AP Rankings - 1980-1981

18 polls from November 25, 1980 to March 26, 1981; 32 schools ranked. Louisiana Tech finished No. 1, holding it for 18 polls.

1980-1981 rankings by school
School	Nov 25	Dec 2	Dec 9	Dec 16	Dec 23	Dec 30	Jan 5	Jan 13	Jan 20	Jan 27	Feb 3	Feb 10	Feb 17	Feb 24	Mar 3	Mar 8	Mar 15	Mar 26
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	20	20	18	17	-	-
Cheyney	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	9	8	9	10	7	7	8	5	5
Clemson	19	19	19	16	19	18	-	-	-	20	-	19	16	19	-	16	20	20
Colorado	-	-	-	20	20	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	17	-
East Carolina	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	-	-	18	17	20	-	-
Georgia State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Illinois State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15
Jackson State	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Kansas	9	7	7	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	3	3	6	3	4	4	6	10
Kansas State	15	14	13	13	16	16	16	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kentucky	17	17	14	15	14	14	14	11	9	7	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11
Long Beach State	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	4	2	2	2	7	6
Louisiana Tech	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maryland	14	16	16	18	17	17	17	14	14	11	9	12	11	13	13	13	9	8
Mercer	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	19	18	18	15	15	15	15	18
NC State	11	10	11	11	10	9	7	10	12	13	15	13	15	17	16	14	13	13
Old Dominion	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	6	6	6	3	3
Oregon	13	11	15	17	15	15	15	20	18	16	17	14	14	12	12	12	14	12
Oregon State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	19
Penn State	20	-	-	19	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rutgers	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	5	5	5	8	9
San Diego State	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Francisco	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Carolina	5	6	6	8	11	10	10	13	13	15	13	15	12	14	14	-	-	-
Stephen F. Austin	7	15	17	14	13	13	13	16	17	12	12	17	19	20	19	19	16	14
Tennessee	3	3	3	6	7	7	9	7	7	10	11	7	7	4	3	3	2	2
Texas	8	8	8	7	6	6	8	8	11	14	14	11	13	11	11	11	12	16
UCLA	16	12	10	10	8	8	5	6	6	4	5	6	5	9	8	7	10	7
USC	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	4	4
Virginia	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	15	17	16	16	17	16	20	-	-	-
Wayland Baptist	-	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-