1980-1981

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