1985-1986

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