AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1981 Final Top 20
NCAA Basketball National Champion: Indiana
1 DePaul
2 Oregon State
3 Arizona State
4 LSU
5 Virginia
6 North Carolina
7 Notre Dame
8 Kentucky
9 Indiana
10 UCLA
11 Wake Forest
12 Louisville
13 Iowa
14 Utah
15 Tennessee
16 BYU
17 Wyoming
18 Maryland
19 Illinois
20 Arkansas
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