseason 4 Louisville* F NA — Metro
1 Preseason 5 Georgetown* TF NA — Big East
1 Preseason 6 Virginia* R NA — ACC
1 Preseason 7 Wichita State  NA — MVC
1 Preseason 8 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 9 DePaul* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 10 Minnesota* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 11 Indiana*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 12 Tulsa* T NA — MVC
1 Preseason 13 Georgia  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 14 Wake Forest*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 15 Missouri* RT NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 16 San Francisco*  NA — WCC
1 Preseason 17 Alabama-Birmingham* RT NA — Sun Belt
1 Preseason 18 Louisiana State  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 19 Arkansas* RT NA — SWC
1 Preseason 20 Nevada-Las Vegas  NA — Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1981-12-08 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
2 1981-12-08 2 Kentucky* R 3 Up 1 SEC
2 1981-12-08 3 Louisville* F 4 Up 1 Metro
2 1981-12-08 4 Virginia* R 6 Up 2 ACC
2 1981-12-08 5 Iowa*  8 Up 3 Big Ten
2 1981-12-08 6 Wichita State  7 Up 1 MVC
2 1981-12-08 7 DePaul* R 9 Up 2 Ind
2 1981-12-08 8 Indiana*  11 Up 3 Big Ten
2 1981-12-08 9 Minnesota* R 10 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1981-12-08 10 Arkansas* RT 19 Up 9 SWC
2 1981-12-08 11 Missouri* RT 15 Up 4 Big 8
2 1981-12-08 12 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 17 Up 5 Sun Belt
2 1981-12-08 13 Nevada-Las Vegas  20 Up 7 Ind
2 1981-12-08 14 San Francisco*  16 Up 2 WCC
2 1981-12-08 15 Oregon State* R Up  Pac-10
2 1981-12-08 16 Tulsa* T 12 Down 4 MVC
2 1981-12-08 17 Louisiana-Lafayette* RT Up  Southland
2 1981-12-08 18 Villanova* R Up  Big East
2 1981-12-08 19 Alabama* T Up  SEC
2 1981-12-08 20 UCLA  2 Down 18 Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1981-12-15 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
3 1981-12-15 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
3 1981-12-15 3 Louisville* F 3 NC Metro
3 1981-12-15 4 Wichita State  6 Up 2 MVC
3 1981-12-15 5 Iowa*  5 NC Big Ten
3 1981-12-15 6 Virginia* R 4 Down 2 ACC
3 1981-12-15 7 DePaul* R 7 NC Ind
3 1981-12-15 8 Arkansas* RT 10 Up 2 SWC
3 1981-12-15 9 Minnesota* R 9 NC Big Ten
3 1981-12-15 10 Missouri* RT 11 Up 1 Big 8
3 1981-12-15 11 Indiana*  8 Down 3 Big Ten
3 1981-12-15 12 San Francisco*  14 Up 2 WCC
3 1981-12-15 13 Louisiana-Lafayette* RT 17 Up 4 Southland
3 1981-12-15 14 Tulsa* T 16 Up 2 MVC
3 1981-12-15 15 Alabama* T 19 Up 4 SEC
3 1981-12-15 16 Villanova* R 18 Up 2 Big East
3 1981-12-15 17 Georgetown* TF Up  Big East
3 1981-12-15 18 Georgia  Up  SEC
3 1981-12-15 19 Alabama-Birmingham* RT 12 Down 7 Sun Belt
3 1981-12-15 20 California-Irvine  Up  PCAA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1981-12-22 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
4 1981-12-22 2 Kentucky* R 2 NC SEC
4 1981-12-22 3 Virginia* R 6 Up 3 ACC
4 1981-12-22 4 Wichita State  4 NC MVC
4 1981-12-22 5 Minnesota* R 9 Up 4 Big Ten
4 1981-12-22 6 Arkansas* RT 8 Up 2 SWC
4 1981-12-22 7 Indiana*  11 Up 4 Big Ten
4 1981-12-22 8 San Francisco*  12 Up 4 WCC
4 1981-12-22 9 Louisville* F 3 Down 6 Metro
4 1981-12-22 10 Missouri* RT 10 NC Big 8
4 1981-12-22 11 Iowa*  5 Down 6 Big Ten
4 1981-12-22 12 DePaul* R 7 Down 5 Ind
4 1981-12-22 13 Georgetown* TF 17 Up 4 Big East
4 1981-12-22 14 Alabama* T 15 Up 1 SEC
4 1981-12-22 15 Oregon State* R Up  Pac-10
4 1981-12-22 16 Tulsa* T 14 Down 2 MVC
4 1981-12-22 17 Houston* F Up  SWC
4 1981-12-22 18 North Carolina State*  Up  ACC
4 1981-12-22 19 Kansas  Up  Big 8
4 1981-12-22 20 Villanova* R 16 Down 4 Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1981-12-29 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
5 1981-12-29 2 Virginia* R 3 Up 1 ACC
5 1981-12-29 3 Kentucky* R 2 Down 1 SEC
5 1981-12-29 4 Wichita State  4 NC MVC
5 1981-12-29 5 DePaul* R 12 Up 7 Ind
5 1981-12-29 6 Arkansas* RT 6 NC SWC
5 1981-12-29 7 Missouri* RT 10 Up 3 Big 8
5 1981-12-29 8 San Francisco*  8 NC WCC
5 1981-12-29 9 Iowa*  11 Up 2 Big Ten
5 1981-12-29 10 Indiana*  7 Down 3 Big Ten
5 1981-12-29 11 Minnesota* R 5 Down 6 Big Ten
5 1981-12-29 12 Oregon State* R 15 Up 3 Pac-10
5 1981-12-29 13 Louisville* F 9 Down 4 Metro
5 1981-12-29 14 Alabama* T 14 NC SEC
5 1981-12-29 15 Georgetown* TF 13 Down 2 Big East
5 1981-12-29 16 Tulsa* T 16 NC MVC
5 1981-12-29 17 Houston* F 17 NC SWC
5 1981-12-29 18 North Carolina State*  18 NC ACC
5 1981-12-29 19 Villanova* R 20 Up 1 Big East
5 1981-12-29 20 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1982-01-05 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
6 1982-01-05 2 Virginia* R 2 NC ACC
6 1982-01-05 3 Kentucky* R 3 NC SEC
6 1982-01-05 4 DePaul* R 5 Up 1 Ind
6 1982-01-05 5 Missouri* RT 7 Up 2 Big 8
6 1982-01-05 6 Minnesota* R 11 Up 5 Big Ten
6 1982-01-05 7 Iowa*  9 Up 2 Big Ten
6 1982-01-05 8 Louisville* F 13 Up 5 Metro
6 1982-01-05 9 Georgetown* TF 15 Up 6 Big East
6 1982-01-05 10 San Francisco*  8 Down 2 WCC
6 1982-01-05 11 Arkansas* RT 6 Down 5 SWC
6 1982-01-05 12 Wichita State  4 Down 8 MVC
6 1982-01-05 13 Idaho* RT Up  Big Sky
6 1982-01-05 14 Tulsa* T 16 Up 2 MVC
6 1982-01-05 15 North Carolina State*  18 Up 3 ACC
6 1982-01-05 16 Houston* F 17 Up 1 SWC
6 1982-01-05 17 Alabama* T 14 Down 3 SEC
6 1982-01-05 18 St. John's (NY)*  Up  Big East
6 1982-01-05 19 Oregon State* R 12 Down 7 Pac-10
6 1982-01-05 20 Indiana*  10 Down 10 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1982-01-12 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
7 1982-01-12 2 Virginia* R 2 NC ACC
7 1982-01-12 3 Missouri* RT 5 Up 2 Big 8
7 1982-01-12 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
7 1982-01-12 5 Iowa*  7 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1982-01-12 6 Kentucky* R 3 Down 3 SEC
7 1982-01-12 7 Georgetown* TF 9 Up 2 Big East
7 1982-01-12 8 San Francisco*  10 Up 2 WCC
7 1982-01-12 9 Minnesota* R 6 Down 3 Big Ten
7 1982-01-12 10 Arkansas* RT 11 Up 1 SWC
7 1982-01-12 11 Idaho* RT 13 Up 2 Big Sky
7 1982-01-12 12 Houston* F 16 Up 4 SWC
7 1982-01-12 13 Louisville* F 8 Down 5 Metro
7 1982-01-12 14 Oregon State* R 19 Up 5 Pac-10
7 1982-01-12 15 North Carolina State*  15 NC ACC
7 1982-01-12 16 Alabama* T 17 Up 1 SEC
7 1982-01-12 17 Wichita State  12 Down 5 MVC
7 1982-01-12 18 Texas  Up  SWC
7 1982-01-12 19 Tulsa* T 14 Down 5 MVC
7 1982-01-12 20 Kansas State*  Up  Big 8
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1982-01-19 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
8 1982-01-19 2 Missouri* RT 3 Up 1 Big 8
8 1982-01-19 3 Virginia* R 2 Down 1 ACC
8 1982-01-19 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
8 1982-01-19 5 Texas  18 Up 13 SWC
8 1982-01-19 6 Iowa*  5 Down 1 Big Ten
8 1982-01-19 6 Minnesota* R 9 Up 3 Big Ten
8 1982-01-19 8 Idaho* RT 11 Up 3 Big Sky
8 1982-01-19 9 Kentucky* R 6 Down 3 SEC
8 1982-01-19 10 Oregon State* R 14 Up 4 Pac-10
8 1982-01-19 11 Georgetown* TF 7 Down 4 Big East
8 1982-01-19 12 Tulsa* T 19 Up 7 MVC
8 1982-01-19 13 San Francisco*  8 Down 5 WCC
8 1982-01-19 14 Arkansas* RT 10 Down 4 SWC
8 1982-01-19 15 North Carolina State*  15 NC ACC
8 1982-01-19 16 Kansas State*  20 Up 4 Big 8
8 1982-01-19 17 Alabama* T 16 Down 1 SEC
8 1982-01-19 17 Louisville* F 13 Down 4 Metro
8 1982-01-19 19 Villanova* R Up  Big East
8 1982-01-19 20 Fresno State* RT Up  PCAA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1982-01-26 1 Missouri* RT 2 Up 1 Big 8
9 1982-01-26 2 North Carolina* RTFN 1 Down 1 ACC
9 1982-01-26 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
9 1982-01-26 4 DePaul* R 4 NC Ind
9 1982-01-26 5 Texas  5 NC SWC
9 1982-01-26 6 Iowa*  6 NC Big Ten
9 1982-01-26 7 Oregon State* R 10 Up 3 Pac-10
9 1982-01-26 8 Kentucky* R 9 Up 1 SEC
9 1982-01-26 9 Minnesota* R 6 Down 3 Big Ten
9 1982-01-26 10 Idaho* RT 8 Down 2 Big Sky
9 1982-01-26 11 Arkansas* RT 14 Up 3 SWC
9 1982-01-26 12 San Francisco*  13 Up 1 WCC
9 1982-01-26 13 Kansas State*  16 Up 3 Big 8
9 1982-01-26 14 Alabama* T 17 Up 3 SEC
9 1982-01-26 15 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
9 1982-01-26 16 Tulsa* T 12 Down 4 MVC
9 1982-01-26 17 North Carolina State*  15 Down 2 ACC
9 1982-01-26 18 Fresno State* RT 20 Up 2 PCAA
9 1982-01-26 19 Villanova* R 19 NC Big East
9 1982-01-26 20 Wake Forest*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1982-02-02 1 Missouri* RT 1 NC Big 8
10 1982-02-02 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
10 1982-02-02 3 DePaul* R 4 Up 1 Ind
10 1982-02-02 4 Virginia* R 3 Down 1 ACC
10 1982-02-02 5 Iowa*  6 Up 1 Big Ten
10 1982-02-02 6 Minnesota* R 9 Up 3 Big Ten
10 1982-02-02 7 Oregon State* R 7 NC Pac-10
10 1982-02-02 8 San Francisco*  12 Up 4 WCC
10 1982-02-02 9 Kentucky* R 8 Down 1 SEC
10 1982-02-02 10 Alabama* T 14 Up 4 SEC
10 1982-02-02 11 Texas  5 Down 6 SWC
10 1982-02-02 12 Tulsa* T 16 Up 4 MVC
10 1982-02-02 13 Fresno State* RT 18 Up 5 PCAA
10 1982-02-02 14 Arkansas* RT 11 Down 3 SWC
10 1982-02-02 15 Idaho* RT 10 Down 5 Big Sky
10 1982-02-02 16 Wake Forest*  20 Up 4 ACC
10 1982-02-02 17 Tennessee* R 15 Down 2 SEC
10 1982-02-02 18 Kansas State*  13 Down 5 Big 8
10 1982-02-02 19 West Virginia* R Up  EAA
10 1982-02-02 20 Georgetown* TF Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1982-02-09 1 Virginia* R 4 Up 3 ACC
11 1982-02-09 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
11 1982-02-09 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
11 1982-02-09 4 Missouri* RT 1 Down 3 Big 8
11 1982-02-09 5 Iowa*  5 NC Big Ten
11 1982-02-09 6 Oregon State* R 7 Up 1 Pac-10
11 1982-02-09 7 Tulsa* T 12 Up 5 MVC
11 1982-02-09 8 Minnesota* R 6 Down 2 Big Ten
11 1982-02-09 9 Kentucky* R 9 NC SEC
11 1982-02-09 10 Arkansas* RT 14 Up 4 SWC
11 1982-02-09 11 Alabama* T 10 Down 1 SEC
11 1982-02-09 12 Idaho* RT 15 Up 3 Big Sky
11 1982-02-09 13 West Virginia* R 19 Up 6 EAA
11 1982-02-09 14 Kansas State*  18 Up 4 Big 8
11 1982-02-09 15 San Francisco*  8 Down 7 WCC
11 1982-02-09 16 Fresno State* RT 13 Down 3 PCAA
11 1982-02-09 17 Georgetown* TF 20 Up 3 Big East
11 1982-02-09 18 Memphis* RT Up  Metro
11 1982-02-09 19 Wake Forest*  16 Down 3 ACC
11 1982-02-09 20 Wyoming* R Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1982-02-16 1 Virginia* R 1 NC ACC
12 1982-02-16 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
12 1982-02-16 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
12 1982-02-16 4 Missouri* RT 4 NC Big 8
12 1982-02-16 5 Oregon State* R 6 Up 1 Pac-10
12 1982-02-16 6 Iowa*  5 Down 1 Big Ten
12 1982-02-16 7 Tulsa* T 7 NC MVC
12 1982-02-16 8 Minnesota* R 8 NC Big Ten
12 1982-02-16 9 Kentucky* R 9 NC SEC
12 1982-02-16 10 West Virginia* R 13 Up 3 EAA
12 1982-02-16 11 Idaho* RT 12 Up 1 Big Sky
12 1982-02-16 12 Georgetown* TF 17 Up 5 Big East
12 1982-02-16 13 Memphis* RT 18 Up 5 Metro
12 1982-02-16 14 Fresno State* RT 16 Up 2 PCAA
12 1982-02-16 15 Alabama* T 11 Down 4 SEC
12 1982-02-16 16 Kansas State*  14 Down 2 Big 8
12 1982-02-16 17 Arkansas* RT 10 Down 7 SWC
12 1982-02-16 18 Wake Forest*  19 Up 1 ACC
12 1982-02-16 19 San Francisco*  15 Down 4 WCC
12 1982-02-16 20 Tennessee* R Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1982-02-23 1 Virginia* R 1 NC ACC
13 1982-02-23 2 North Carolina* RTFN 2 NC ACC
13 1982-02-23 3 DePaul* R 3 NC Ind
13 1982-02-23 4 Oregon State* R 5 Up 1 Pac-10
13 1982-02-23 5 Missouri* RT 4 Down 1 Big 8
13 1982-02-23 6 West Virginia* R 10 Up 4 EAA
13 1982-02-23 7 Iowa*  6 Down 1 Big Ten
13 1982-02-23 8 Idaho* RT 11 Up 3 Big Sky
13 1982-02-23 9 Kentucky* R 9 NC SEC
13 1982-02-23 10 Tulsa* T 7 Down 3 MVC
13 1982-02-23 11 Georgetown* TF 12 Up 1 Big East
13 1982-02-23 12 Fresno State* RT 14 Up 2 PCAA
13 1982-02-23 13 Memphis* RT 13 NC Metro
13 1982-02-23 14 Minnesota* R 8 Down 6 Big Ten
13 1982-02-23 15 Arkansas* RT 17 Up 2 SWC
13 1982-02-23 16 Alabama* T 15 Down 1 SEC
13 1982-02-23 17 San Francisco*  19 Up 2 WCC
13 1982-02-23 18 Tennessee* R 20 Up 2 SEC
13 1982-02-23 19 Kansas State*  16 Down 3 Big 8
13 1982-02-23 20 Wake Forest*  18 Down 2 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1982-03-02 1 North Carolina* RTFN 2 Up 1 ACC
14 1982-03-02 2 DePaul* R 3 Up 1 Ind
14 1982-03-02 3 Virginia* R 1 Down 2 ACC
14 1982-03-02 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
14 1982-03-02 5 Missouri* RT 5 NC Big 8
14 1982-03-02 6 Idaho* RT 8 Up 2 Big Sky
14 1982-03-02 7 Minnesota* R 14 Up 7 Big Ten
14 1982-03-02 8 Georgetown* TF 11 Up 3 Big East
14 1982-03-02 9 Fresno State* RT 12 Up 3 PCAA
14 1982-03-02 10 Iowa*  7 Down 3 Big Ten
14 1982-03-02 11 Memphis* RT 13 Up 2 Metro
14 1982-03-02 12 Kentucky* R 9 Down 3 SEC
14 1982-03-02 13 West Virginia* R 6 Down 7 EAA
14 1982-03-02 14 Tulsa* T 10 Down 4 MVC
14 1982-03-02 15 Arkansas* RT 15 NC SWC
14 1982-03-02 16 Kansas State*  19 Up 3 Big 8
14 1982-03-02 17 Wyoming* R Up  WAC
14 1982-03-02 18 Louisville* F Up  Metro
14 1982-03-02 18 Wake Forest*  20 Up 2 ACC
14 1982-03-02 20 Tennessee* R 18 Down 2 SEC
14 1982-03-02 20 Pepperdine* R Up  WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 Final 1 North Carolina* RTFN 1 NC ACC
15 Final 2 DePaul* R 2 NC Ind
15 Final 3 Virginia* R 3 NC ACC
15 Final 4 Oregon State* R 4 NC Pac-10
15 Final 5 Missouri* RT 5 NC Big 8
15 Final 6 Minnesota* R 7 Up 1 Big Ten
15 Final 7 Georgetown* TF 8 Up 1 Big East
15 Final 8 Idaho* RT 6 Down 2 Big Sky
15 Final 9 Memphis* RT 11 Up 2 Metro
15 Final 10 Fresno State* RT 9 Down 1 PCAA
15 Final 11 Tulsa* T 14 Up 3 MVC
15 Final 12 Alabama* T Up  SEC
15 Final 13 Arkansas* RT 15 Up 2 SWC
15 Final 14 Kentucky* R 12 Down 2 SEC
15 Final 15 Wyoming* R 17 Up 2 WAC
15 Final 16 Iowa*  10 Down 6 Big Ten
15 Final 17 West Virginia* R 13 Down 4 EAA
15 Final 18 Kansas State*  16 Down 2 Big 8
15 Final 19 Wake Forest*  18 Down 1 ACC
15 Final 20 Louisville* F 18 Down 2 Metro