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1985-86 Polls

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National Champion: Louisville
Final Four: Duke, Kansas, Louisiana State and Louisville

Consensus Player of the Year: Walter Berry

AP Preseason #1: Georgia Tech ▪ AP Final #1: Duke

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Georgia Tech*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 2 North Carolina*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 3 Michigan* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 4 Syracuse* R NA — Big East
1 Preseason 5 Kansas* RTF NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 6 Duke* RTF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 7 Illinois*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 8 Georgetown*  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 9 Louisville* RTFN NA — Metro
1 Preseason 10 Auburn*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 11 Kentucky* RT NA — SEC
1 Preseason 12 Notre Dame* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 13 Oklahoma*  NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 14 Louisiana State* F NA — SEC
1 Preseason 15 Memphis*  NA — Metro
1 Preseason 16 Alabama-Birmingham*  NA — Sun Belt
1 Preseason 17 North Carolina State*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 18 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT NA — PCAA
1 Preseason 19 Maryland*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 19 Navy* RT NA — CAA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1985-11-26 1 North Carolina*  2 Up 1 ACC
2 1985-11-26 2 Georgia Tech*  1 Down 1 ACC
2 1985-11-26 3 Michigan* R 3 NC Big Ten
2 1985-11-26 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
2 1985-11-26 5 Kansas* RTF 5 NC Big 8
2 1985-11-26 6 Duke* RTF 6 NC ACC
2 1985-11-26 7 Illinois*  7 NC Big Ten
2 1985-11-26 8 Georgetown*  8 NC Big East
2 1985-11-26 9 Louisville* RTFN 9 NC Metro
2 1985-11-26 10 Kentucky* RT 11 Up 1 SEC
2 1985-11-26 11 Notre Dame* R 12 Up 1 Ind
2 1985-11-26 12 Louisiana State* F 14 Up 2 SEC
2 1985-11-26 13 Oklahoma*  13 NC Big 8
2 1985-11-26 14 Memphis*  15 Up 1 Metro
2 1985-11-26 15 North Carolina State*  17 Up 2 ACC
2 1985-11-26 16 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 18 Up 2 PCAA
2 1985-11-26 17 Maryland*  19 Up 2 ACC
2 1985-11-26 18 St. John's (NY)* RT Up  Big East
2 1985-11-26 19 Auburn*  10 Down 9 SEC
2 1985-11-26 20 Alabama-Birmingham*  16 Down 4 Sun Belt
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1985-12-03 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
3 1985-12-03 2 Michigan* R 3 Up 1 Big Ten
3 1985-12-03 3 Duke* RTF 6 Up 3 ACC
3 1985-12-03 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
3 1985-12-03 5 Georgia Tech*  2 Down 3 ACC
3 1985-12-03 6 Georgetown*  8 Up 2 Big East
3 1985-12-03 7 Kansas* RTF 5 Down 2 Big 8
3 1985-12-03 8 Oklahoma*  13 Up 5 Big 8
3 1985-12-03 9 Kentucky* RT 10 Up 1 SEC
3 1985-12-03 10 Notre Dame* R 11 Up 1 Ind
3 1985-12-03 11 Louisiana State* F 12 Up 1 SEC
3 1985-12-03 12 Illinois*  7 Down 5 Big Ten
3 1985-12-03 13 Memphis*  14 Up 1 Metro
3 1985-12-03 14 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 16 Up 2 PCAA
3 1985-12-03 15 St. John's (NY)* RT 18 Up 3 Big East
3 1985-12-03 16 Louisville* RTFN 9 Down 7 Metro
3 1985-12-03 17 Alabama-Birmingham*  20 Up 3 Sun Belt
3 1985-12-03 18 Iowa*  Up  Big Ten
3 1985-12-03 19 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
3 1985-12-03 19 Auburn*  19 NC SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1985-12-10 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
4 1985-12-10 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
4 1985-12-10 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
4 1985-12-10 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
4 1985-12-10 5 Georgetown*  6 Up 1 Big East
4 1985-12-10 5 Georgia Tech*  5 NC ACC
4 1985-12-10 7 Kansas* RTF 7 NC Big 8
4 1985-12-10 8 Oklahoma*  8 NC Big 8
4 1985-12-10 9 Kentucky* RT 9 NC SEC
4 1985-12-10 10 Illinois*  12 Up 2 Big Ten
4 1985-12-10 11 Louisiana State* F 11 NC SEC
4 1985-12-10 12 Memphis*  13 Up 1 Metro
4 1985-12-10 13 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 14 Up 1 PCAA
4 1985-12-10 14 St. John's (NY)* RT 15 Up 1 Big East
4 1985-12-10 15 Louisville* RTFN 16 Up 1 Metro
4 1985-12-10 16 Alabama-Birmingham*  17 Up 1 Sun Belt
4 1985-12-10 17 Notre Dame* R 10 Down 7 Ind
4 1985-12-10 18 Indiana*  19 Up 1 Big Ten
4 1985-12-10 19 DePaul*  Up  Ind
4 1985-12-10 20 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1985-12-17 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
5 1985-12-17 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
5 1985-12-17 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
5 1985-12-17 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
5 1985-12-17 5 Georgetown*  5 NC Big East
5 1985-12-17 6 Kansas* RTF 7 Up 1 Big 8
5 1985-12-17 7 Georgia Tech*  5 Down 2 ACC
5 1985-12-17 8 Oklahoma*  8 NC Big 8
5 1985-12-17 9 Louisiana State* F 11 Up 2 SEC
5 1985-12-17 10 Memphis*  12 Up 2 Metro
5 1985-12-17 11 St. John's (NY)* RT 14 Up 3 Big East
5 1985-12-17 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 13 Up 1 PCAA
5 1985-12-17 13 Kentucky* RT 9 Down 4 SEC
5 1985-12-17 14 Alabama-Birmingham*  16 Up 2 Sun Belt
5 1985-12-17 15 Illinois*  10 Down 5 Big Ten
5 1985-12-17 16 Louisville* RTFN 15 Down 1 Metro
5 1985-12-17 17 Indiana*  18 Up 1 Big Ten
5 1985-12-17 18 DePaul*  19 Up 1 Ind
5 1985-12-17 19 Notre Dame* R 17 Down 2 Ind
5 1985-12-17 20 Virginia Tech*  Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1985-12-24 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
6 1985-12-24 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
6 1985-12-24 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
6 1985-12-24 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
6 1985-12-24 5 Georgetown*  5 NC Big East
6 1985-12-24 6 Kansas* RTF 6 NC Big 8
6 1985-12-24 7 Georgia Tech*  7 NC ACC
6 1985-12-24 8 Oklahoma*  8 NC Big 8
6 1985-12-24 9 Louisiana State* F 9 NC SEC
6 1985-12-24 10 Memphis*  10 NC Metro
6 1985-12-24 11 St. John's (NY)* RT 11 NC Big East
6 1985-12-24 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 12 NC PCAA
6 1985-12-24 13 Kentucky* RT 13 NC SEC
6 1985-12-24 14 Alabama-Birmingham*  14 NC Sun Belt
6 1985-12-24 15 Louisville* RTFN 16 Up 1 Metro
6 1985-12-24 16 Illinois*  15 Down 1 Big Ten
6 1985-12-24 17 Indiana*  17 NC Big Ten
6 1985-12-24 18 Notre Dame* R 19 Up 1 Ind
6 1985-12-24 19 Virginia Tech*  20 Up 1 Metro
6 1985-12-24 20 DePaul*  18 Down 2 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1985-12-31 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
7 1985-12-31 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
7 1985-12-31 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
7 1985-12-31 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
7 1985-12-31 5 Kansas* RTF 6 Up 1 Big 8
7 1985-12-31 6 Georgia Tech*  7 Up 1 ACC
7 1985-12-31 7 Oklahoma*  8 Up 1 Big 8
7 1985-12-31 8 Louisiana State* F 9 Up 1 SEC
7 1985-12-31 9 Memphis*  10 Up 1 Metro
7 1985-12-31 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 11 Up 1 Big East
7 1985-12-31 11 Georgetown*  5 Down 6 Big East
7 1985-12-31 12 Kentucky* RT 13 Up 1 SEC
7 1985-12-31 13 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 12 Down 1 PCAA
7 1985-12-31 14 Illinois*  16 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1985-12-31 15 Indiana*  17 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1985-12-31 16 Alabama-Birmingham*  14 Down 2 Sun Belt
7 1985-12-31 17 Notre Dame* R 18 Up 1 Ind
7 1985-12-31 18 Louisville* RTFN 15 Down 3 Metro
7 1985-12-31 19 Texas-El Paso* RT Up  WAC
7 1985-12-31 20 Virginia Tech*  19 Down 1 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1986-01-07 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
8 1986-01-07 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
8 1986-01-07 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
8 1986-01-07 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
8 1986-01-07 5 Georgia Tech*  6 Up 1 ACC
8 1986-01-07 6 Memphis*  9 Up 3 Metro
8 1986-01-07 7 Oklahoma*  7 NC Big 8
8 1986-01-07 8 Louisiana State* F 8 NC SEC
8 1986-01-07 9 Kansas* RTF 5 Down 4 Big 8
8 1986-01-07 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 NC Big East
8 1986-01-07 11 Kentucky* RT 12 Up 1 SEC
8 1986-01-07 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 13 Up 1 PCAA
8 1986-01-07 13 Georgetown*  11 Down 2 Big East
8 1986-01-07 14 Alabama-Birmingham*  16 Up 2 Sun Belt
8 1986-01-07 15 Texas-El Paso* RT 19 Up 4 WAC
8 1986-01-07 16 Notre Dame* R 17 Up 1 Ind
8 1986-01-07 17 Louisville* RTFN 18 Up 1 Metro
8 1986-01-07 18 Illinois*  14 Down 4 Big Ten
8 1986-01-07 19 Virginia Tech*  20 Up 1 Metro
8 1986-01-07 20 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1986-01-14 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
9 1986-01-14 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
9 1986-01-14 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
9 1986-01-14 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
9 1986-01-14 5 Georgia Tech*  5 NC ACC
9 1986-01-14 6 Memphis*  6 NC Metro
9 1986-01-14 7 Oklahoma*  7 NC Big 8
9 1986-01-14 8 Kansas* RTF 9 Up 1 Big 8
9 1986-01-14 9 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 Up 1 Big East
9 1986-01-14 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 12 Up 2 PCAA
9 1986-01-14 11 Kentucky* RT 11 NC SEC
9 1986-01-14 12 Alabama-Birmingham*  14 Up 2 Sun Belt
9 1986-01-14 13 Notre Dame* R 16 Up 3 Ind
9 1986-01-14 14 Louisiana State* F 8 Down 6 SEC
9 1986-01-14 15 Georgetown*  13 Down 2 Big East
9 1986-01-14 16 Virginia Tech*  19 Up 3 Metro
9 1986-01-14 17 Texas-El Paso* RT 15 Down 2 WAC
9 1986-01-14 18 Louisville* RTFN 17 Down 1 Metro
9 1986-01-14 19 Purdue*  20 Up 1 Big Ten
9 1986-01-14 20 Bradley* R Up  MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1986-01-21 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
10 1986-01-21 2 Duke* RTF 3 Up 1 ACC
10 1986-01-21 3 Memphis*  6 Up 3 Metro
10 1986-01-21 4 Georgia Tech*  5 Up 1 ACC
10 1986-01-21 5 Oklahoma*  7 Up 2 Big 8
10 1986-01-21 6 Michigan* R 2 Down 4 Big Ten
10 1986-01-21 7 Kansas* RTF 8 Up 1 Big 8
10 1986-01-21 8 St. John's (NY)* RT 9 Up 1 Big East
10 1986-01-21 9 Syracuse* R 4 Down 5 Big East
10 1986-01-21 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 NC PCAA
10 1986-01-21 11 Kentucky* RT 11 NC SEC
10 1986-01-21 12 Georgetown*  15 Up 3 Big East
10 1986-01-21 13 Louisville* RTFN 18 Up 5 Metro
10 1986-01-21 14 Louisiana State* F 14 NC SEC
10 1986-01-21 15 Purdue*  19 Up 4 Big Ten
10 1986-01-21 16 Notre Dame* R 13 Down 3 Ind
10 1986-01-21 17 Bradley* R 20 Up 3 MVC
10 1986-01-21 18 Alabama-Birmingham*  12 Down 6 Sun Belt
10 1986-01-21 19 Texas-El Paso* RT 17 Down 2 WAC
10 1986-01-21 20 Virginia Tech*  16 Down 4 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1986-01-28 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
11 1986-01-28 2 Memphis*  3 Up 1 Metro
11 1986-01-28 3 Georgia Tech*  4 Up 1 ACC
11 1986-01-28 4 Kansas* RTF 7 Up 3 Big 8
11 1986-01-28 5 Duke* RTF 2 Down 3 ACC
11 1986-01-28 6 Oklahoma*  5 Down 1 Big 8
11 1986-01-28 7 St. John's (NY)* RT 8 Up 1 Big East
11 1986-01-28 8 Kentucky* RT 11 Up 3 SEC
11 1986-01-28 9 Michigan* R 6 Down 3 Big Ten
11 1986-01-28 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 NC PCAA
11 1986-01-28 11 Syracuse* R 9 Down 2 Big East
11 1986-01-28 12 Georgetown*  12 NC Big East
11 1986-01-28 13 Bradley* R 17 Up 4 MVC
11 1986-01-28 14 Notre Dame* R 16 Up 2 Ind
11 1986-01-28 15 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
11 1986-01-28 16 Virginia Tech*  20 Up 4 Metro
11 1986-01-28 17 Louisiana State* F 14 Down 3 SEC
11 1986-01-28 18 Louisville* RTFN 13 Down 5 Metro
11 1986-01-28 19 Texas-El Paso* RT 19 NC WAC
11 1986-01-28 20 Richmond*  Up  CAA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1986-02-04 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
12 1986-02-04 2 Georgia Tech*  3 Up 1 ACC
12 1986-02-04 3 Memphis*  2 Down 1 Metro
12 1986-02-04 4 Duke* RTF 5 Up 1 ACC
12 1986-02-04 5 Oklahoma*  6 Up 1 Big 8
12 1986-02-04 6 Kansas* RTF 4 Down 2 Big 8
12 1986-02-04 7 Michigan* R 9 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1986-02-04 8 Syracuse* R 11 Up 3 Big East
12 1986-02-04 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 Up 1 PCAA
12 1986-02-04 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 7 Down 3 Big East
12 1986-02-04 11 Georgetown*  12 Up 1 Big East
12 1986-02-04 12 Kentucky* RT 8 Down 4 SEC
12 1986-02-04 13 Bradley* R 13 NC MVC
12 1986-02-04 14 Notre Dame* R 14 NC Ind
12 1986-02-04 15 Virginia Tech*  16 Up 1 Metro
12 1986-02-04 16 Louisville* RTFN 18 Up 2 Metro
12 1986-02-04 17 Texas-El Paso* RT 19 Up 2 WAC
12 1986-02-04 18 Indiana*  15 Down 3 Big Ten
12 1986-02-04 19 Western Kentucky*  Up  Sun Belt
12 1986-02-04 20 Alabama*  Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1986-02-11 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
13 1986-02-11 2 Duke* RTF 4 Up 2 ACC
13 1986-02-11 3 Kansas* RTF 6 Up 3 Big 8
13 1986-02-11 4 Memphis*  3 Down 1 Metro
13 1986-02-11 5 Georgia Tech*  2 Down 3 ACC
13 1986-02-11 6 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 9 Up 3 PCAA
13 1986-02-11 7 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 Up 3 Big East
13 1986-02-11 8 Oklahoma*  5 Down 3 Big 8
13 1986-02-11 9 Georgetown*  11 Up 2 Big East
13 1986-02-11 10 Michigan* R 7 Down 3 Big Ten
13 1986-02-11 11 Kentucky* RT 12 Up 1 SEC
13 1986-02-11 12 Syracuse* R 8 Down 4 Big East
13 1986-02-11 13 Bradley* R 13 NC MVC
13 1986-02-11 14 Notre Dame* R 14 NC Ind
13 1986-02-11 15 Texas-El Paso* RT 17 Up 2 WAC
13 1986-02-11 16 Indiana*  18 Up 2 Big Ten
13 1986-02-11 17 North Carolina State*  Up  ACC
13 1986-02-11 18 Alabama*  20 Up 2 SEC
13 1986-02-11 19 Louisville* RTFN 16 Down 3 Metro
13 1986-02-11 20 Virginia Tech*  15 Down 5 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1986-02-18 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
14 1986-02-18 2 Duke* RTF 2 NC ACC
14 1986-02-18 3 Kansas* RTF 3 NC Big 8
14 1986-02-18 4 Memphis*  4 NC Metro
14 1986-02-18 5 Georgia Tech*  5 NC ACC
14 1986-02-18 6 St. John's (NY)* RT 7 Up 1 Big East
14 1986-02-18 7 Michigan* R 10 Up 3 Big Ten
14 1986-02-18 8 Kentucky* RT 11 Up 3 SEC
14 1986-02-18 9 Syracuse* R 12 Up 3 Big East
14 1986-02-18 10 Oklahoma*  8 Down 2 Big 8
14 1986-02-18 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 6 Down 5 PCAA
14 1986-02-18 12 Bradley* R 13 Up 1 MVC
14 1986-02-18 13 Georgetown*  9 Down 4 Big East
14 1986-02-18 14 Notre Dame* R 14 NC Ind
14 1986-02-18 15 Indiana*  16 Up 1 Big Ten
14 1986-02-18 16 Louisville* RTFN 19 Up 3 Metro
14 1986-02-18 17 Navy* RT Up  CAA
14 1986-02-18 18 Virginia Tech*  20 Up 2 Metro
14 1986-02-18 19 Michigan State*  Up  Big Ten
14 1986-02-18 20 North Carolina State*  17 Down 3 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1986-02-25 1 Duke* RTF 2 Up 1 ACC
15 1986-02-25 2 Kansas* RTF 3 Up 1 Big 8
15 1986-02-25 3 North Carolina*  1 Down 2 ACC
15 1986-02-25 4 Georgia Tech*  5 Up 1 ACC
15 1986-02-25 5 Kentucky* RT 8 Up 3 SEC
15 1986-02-25 6 Syracuse* R 9 Up 3 Big East
15 1986-02-25 7 Memphis*  4 Down 3 Metro
15 1986-02-25 8 St. John's (NY)* RT 6 Down 2 Big East
15 1986-02-25 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 11 Up 2 PCAA
15 1986-02-25 10 Michigan* R 7 Down 3 Big Ten
15 1986-02-25 11 Bradley* R 12 Up 1 MVC
15 1986-02-25 12 Notre Dame* R 14 Up 2 Ind
15 1986-02-25 13 Louisville* RTFN 16 Up 3 Metro
15 1986-02-25 14 Oklahoma*  10 Down 4 Big 8
15 1986-02-25 15 Georgetown*  13 Down 2 Big East
15 1986-02-25 16 Indiana*  15 Down 1 Big Ten
15 1986-02-25 17 Michigan State*  19 Up 2 Big Ten
15 1986-02-25 18 North Carolina State*  20 Up 2 ACC
15 1986-02-25 19 Navy* RT 17 Down 2 CAA
15 1986-02-25 20 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 1986-03-04 1 Duke* RTF 1 NC ACC
16 1986-03-04 2 Kansas* RTF 2 NC Big 8
16 1986-03-04 3 Kentucky* RT 5 Up 2 SEC
16 1986-03-04 4 North Carolina*  3 Down 1 ACC
16 1986-03-04 5 St. John's (NY)* RT 8 Up 3 Big East
16 1986-03-04 6 Georgia Tech*  4 Down 2 ACC
16 1986-03-04 7 Michigan* R 10 Up 3 Big Ten
16 1986-03-04 8 Syracuse* R 6 Down 2 Big East
16 1986-03-04 9 Bradley* R 11 Up 2 MVC
16 1986-03-04 10 Memphis*  7 Down 3 Metro
16 1986-03-04 11 Louisville* RTFN 13 Up 2 Metro
16 1986-03-04 12 Notre Dame* R 12 NC Ind
16 1986-03-04 13 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 9 Down 4 PCAA
16 1986-03-04 14 Georgetown*  15 Up 1 Big East
16 1986-03-04 15 Oklahoma*  14 Down 1 Big 8
16 1986-03-04 16 Indiana*  16 NC Big Ten
16 1986-03-04 17 Michigan State*  17 NC Big Ten
16 1986-03-04 18 Navy* RT 19 Up 1 CAA
16 1986-03-04 19 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
16 1986-03-04 20 North Carolina State*  18 Down 2 ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
17 Final 1 Duke* RTF 1 NC ACC
17 Final 2 Kansas* RTF 2 NC Big 8
17 Final 3 Kentucky* RT 3 NC SEC
17 Final 4 St. John's (NY)* RT 5 Up 1 Big East
17 Final 5 Michigan* R 7 Up 2 Big Ten
17 Final 6 Georgia Tech*  6 NC ACC
17 Final 7 Louisville* RTFN 11 Up 4 Metro
17 Final 8 North Carolina*  4 Down 4 ACC
17 Final 9 Syracuse* R 8 Down 1 Big East
17 Final 10 Notre Dame* R 12 Up 2 Ind
17 Final 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 13 Up 2 PCAA
17 Final 12 Memphis*  10 Down 2 Metro
17 Final 13 Georgetown*  14 Up 1 Big East
17 Final 14 Bradley* R 9 Down 5 MVC
17 Final 15 Oklahoma*  15 NC Big 8
17 Final 16 Indiana*  16 NC Big Ten
17 Final 17 Navy* RT 18 Up 1 CAA
17 Final 18 Michigan State*  17 Down 1 Big Ten
17 Final 19 Illinois*  19 NC Big Ten
17 Final 20 Texas-El Paso* RT Up  WAC

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Michigan* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 2 Georgia Tech*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 3 North Carolina*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 4 Kansas* RTF NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 5 Duke* RTF NA — ACC
1 Preseason 6 Syracuse* R NA — Big East
1 Preseason 7 Illinois*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 8 Georgetown*  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 9 Louisiana State* F NA — SEC
1 Preseason 10 Louisville* RTFN NA — Metro
1 Preseason 11 Auburn*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 12 Kentucky* RT NA — SEC
1 Preseason 13 Notre Dame* R NA — Ind
1 Preseason 14 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 14 North Carolina State*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 16 Alabama-Birmingham*  NA — Sun Belt
1 Preseason 17 Washington*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 18 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT NA — PCAA
1 Preseason 19 DePaul*  NA — Ind
1 Preseason 20 UCLA  NA — Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1985-12-03 1 North Carolina*  3 Up 2 ACC
2 1985-12-03 2 Michigan* R 1 Down 1 Big Ten
2 1985-12-03 3 Duke* RTF 5 Up 2 ACC
2 1985-12-03 4 Georgia Tech*  2 Down 2 ACC
2 1985-12-03 5 Syracuse* R 6 Up 1 Big East
2 1985-12-03 6 Kansas* RTF 4 Down 2 Big 8
2 1985-12-03 7 Georgetown*  8 Up 1 Big East
2 1985-12-03 8 Kentucky* RT 12 Up 4 SEC
2 1985-12-03 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 18 Up 9 PCAA
2 1985-12-03 10 Oklahoma*  Up  Big 8
2 1985-12-03 11 Louisiana State* F 9 Down 2 SEC
2 1985-12-03 12 Illinois*  7 Down 5 Big Ten
2 1985-12-03 13 Notre Dame* R 13 NC Ind
2 1985-12-03 14 St. John's (NY)* RT Up  Big East
2 1985-12-03 15 Louisville* RTFN 10 Down 5 Metro
2 1985-12-03 16 Memphis*  Up  Metro
2 1985-12-03 17 Alabama-Birmingham*  16 Down 1 Sun Belt
2 1985-12-03 18 Auburn*  11 Down 7 SEC
2 1985-12-03 19 Iowa*  14 Down 5 Big Ten
2 1985-12-03 20 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1985-12-10 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
3 1985-12-10 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
3 1985-12-10 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
3 1985-12-10 4 Kansas* RTF 6 Up 2 Big 8
3 1985-12-10 5 Syracuse* R 5 NC Big East
3 1985-12-10 6 Georgia Tech*  4 Down 2 ACC
3 1985-12-10 7 Georgetown*  7 NC Big East
3 1985-12-10 8 Kentucky* RT 8 NC SEC
3 1985-12-10 9 Oklahoma*  10 Up 1 Big 8
3 1985-12-10 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 9 Down 1 PCAA
3 1985-12-10 11 Illinois*  12 Up 1 Big Ten
3 1985-12-10 12 Louisiana State* F 11 Down 1 SEC
3 1985-12-10 13 St. John's (NY)* RT 14 Up 1 Big East
3 1985-12-10 14 Louisville* RTFN 15 Up 1 Metro
3 1985-12-10 15 Memphis*  16 Up 1 Metro
3 1985-12-10 16 Notre Dame* R 13 Down 3 Ind
3 1985-12-10 16 Indiana*  20 Up 4 Big Ten
3 1985-12-10 18 Alabama-Birmingham*  17 Down 1 Sun Belt
3 1985-12-10 19 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
3 1985-12-10 20 DePaul*  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1985-12-17 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
4 1985-12-17 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
4 1985-12-17 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
4 1985-12-17 4 Kansas* RTF 4 NC Big 8
4 1985-12-17 5 Syracuse* R 5 NC Big East
4 1985-12-17 6 Georgetown*  7 Up 1 Big East
4 1985-12-17 7 Georgia Tech*  6 Down 1 ACC
4 1985-12-17 8 Oklahoma*  9 Up 1 Big 8
4 1985-12-17 9 St. John's (NY)* RT 13 Up 4 Big East
4 1985-12-17 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 NC PCAA
4 1985-12-17 11 Memphis*  15 Up 4 Metro
4 1985-12-17 11 Louisiana State* F 12 Up 1 SEC
4 1985-12-17 13 Illinois*  11 Down 2 Big Ten
4 1985-12-17 14 Kentucky* RT 8 Down 6 SEC
4 1985-12-17 15 Alabama-Birmingham*  18 Up 3 Sun Belt
4 1985-12-17 16 Indiana*  16 NC Big Ten
4 1985-12-17 17 Louisville* RTFN 14 Down 3 Metro
4 1985-12-17 18 DePaul*  20 Up 2 Ind
4 1985-12-17 19 Notre Dame* R 16 Down 3 Ind
4 1985-12-17 20 Pepperdine* R Up  WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1985-12-24 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
5 1985-12-24 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
5 1985-12-24 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
5 1985-12-24 4 Kansas* RTF 4 NC Big 8
5 1985-12-24 5 Syracuse* R 5 NC Big East
5 1985-12-24 6 Georgia Tech*  7 Up 1 ACC
5 1985-12-24 7 Georgetown*  6 Down 1 Big East
5 1985-12-24 8 Louisiana State* F 11 Up 3 SEC
5 1985-12-24 9 Oklahoma*  8 Down 1 Big 8
5 1985-12-24 10 Kentucky* RT 14 Up 4 SEC
5 1985-12-24 11 St. John's (NY)* RT 9 Down 2 Big East
5 1985-12-24 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 Down 2 PCAA
5 1985-12-24 13 Memphis*  11 Down 2 Metro
5 1985-12-24 14 Louisville* RTFN 17 Up 3 Metro
5 1985-12-24 15 Illinois*  13 Down 2 Big Ten
5 1985-12-24 16 Indiana*  16 NC Big Ten
5 1985-12-24 17 Notre Dame* R 19 Up 2 Ind
5 1985-12-24 18 DePaul*  18 NC Ind
5 1985-12-24 19 Texas-El Paso* RT Up  WAC
5 1985-12-24 20 Washington*  Up  Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1985-12-31 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
6 1985-12-31 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
6 1985-12-31 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
6 1985-12-31 4 Kansas* RTF 4 NC Big 8
6 1985-12-31 5 Syracuse* R 5 NC Big East
6 1985-12-31 6 Georgia Tech*  6 NC ACC
6 1985-12-31 7 Oklahoma*  9 Up 2 Big 8
6 1985-12-31 8 St. John's (NY)* RT 11 Up 3 Big East
6 1985-12-31 9 Louisiana State* F 8 Down 1 SEC
6 1985-12-31 10 Kentucky* RT 10 NC SEC
6 1985-12-31 11 Georgetown*  7 Down 4 Big East
6 1985-12-31 12 Memphis*  13 Up 1 Metro
6 1985-12-31 13 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 12 Down 1 PCAA
6 1985-12-31 14 Illinois*  15 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1985-12-31 15 Indiana*  16 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1985-12-31 16 Texas-El Paso* RT 19 Up 3 WAC
6 1985-12-31 17 Alabama-Birmingham*  Up  Sun Belt
6 1985-12-31 18 Louisville* RTFN 14 Down 4 Metro
6 1985-12-31 19 Notre Dame* R 17 Down 2 Ind
6 1985-12-31 20 North Carolina State*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1986-01-07 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
7 1986-01-07 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
7 1986-01-07 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
7 1986-01-07 4 Syracuse* R 5 Up 1 Big East
7 1986-01-07 5 Georgia Tech*  6 Up 1 ACC
7 1986-01-07 6 Memphis*  12 Up 6 Metro
7 1986-01-07 7 Louisiana State* F 9 Up 2 SEC
7 1986-01-07 8 Oklahoma*  7 Down 1 Big 8
7 1986-01-07 9 Kansas* RTF 4 Down 5 Big 8
7 1986-01-07 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 8 Down 2 Big East
7 1986-01-07 11 Kentucky* RT 10 Down 1 SEC
7 1986-01-07 12 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 13 Up 1 PCAA
7 1986-01-07 13 Alabama-Birmingham*  17 Up 4 Sun Belt
7 1986-01-07 14 Texas-El Paso* RT 16 Up 2 WAC
7 1986-01-07 15 Georgetown*  11 Down 4 Big East
7 1986-01-07 16 Notre Dame* R 19 Up 3 Ind
7 1986-01-07 17 Louisville* RTFN 18 Up 1 Metro
7 1986-01-07 18 Purdue*  Up  Big Ten
7 1986-01-07 19 Illinois*  14 Down 5 Big Ten
7 1986-01-07 19 Bradley* R Up  MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1986-01-14 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
8 1986-01-14 2 Michigan* R 2 NC Big Ten
8 1986-01-14 3 Duke* RTF 3 NC ACC
8 1986-01-14 4 Syracuse* R 4 NC Big East
8 1986-01-14 5 Georgia Tech*  5 NC ACC
8 1986-01-14 6 Memphis*  6 NC Metro
8 1986-01-14 7 Oklahoma*  8 Up 1 Big 8
8 1986-01-14 8 Kansas* RTF 9 Up 1 Big 8
8 1986-01-14 9 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 Up 1 Big East
8 1986-01-14 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 12 Up 2 PCAA
8 1986-01-14 11 Kentucky* RT 11 NC SEC
8 1986-01-14 12 Alabama-Birmingham*  13 Up 1 Sun Belt
8 1986-01-14 13 Notre Dame* R 16 Up 3 Ind
8 1986-01-14 14 Louisiana State* F 7 Down 7 SEC
8 1986-01-14 15 Texas-El Paso* RT 14 Down 1 WAC
8 1986-01-14 16 Georgetown*  15 Down 1 Big East
8 1986-01-14 17 Purdue*  18 Up 1 Big Ten
8 1986-01-14 18 Louisville* RTFN 17 Down 1 Metro
8 1986-01-14 19 Bradley* R 19 NC MVC
8 1986-01-14 20 Virginia Tech*  Up  Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1986-01-21 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
9 1986-01-21 2 Duke* RTF 3 Up 1 ACC
9 1986-01-21 3 Georgia Tech*  5 Up 2 ACC
9 1986-01-21 4 Michigan* R 2 Down 2 Big Ten
9 1986-01-21 5 Memphis*  6 Up 1 Metro
9 1986-01-21 6 Oklahoma*  7 Up 1 Big 8
9 1986-01-21 7 Kansas* RTF 8 Up 1 Big 8
9 1986-01-21 8 St. John's (NY)* RT 9 Up 1 Big East
9 1986-01-21 9 Kentucky* RT 11 Up 2 SEC
9 1986-01-21 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 NC PCAA
9 1986-01-21 11 Syracuse* R 4 Down 7 Big East
9 1986-01-21 12 Georgetown*  16 Up 4 Big East
9 1986-01-21 13 Louisiana State* F 14 Up 1 SEC
9 1986-01-21 14 Louisville* RTFN 18 Up 4 Metro
9 1986-01-21 15 Notre Dame* R 13 Down 2 Ind
9 1986-01-21 16 Purdue*  17 Up 1 Big Ten
9 1986-01-21 17 Bradley* R 19 Up 2 MVC
9 1986-01-21 18 Texas-El Paso* RT 15 Down 3 WAC
9 1986-01-21 19 Alabama-Birmingham*  12 Down 7 Sun Belt
9 1986-01-21 20 Pepperdine* R Up  WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1986-01-28 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
10 1986-01-28 2 Memphis*  5 Up 3 Metro
10 1986-01-28 3 Georgia Tech*  3 NC ACC
10 1986-01-28 4 Duke* RTF 2 Down 2 ACC
10 1986-01-28 5 Kansas* RTF 7 Up 2 Big 8
10 1986-01-28 6 Oklahoma*  6 NC Big 8
10 1986-01-28 7 St. John's (NY)* RT 8 Up 1 Big East
10 1986-01-28 8 Michigan* R 4 Down 4 Big Ten
10 1986-01-28 9 Kentucky* RT 9 NC SEC
10 1986-01-28 10 Syracuse* R 11 Up 1 Big East
10 1986-01-28 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 10 Down 1 PCAA
10 1986-01-28 12 Georgetown*  12 NC Big East
10 1986-01-28 13 Bradley* R 17 Up 4 MVC
10 1986-01-28 14 Texas-El Paso* RT 18 Up 4 WAC
10 1986-01-28 15 Louisville* RTFN 14 Down 1 Metro
10 1986-01-28 16 Indiana*  Up  Big Ten
10 1986-01-28 17 Louisiana State* F 13 Down 4 SEC
10 1986-01-28 18 Notre Dame* R 15 Down 3 Ind
10 1986-01-28 19 Virginia Tech*  Up  Metro
10 1986-01-28 20 Pepperdine* R 20 NC WCC
10 1986-01-28 20 Purdue*  16 Down 4 Big Ten
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1986-02-04 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
11 1986-02-04 2 Georgia Tech*  3 Up 1 ACC
11 1986-02-04 2 Duke* RTF 4 Up 2 ACC
11 1986-02-04 4 Memphis*  2 Down 2 Metro
11 1986-02-04 5 Kansas* RTF 5 NC Big 8
11 1986-02-04 6 Oklahoma*  6 NC Big 8
11 1986-02-04 7 Syracuse* R 10 Up 3 Big East
11 1986-02-04 8 Michigan* R 8 NC Big Ten
11 1986-02-04 9 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 11 Up 2 PCAA
11 1986-02-04 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 7 Down 3 Big East
11 1986-02-04 11 Georgetown*  12 Up 1 Big East
11 1986-02-04 12 Kentucky* RT 9 Down 3 SEC
11 1986-02-04 13 Bradley* R 13 NC MVC
11 1986-02-04 14 Texas-El Paso* RT 14 NC WAC
11 1986-02-04 15 Virginia Tech*  19 Up 4 Metro
11 1986-02-04 16 Louisville* RTFN 15 Down 1 Metro
11 1986-02-04 17 Notre Dame* R 18 Up 1 Ind
11 1986-02-04 18 Indiana*  16 Down 2 Big Ten
11 1986-02-04 19 North Carolina State*  Up  ACC
11 1986-02-04 20 Virginia*  Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1986-02-11 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
12 1986-02-11 2 Duke* RTF 2 NC ACC
12 1986-02-11 3 Kansas* RTF 5 Up 2 Big 8
12 1986-02-11 4 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 9 Up 5 PCAA
12 1986-02-11 5 Georgia Tech*  2 Down 3 ACC
12 1986-02-11 6 Memphis*  4 Down 2 Metro
12 1986-02-11 7 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 Up 3 Big East
12 1986-02-11 8 Kentucky* RT 12 Up 4 SEC
12 1986-02-11 9 Michigan* R 8 Down 1 Big Ten
12 1986-02-11 10 Oklahoma*  6 Down 4 Big 8
12 1986-02-11 11 Georgetown*  11 NC Big East
12 1986-02-11 12 Bradley* R 13 Up 1 MVC
12 1986-02-11 13 Syracuse* R 7 Down 6 Big East
12 1986-02-11 14 Texas-El Paso* RT 14 NC WAC
12 1986-02-11 14 Notre Dame* R 17 Up 3 Ind
12 1986-02-11 16 Indiana*  18 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1986-02-11 17 Alabama*  Up  SEC
12 1986-02-11 18 North Carolina State*  19 Up 1 ACC
12 1986-02-11 19 Pepperdine* R Up  WCC
12 1986-02-11 19 Louisville* RTFN 16 Down 3 Metro
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1986-02-18 1 North Carolina*  1 NC ACC
13 1986-02-18 2 Duke* RTF 2 NC ACC
13 1986-02-18 3 Kansas* RTF 3 NC Big 8
13 1986-02-18 4 Memphis*  6 Up 2 Metro
13 1986-02-18 5 Georgia Tech*  5 NC ACC
13 1986-02-18 6 St. John's (NY)* RT 7 Up 1 Big East
13 1986-02-18 7 Kentucky* RT 8 Up 1 SEC
13 1986-02-18 8 Michigan* R 9 Up 1 Big Ten
13 1986-02-18 9 Oklahoma*  10 Up 1 Big 8
13 1986-02-18 10 Syracuse* R 13 Up 3 Big East
13 1986-02-18 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 4 Down 7 PCAA
13 1986-02-18 12 Bradley* R 12 NC MVC
13 1986-02-18 13 Georgetown*  11 Down 2 Big East
13 1986-02-18 14 Indiana*  16 Up 2 Big Ten
13 1986-02-18 15 Notre Dame* R 14 Down 1 Ind
13 1986-02-18 16 Louisville* RTFN 19 Up 3 Metro
13 1986-02-18 17 North Carolina State*  18 Up 1 ACC
13 1986-02-18 18 Alabama*  17 Down 1 SEC
13 1986-02-18 19 Texas-El Paso* RT 14 Down 5 WAC
13 1986-02-18 20 Pepperdine* R 19 Down 1 WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1986-02-25 1 Duke* RTF 2 Up 1 ACC
14 1986-02-25 2 Kansas* RTF 3 Up 1 Big 8
14 1986-02-25 3 North Carolina*  1 Down 2 ACC
14 1986-02-25 3 Georgia Tech*  5 Up 2 ACC
14 1986-02-25 5 Kentucky* RT 7 Up 2 SEC
14 1986-02-25 6 Syracuse* R 10 Up 4 Big East
14 1986-02-25 7 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 11 Up 4 PCAA
14 1986-02-25 8 Memphis*  4 Down 4 Metro
14 1986-02-25 9 Bradley* R 12 Up 3 MVC
14 1986-02-25 10 St. John's (NY)* RT 6 Down 4 Big East
14 1986-02-25 11 Michigan* R 8 Down 3 Big Ten
14 1986-02-25 12 Notre Dame* R 15 Up 3 Ind
14 1986-02-25 13 Oklahoma*  9 Down 4 Big 8
14 1986-02-25 14 Louisville* RTFN 16 Up 2 Metro
14 1986-02-25 15 Georgetown*  13 Down 2 Big East
14 1986-02-25 16 Indiana*  14 Down 2 Big Ten
14 1986-02-25 17 Michigan State*  Up  Big Ten
14 1986-02-25 18 North Carolina State*  17 Down 1 ACC
14 1986-02-25 19 Alabama*  18 Down 1 SEC
14 1986-02-25 20 Pepperdine* R 20 NC WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1986-03-04 1 Duke* RTF 1 NC ACC
15 1986-03-04 2 Kansas* RTF 2 NC Big 8
15 1986-03-04 3 North Carolina*  3 NC ACC
15 1986-03-04 4 Kentucky* RT 5 Up 1 SEC
15 1986-03-04 5 St. John's (NY)* RT 10 Up 5 Big East
15 1986-03-04 6 Georgia Tech*  3 Down 3 ACC
15 1986-03-04 7 Michigan* R 11 Up 4 Big Ten
15 1986-03-04 8 Syracuse* R 6 Down 2 Big East
15 1986-03-04 9 Bradley* R 9 NC MVC
15 1986-03-04 10 Memphis*  8 Down 2 Metro
15 1986-03-04 11 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 7 Down 4 PCAA
15 1986-03-04 12 Louisville* RTFN 14 Up 2 Metro
15 1986-03-04 13 Notre Dame* R 12 Down 1 Ind
15 1986-03-04 14 Indiana*  16 Up 2 Big Ten
15 1986-03-04 15 Georgetown*  15 NC Big East
15 1986-03-04 16 Oklahoma*  13 Down 3 Big 8
15 1986-03-04 17 Texas-El Paso* RT Up  WAC
15 1986-03-04 18 Michigan State*  17 Down 1 Big Ten
15 1986-03-04 19 Illinois*  Up  Big Ten
15 1986-03-04 20 Pepperdine* R 20 NC WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 Final 1 Duke* RTF 1 NC ACC
16 Final 2 Kansas* RTF 2 NC Big 8
16 Final 3 St. John's (NY)* RT 5 Up 2 Big East
16 Final 4 Kentucky* RT 4 NC SEC
16 Final 5 Michigan* R 7 Up 2 Big Ten
16 Final 6 Georgia Tech*  6 NC ACC
16 Final 7 Louisville* RTFN 12 Up 5 Metro
16 Final 8 North Carolina*  3 Down 5 ACC
16 Final 9 Syracuse* R 8 Down 1 Big East
16 Final 10 Nevada-Las Vegas* RT 11 Up 1 PCAA
16 Final 11 Notre Dame* R 13 Up 2 Ind
16 Final 12 Memphis*  10 Down 2 Metro
16 Final 13 Bradley* R 9 Down 4 MVC
16 Final 14 Indiana*  14 NC Big Ten
16 Final 15 Georgetown*  15 NC Big East
16 Final 16 Texas-El Paso* RT 17 Up 1 WAC
16 Final 17 Oklahoma*  16 Down 1 Big 8
16 Final 18 Michigan State*  18 NC Big Ten
16 Final 19 Alabama*  Up  SEC
16 Final 20 Illinois*  19 Down 1 Big Ten