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1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

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The 1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.

Legend

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Nov. 26[1]
Week 2
Dec. 3[1]
Week 3
Dec. 10[1]
Week 4
Dec. 17[1]
Week 5
Dec. 24[1]
Week 6
Dec. 31[1]
Week 7
Jan. 7[1]
Week 8
Jan. 14[1]
Week 9
Jan. 21[1]
Week 10
Jan. 28[1]
Week 11
Feb. 4[1]
Week 12
Feb. 11[2]
Week 13
Feb. 18[2]
Week 14
Feb. 25[2]
Week 15
Mar. 4[2]
Final
Mar. 11[2][3]
1.GeorgetownGeorgetown (1–0)Georgetown (3–0)Georgetown (5–0)Georgetown (7–0)Georgetown (9–0)Georgetown (11–0)Georgetown (13–0)Georgetown (15–0)Georgetown (17–0)St. John's (15–1)St. John's (18–1)St. John's (19–1)St. John's (22–1)St. John's (24–1)Georgetown (27–2)Georgetown (30–2)1.
2.IllinoisDePaul (1–0)DePaul (2–0)DePaul (5–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (7–0)Duke (9–0)Duke (10–0)Duke (12–0)SMU (15–1)Georgetown (18–1)Georgetown (19–2)Georgetown (21–2)Georgetown (23–2)Georgetown (25–2)St. John's (25–2)Michigan (25–3)2.
3.DePaulSt. John's (0–0)St. John's (2–0)Duke (5–0)Memphis State (5–0)Memphis State (8–0)Memphis State (8–0)St. John's (10–1)SMU (14–1)St. John's (13–1)Memphis State (15–1)Memphis State (17–1)Michigan (18–3)Michigan (20–3)Michigan (21–3)Michigan (23–3)St. John's (27–3)3.
4.IndianaDuke (0–0)Duke (3–0)St. John's (4–0)Illinois (10–1)SMU (9–0)St. John's (8–1)SMU (11–1)St. John's (11–1)Memphis State (13–1)SMU (16–2)SMU (18–2)Oklahoma (19–4)Memphis State (20–2)Memphis State (22–2)Oklahoma (25–5)Oklahoma (28–5)4.
5.OklahomaMemphis State (0–0)Memphis State (2–0)Memphis State (4–0)DePaul (6–1)St. John's (6–1)Syracuse (8–0)North Carolina (10–1)Memphis State (11–1)Duke (13–2)Illinois (17–4)Duke (16–3)Memphis State (17–2)Oklahoma (21–4)Duke (20–5)Memphis State (24–3)Memphis State (27–3)5.
6.DukeLouisville (1–0)Louisville (2–0)Illinois (9–1)SMU (6–0)Syracuse (6–0)Illinois (11–2)Memphis State (9–1)North Carolina (12–2)Illinois (15–4)Duke (14–3)Syracuse (15–3)Georgia Tech (18–4)Duke (18–4)Oklahoma (22–5)North Carolina (22–7)Georgia Tech (24–7)6.
7.St. John'sIllinois (3–1)Illinois (5–1)SMU (4–0)Washington (4–0)North Carolina (7–0)SMU (9–1)Syracuse (8–1)Syracuse (10–1)DePaul (13–3)Oklahoma (15–4)Oklahoma (17–4)Duke (17–4)Syracuse (19–4)Louisiana Tech (24–2)Duke (21–6)North Carolina (24–8)7.
8.Memphis StateWashington (0–0)SMU (1–0)Washington (4–0)St. John's (5–1)Illinois (11–2)Georgia Tech (9–1)Oklahoma (10–3)Indiana (11–3)North Carolina (14–3)Georgia Tech (15–3)Michigan (16–3)Syracuse (16–4)Georgia Tech (18–5)North Carolina (21–6)Louisiana Tech (25–2)Louisiana Tech (27–2)8.
9.WashingtonSMU (1–0)Washington (2–0)NC State (5–0)Syracuse (5–0)DePaul (7–2)North Carolina (8–1)Georgia Tech (10–2)Kansas (12–2)Oklahoma (13–4)Syracuse (12–3)Illinois (18–5)SMU (18–4)SMU (20–5)UNLV (23–3)Georgia Tech (21–7)UNLV (27–3)9.
10.SMUOklahoma (1–1)NC State (2–0)Syracuse (4–0)North Carolina (5–0)Georgia Tech (6–1)DePaul (8–2)Kansas (10–2)DePaul (10–3)Oregon State (14–1)Michigan (14–3)Georgia Tech (16–4)Kansas (20–4)Louisiana Tech (22–2)Georgia Tech (19–6)Kansas (24–6)Duke (22–7)10.
11.UNLVNC State (1–0)Indiana (1–1)Virginia Tech (4–0)Oklahoma (6–2)Washington (5–1)Kansas (8–2)Indiana (9–3)Illinois (13–4)Syracuse (11–2)North Carolina (14–4)UNLV (17–2)Iowa (19–4)UNLV (20–3)Kansas (22–6)UNLV (24–3)VCU (25–5)11.
12.SyracuseIndiana (0–1)Syracuse (1–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Louisville (4–1)Kansas (8–1)Indiana (8–2)Boston College (10–1)Louisiana Tech (13–1)Louisiana Tech (15–1)Tulsa (16–2)Iowa (18–4)Louisiana Tech (20–2)Tulsa (19–4)Syracuse (19–6)VCU (25–5)Illinois (24–8)12.
13.NC StateUAB (3–0)LSU (2–0)North Carolina (4–0)Georgia Tech (4–1)Michigan (8–0)Oklahoma (9–3)DePaul (9–3)Oklahoma (11–3)Indiana (11–4)DePaul (13–4)Kansas (18–4)North Carolina (18–5)North Carolina (19–6)SMU (21–6)Syracuse (20–7)Kansas (25–7)13.
14.LSUSyracuse (0–0)Virginia Tech (2–0)Louisville (3–1)NC State (5–1)NC State (6–1)LSU (8–1)Louisiana Tech (11–1)Oregon State (13–1)Villanova (12–3)Oregon State (14–2)Louisiana Tech (18–2)UNLV (18–3)Iowa (19–6)Georgia (19–6)Illinois (22–8)Loyola-Chicago (25–5)14.
15.Virginia TechVirginia Tech (1–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Oklahoma (5–2)Kansas (7–1)Indiana (6–2)Washington (7–2)Illinois (11–4)Boston College (11–2)Kansas (13–3)Louisiana Tech (16–2)North Carolina (16–5)Tulsa (18–4)Kansas (20–6)Tulsa (20–5)Tulsa (21–6)Syracuse (21–8)15.
16.ArkansasLSU (0–0)North Carolina (2–0)Indiana (2–2)Indiana (5–2)Virginia Tech (7–1)Michigan (8–1)Villanova (9–1)VCU (10–1)Georgia Tech (13–3)UNLV (15–2)Oregon State (16–4)Villanova (15–6)Illinois (20–7)NC State (18–7)Loyola-Chicago (22–5)NC State (20–9)16.
17.LouisvilleArkansas (1–0)Oklahoma (2–2)UAB (5–1)Virginia Tech (6–1)Oklahoma (6–3)NC State (7–2)Michigan State (11–1)Georgia Tech (10–3)Tulsa (14–2)Maryland (16–5)Tulsa (17–3)Illinois (18–7)VCU (20–4)VCU (21–5)Georgia (20–7)Texas Tech (23–7)17.
18.KentuckyGeorgia Tech (1–0)UAB (4–1)Kansas (6–1)Michigan (6–0)LSU (6–1)Louisiana Tech (10–1)VCU (9–1)Villanova (9–3)Michigan (12–3)Villanova (13–4)DePaul (14–5)Oregon State (17–4)Georgia (17–6)Illinois (21–8)NC State (19–8)Tulsa (23–7)18.
19.KansasNorth Carolina (1–0)Kansas (3–1)LSU (4–1)LSU (4–1)Louisiana Tech (9–0)Maryland (10–2)Iowa (13–2)Michigan State (12–2)VCU (12–2)Kansas (15–4)Villanova (14–5)UAB (21–5)Oregon State (18–5)Arizona (20–7)LSU (19–8)Georgia (21–8)19.
20.Georgia TechKansas (2–1)
UNLV (0–1)
UNLV (1–1)Michigan (5–0)Louisiana Tech (8–0)Louisville (6–2)VCU (8–1)Oregon State (11–1)Tulsa (11–2)UNLV (13–2)UAB (18–4)Maryland (18–6)Maryland (19–7)Boston College (18–6)Loyola-Chicago (20–5)SMU (21–8)LSU (19–9)20.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 1
Nov. 26[1]
Week 2
Dec. 3[1]
Week 3
Dec. 10[1]
Week 4
Dec. 17[1]
Week 5
Dec. 24[1]
Week 6
Dec. 31[1]
Week 7
Jan. 7[1]
Week 8
Jan. 14[1]
Week 9
Jan. 21[1]
Week 10
Jan. 28[1]
Week 11
Feb. 4[1]
Week 12
Feb. 11[2]
Week 13
Feb. 18[2]
Week 14
Feb. 25[2]
Week 15
Mar. 4[2]
Final
Mar. 11[2][3]
Dropped:
  • Kentucky (0–0)
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • UNLV
Dropped:
  • UAB
NoneDropped:
  • Virginia Tech
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • LSU (9–2)
  • Washington (9–3)
  • Michigan
  • NC State
  • Maryland
Dropped:
  • Iowa
Dropped:
  • Boston College
  • Michigan State
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • VCU
Dropped:
  • UAB (19–5)
Dropped:
  • DePaul (15–6)
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • UAB (21–6)
  • Maryland
Dropped:
  • Iowa
  • Oregon State
  • Boston College
Dropped:
  • Arizona
Dropped:
SMU

Coaches Poll

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Week 1
Nov. 26[1]
Week 2
Dec. 3[1]
Week 3
Dec. 10[1]
Week 4
Dec. 17[1]
Week 5
Dec. 24[1]
Week 6
Dec. 31[1]
Week 7
Jan. 7[1]
Week 8
Jan. 14[1]
Week 9
Jan. 21[1]
Week 10
Jan. 28[1]
Week 11
Feb. 4[1]
Week 12
Feb. 11[2]
Week 13
Feb. 18[2]
Week 14
Feb. 25[2]
Week 15
Mar. 4[2]
Final
Mar. 11[2]
1.Georgetown (1–0)Georgetown (3–0)Georgetown (5–0)Georgetown (7–0)Georgetown (9–0)Georgetown (11–0)Georgetown (13–0)Georgetown (15–0)Georgetown (17–0)St. John's (15–1)St. John's (18–1)St. John's (19–1)St. John's (22–1)St. John's (24–1)Georgetown (27–2)Georgetown (30–2)1.
2.DePaul (1–0)DePaul (2–0)DePaul (5–0)Duke (5–0)Duke (7–0)Duke (9–0)Duke (10–0)Duke (12–0)SMU (15–1)Georgetown (18–1)Georgetown (19–2)Georgetown (21–2)Georgetown (23–2)Georgetown (25–2)St. John's (25–2)Michigan (25–3)2.
3.St. John's (0–0)St. John's (2–0)Duke (5–0)Illinois (10–1)SMU (9–0)Memphis State (8–0)SMU (11–1)SMU (14–1)St. John's (13–1)Memphis State (15–1)Memphis State (17–1)Memphis State (17–2)Oklahoma (21–4)Michigan (21–3)Michigan (23–3)St. John's (27–3)3.
4.Louisville (1–0)Duke (3–0)St. John's (5–0)Memphis State (5–0)Memphis State (8–0)St. John's (8–1)St. John's (10–1)St. John's (11–1)Memphis State (13–1)SMU (16–2)SMU (18–2)Duke (17–4)Memphis State (20–2)Memphis State (22–2)Memphis State (24–3)Memphis State (27–3)4.
5.Illinois (3–1)Illinois (5–1)Memphis State (4–0)DePaul (6–1)North Carolina (7–0)Syracuse (8–0)Memphis State (9–1)Memphis State (11–1)Duke (13–2)Duke (14–3)Duke (16–3)Oklahoma (19–4)Duke (18–4)Duke (20–5)Oklahoma (25–5)Oklahoma (28–5)5.
6.Duke (0–0)Memphis State (2–0)Illinois (9–1)SMU (6–0)Syracuse (6–0)Illinois (11–2)North Carolina (10–1)Syracuse (10–1)Illinois (15–4)Oklahoma (15–4)Illinois (18–5)Georgia Tech (18–4)Michigan (20–3)Oklahoma (22–5)Louisiana Tech (25–2)Georgia Tech (24–7)6.
7.Memphis State (0–0)Louisville (2–0)SMU (4–0)Washington (4–0)Illinois (11–2)Georgia Tech (9–1)Oklahoma (10–3)North Carolina (12–2)Oklahoma (13–4)Illinois (17–4)Georgia Tech (16–4)Michigan (18–3)Syracuse (19–4)Louisiana Tech (24–2)North Carolina (22–7)North Carolina (24–8)7.
8.SMU (1–0)Washington (2–0)NC State (5–0)St. John's (5–1)St. John's (6–1)SMU (9–1)Syracuse (8–1)Kansas (12–2)Oregon State (14–1)Syracuse (12–3)Syracuse (15–3)Syracuse (16–4)SMU (20–5)Kansas (22–6)Kansas (24–6)Louisiana Tech (27–2)8.
9.Washington (0–0)SMU (1–0)Washington (4–0)North Carolina (5–0)DePaul (7–2)North Carolina (8–1)Kansas (10–2)Indiana (11–3)North Carolina (14–3)Georgia Tech (15–3)Oklahoma (17–4)SMU (18–4)Georgia Tech (18–5)SMU (21–6)Duke (21–6)UNLV (27–3)9.
10.Oklahoma (1–1)NC State (2–0)Syracuse (4–0)Syracuse (5–0)Indiana (6–2)DePaul (8–2)Georgia Tech (10–2)Oklahoma (11–3)DePaul (13–3)Tulsa (16–2)Michigan (16–3)Kansas (20–4)Louisiana Tech (22–2)UNLV (23–3)UNLV (24–3)Illinois (24–8)10.
11.UAB (3–0)LSU (2–0)Virginia Tech (4–0)Oklahoma (6–2)Kansas (8–1)Kansas (8–2)Indiana (9–3)Oregon State (13–1)Louisiana Tech (15–1)Michigan (14–3)Oregon State (16–4)Iowa (19–4)UNLV (20–3)North Carolina (21–6)Georgia Tech (21–7)VCU (25–5)11.
12.NC State (1–0)Indiana (1–1)North Carolina (4–0) тKansas (7–1)Washington (5–1)Indiana (8–2)Oregon State (11–1)Louisiana Tech (13–1)Syracuse (11–2)Oregon State (14–2)UNLV (17–2)North Carolina (18–5)Tulsa (19–4)Syracuse (19–6)Syracuse (20–7)Duke (22–7)12.
13.Indiana (0–1)Syracuse (1–0)Oklahoma (5–2) тGeorgia Tech (4–1)Georgia Tech (6–1)Washington (7–2)Louisiana Tech (11–1)Illinois (13–4)Indiana (11–4)UNLV (15–2)Iowa (18–4)Louisiana Tech (20–2)Kansas (20–6)Georgia Tech (19–6)Tulsa (21–6)Kansas (25–7)13.
14.LSU (0–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Georgia Tech (3–0)Indiana (5–2)Michigan (8–0)Oklahoma (9–3)Michigan State (11–1)DePaul (10–3)Kansas (13–3)North Carolina (14–4)Kansas (18–4)Tulsa (18–4)Illinois (20–7)Tulsa (20–5)Illinois (22–8)Tulsa (23–7)14.
15.Kansas (2–1)UAB (4–1)Kansas (6–1)Louisville (4–1)Arkansas (8–1)LSU (8–1)DePaul (9–3)Georgia Tech (10–3)Villanova (12–3)DePaul (13–4)North Carolina (16–5)Illinois (18–7)North Carolina (19–6)Georgia (19–6)VCU (25–5)Syracuse (21–8)15.
16.UNLV (0–1)Oklahoma (2–2)Indiana (2–2)Arkansas (5–1)Louisiana Tech (9–0)Maryland (10–2)Illinois (11–4)Villanova (9–3)Tulsa (14–2)Louisiana Tech (16–2)Louisiana Tech (18–2)UNLV (18–3)Iowa (19–6)Illinois (21–8)SMU (21–8)Texas Tech (23–7)16.
17.Kentucky (0–0)Kansas (3–1)Louisville (3–1)NC State (5–1)Oklahoma (6–3)Michigan (8–1)Boston College (10–1)Boston College (11–2)Georgia Tech (13–3)Maryland (16–5)Tulsa (17–3)Oregon State (17–4)Oregon State (18–5)Arizona (20–7)NC State (19–8)Loyola-Chicago (25–5)17.
18.Arkansas (1–0)North Carolina (2–0)UAB (5–1)Maryland (7–1)Virginia Tech (7–1)Louisiana Tech (10–1)LSU (9–2)Michigan State (12–2)Washington (12–5)Villanova (13–4)Villanova (14–5)Villanova (15–6)VCU (20–4)VCU (21–5)Loyola-Chicago (22–5)NC State (20–9)18.
19.North Carolina (1–0)Virginia Tech (2–0)LSU (4–1)LSU (4–1)LSU (6–1)VCU (8–1)Washington (9–3)VCU (10–1)UNLV (13–2) тUAB (18–4)Maryland (18–6)Maryland (19–7)Maryland (19–9)NC State (18–7)LSU (19–8)LSU (19–9)19.
20.Virginia Tech (1–0)UNLV (1–1)Arkansas (3–1) т
Louisiana Tech (5–0) т
Michigan (6–0)Maryland (8–1)Ohio State (8–1)Villanova (9–1)Tulsa (11–2)UAB (13–4) тKansas (15–4)UAB (19–5)DePaul (15–6)UAB (21–6) т
USC (16–6) т
LSU (17–8)Georgia (20–7)Michigan State (19–9)20.
Week 1
Nov. 26[1]
Week 2
Dec. 3[1]
Week 3
Dec. 10[1]
Week 4
Dec. 17[1]
Week 5
Dec. 24[1]
Week 6
Dec. 31[1]
Week 7
Jan. 7[1]
Week 8
Jan. 14[1]
Week 9
Jan. 21[1]
Week 10
Jan. 28[1]
Week 11
Feb. 4[1]
Week 12
Feb. 11[2]
Week 13
Feb. 18[2]
Week 14
Feb. 25[2]
Week 15
Mar. 4[2]
Final
Mar. 11[2]
Dropped:
  • Kentucky
  • Arkansas
NoneDropped:
  • Virginia Tech (6–1)
  • UAB
  • Louisiana Tech
Dropped:
  • NC State
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • Virginia Tech
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • Michigan
  • VCU (9–1)
  • Ohio State
Dropped:
  • LSU
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • Boston College
  • Michigan State
  • VCU
Dropped:
  • Washington
Dropped:
  • DePaul (14–5)
Dropped:
  • UAB
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • DePaul
Dropped:
  • Iowa
  • Oregon State
  • Maryland
  • UAB
  • USC
Dropped:
  • Arizona
Dropped:
  • SMU
  • Georgia (21–8)

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 922. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. ^ "1985 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 22, 2012.