1980–81 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings

A single human poll represents the 1980–81 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. The AP poll was initially a poll of coaches conducted via telephone, where coaches identified top teams and a list of the Top 20 team was produced. The contributors continued to be coaches until 1994, when the AP took over administration of the poll from Mel Greenberg, and switched to a panel of writers.[1] The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play.

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AP Poll

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Source[2]

Team 25-Nov 2-Dec 9-Dec 16-Dec 23-Dec 30-Dec 5-Jan 13-Jan 20-Jan 27-Jan 3-Feb 10-Feb 17-Feb 24-Feb 3-Mar 8-Mar 15-Mar 26-Mar
Louisiana Tech 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Tennessee 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 7 7 10 11 7 7 4 3 3 2 2
Old Dominion 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 6 6 6 3 3
Southern California 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 4 4
Cheyney 10 9 9 9 9 11 11 9 8 9 8 9 10 7 7 8 5 5
Long Beach St. 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 7 6
UCLA 16 12 10 10 8 8 5 6 6 4 5 6 5 9 8 7 10 7
Maryland 14 16 16 18 17 17 17 14 14 11 9 12 11 13 13 13 9 8
Rutgers 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 2 5 5 5 8 9
Kansas 9 7 7 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 3 3 6 3 4 4 6 10
Kentucky 17 17 14 15 14 14 14 11 9 7 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11
Oregon 13 11 15 17 15 15 15 20 18 16 17 14 14 12 12 12 14 12
North Carolina St. 11 10 11 11 10 9 7 10 12 13 15 13 15 17 16 14 13 13
Stephen F. Austin 7 15 17 14 13 13 13 16 17 12 12 17 19 T20 19 19 16 14
Illinois St. 19 20 15
Texas 8 8 8 7 6 6 8 8 11 14 14 11 13 11 11 11 12 16
Jackson St. T20 17 19 17
Minnesota 18 19 18 18 15 15 15 15 18
Oregon St. 18 19
Clemson 19 19 19 16 19 18 20 19 16 19 16 20 20
Auburn 20 T20 20 T20 18 17
Colorado 20 20 19 18 18 17
East Carolina 19 18 18 17 20
Georgia St. 19
Kansas St. 15 14 13 13 16 16 16 15 16
Mercer 18 18 18
Penn St. 20 19 18
San Diego St. T20
San Francisco 20 19
South Carolina 5 6 6 8 11 10 10 13 13 15 13 15 12 14 14
Virginia T20 18 15 17 16 16 17 16 20
Wayland Baptist 20 20

References

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  1. ^ "Mel Greenberg Class of 2004/2005 – Sports Writer". Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 8 Nov 2012.
  2. ^ "Division I Women's Basketball Records" (PDF). NCAA.org.