AP Rankings - 1981-1982

18 polls from November 18, 1981 to March 27, 1982; 31 schools ranked. Louisiana Tech finished No. 1, holding it for 18 polls.

1981-1982 rankings by school
School	Nov 18	Nov 29	Dec 6	Dec 13	Dec 20	Dec 27	Jan 3	Jan 10	Jan 17	Jan 24	Jan 31	Feb 7	Feb 14	Feb 21	Feb 28	Mar 7	Mar 14	Mar 27
Arizona State	-	-	-	20	17	17	17	13	19	18	16	17	17	15	17	17	17	18
Auburn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	17	18	16	20	19	-	-	-	-
Cheyney	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	7	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2
Clemson	16	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colorado	-	-	-	18	15	15	13	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Detroit	-	-	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Drake	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	16
Georgia	12	16	14	11	10	9	11	14	13	16	15	15	19	18	18	18	-	-
Illinois	-	19	18	15	14	12	15	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas	15	14	11	10	9	13	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kansas State	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	18	14
Kentucky	13	12	13	16	16	16	14	10	8	8	11	11	14	17	13	14	14	13
Long Beach State	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	10	11	9	9	8	6	6	4	4	9
Louisiana Tech	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Maryland	11	11	8	9	13	14	12	9	6	6	5	5	9	11	8	8	7	3
Memphis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	17	14	10	10	16	16	15	15	15	17
Mississippi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18	18	20	-	-	-	-
Missouri	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20
NC State	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	8	5	5	6	8	7	9	10	12	11	12
Ohio State	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20	19	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-
Old Dominion	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	6	7	7	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	7
Oregon	14	13	16	13	11	10	9	11	11	9	14	12	10	10	9	9	16	19
Penn State	20	20	20	-	19	18	16	16	14	15	12	14	11	12	12	11	9	10
Rutgers	10	10	7	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	7	6	5	7	7	7	10	8
South Carolina	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	9	12	17	19	15	13	14	13	12	15
Stephen F. Austin	18	15	15	12	12	11	10	17	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	2	7	10	14	18	19	20	-	-	-	-	20	13	8	11	10	8	4
Texas	17	18	20	-	-	-	-	12	12	10	8	7	6	5	5	5	6	5
UCLA	8	8	12	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USC	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	6	5	6
Villanova	-	-	-	-	20	-	19	18	15	13	13	13	12	14	16	16	13	11