1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

1985–86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season	1985–86
NCAA Tournament	1986
Preseason No. 1	Georgia Tech
NCAA Tournament Champions	Louisville
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The 1985–86 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.

AP Poll

Rank	Team	Conference	W–L (Pct.)
1	Duke	ACC
2	Kansas	Big Eight
3	Kentucky	SEC
4	St. John's	Big East
5	Michigan	Big Ten
6	Georgia Tech	ACC
7	Louisville	Metro
8	North Carolina	ACC
9	Syracuse	Big East
10	Notre Dame	Independent
11	UNLV	PCCA
12	Memphis State	Metro
13	Georgetown	Big East
14	Bradley	Missouri Valley
15	Oklahoma	Big Eight
16	Indiana	Big Ten
17	Navy	Colonial
18	Michigan State	Big Ten
19	Illinois	Big Ten
20	UTEP	Western Athletic

Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Conference	W–L (Pct.)
1	Duke	ACC	32–2 (.941)
2	Kansas	Big Eight	31–3 (.912)
3	St. John's	Big East	30–4 (.882)
4	Kentucky	SEC	29–3 (.906)
5	Michigan	Big Ten	27–4 (.871)
6	Georgia Tech	ACC	25–6 (.806)
7	Louisville	Metro	26–7 (.788)
8	North Carolina	ACC	26–5 (.839)
9	Syracuse	Big East	25–5 (.833)
10	UNLV	PCAA	31–4 (.886)
11	Notre Dame	Independent	23–5 (.821)
12	Memphis State	Metro	27–5 (.844)
13	Bradley	MVC	31–2 (.939)
14	Indiana	Big Ten	21–7 (.750)
15	Georgetown	Big East	23–7 (.767)
16	UTEP	WAC	27–5 (.844)
17	Oklahoma	Big Eight	26–8 (.765)
18	Michigan State	Big Ten	21–7 (.750)
19	Alabama	SEC	22–8 (.733)
20	Illinois	Big Ten	21–9 (.700)