AP Rankings - 1985-1986

16 polls from November 12, 1985 to March 9, 1986; 33 schools ranked. Texas finished No. 1, holding it for 16 polls.

1985-1986 rankings by school
School	Nov 12	Dec 1	Dec 8	Dec 15	Dec 22	Dec 29	Jan 5	Jan 12	Jan 19	Jan 26	Feb 2	Feb 9	Feb 16	Feb 23	Mar 2	Mar 9
Auburn	8	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	10	8	11	10	9	9	10	7
Duke	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	18	18	17	20	18	-	-	-
Georgia	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Houston	-	-	-	19	17	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Idaho	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iowa	14	15	14	18	19	19	17	16	17	17	18	16	14	13	12	14
James Madison	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	18	18	18	18	17
Long Beach State	11	7	6	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	6	6	4	7	7	8
Louisiana Tech	4	4	3	7	7	6	5	3	3	5	4	3	5	6	4	4
Louisiana-Monroe	3	3	5	5	6	7	9	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
LSU	19	14	13	12	13	12	12	10	8	12	13	12	10	10	9	9
Mississippi	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	11	12	11	11
NC State	15	20	20	-	20	18	14	17	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Carolina	17	19	19	20	18	17	19	18	15	16	15	13	17	17	16	16
Northwestern	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio State	10	16	18	16	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	13	12
Oklahoma	-	17	15	14	16	15	13	11	14	14	16	17	16	15	17	19
Old Dominion	5	13	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Penn State	13	6	10	10	11	13	16	15	16	15	14	15	13	16	14	13
Providence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-
Rutgers	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	12	10	9	9	8	8	8	10
Saint Peter's	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	19	20	19	-	-
San Diego State	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Southern Illinois	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	18
St. Joseph's	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee	9	11	11	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	14	15	14	15	15
Texas	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
UNLV	20	18	16	17	15	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
USC	7	5	4	3	3	2	2	5	5	4	7	7	7	4	3	3
Vanderbilt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20
Villanova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-
Virginia	18	10	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	3	3	6	6
Western Kentucky	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	6	6	5	4	6	5	5	5