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1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
1984–85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Season	1984–85
NCAA Tournament	1985
Preseason No. 1	Georgetown
NCAA Tournament Champions	Villanova
NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
← 1983–84	1985–86 →

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

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		New to rankings from previous week
Italics		Number of first place votes
(#–#)		Win–loss record
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

	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.	Georgetown	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.	Illinois	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.	DePaul	St. 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.	Indiana	Duke (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.	Oklahoma	Memphis 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.	Duke	Louisville (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's	Illinois (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 State	Washington (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.	Washington	SMU (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.	SMU	Oklahoma (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.	UNLV	NC 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.	Syracuse	Indiana (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 State	UAB (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.	LSU	Syracuse (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 Tech	Virginia 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.	Arkansas	LSU (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.	Louisville	Arkansas (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.	Kentucky	Georgia 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.	Kansas	North 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 Tech	Kansas (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	None	Dropped: 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

	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) т	Kansas (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) т	Georgia 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) т	UAB (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) т	Kansas (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	None	Dropped: 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ ^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.
^ "1985 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 22, 2012.

[ESPN-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[ESPN2-2] ^ ^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.

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