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The Top Ranked Basketball Colleges of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | College |
| 1 | Louisville |
| 2 | Indiana |
| 3 | Georgetown |
| 4 | North Carolina |
| 5 | Kansas |
| 6 | Villanova |
| 7 | NC State |
| 8 | Michigan |
| 9 | Houston |
| 10 | Duke |
| 11 | Syracuse |
| 12 | Oklahoma |
| 13 | UCLA |
| 14 | Seton Hall |
| 15 | LSU |
| 16 | Virginia |
| 17 | Illinois |
| 18 | St. John's |
| 19 | Kentucky |
| 20 | UNLV |
| 21 | Purdue |
| 22 | Georgia |
| 23 | Memphis |
| 24 | Arizona |
| 25 | Providence |
| 26 | Iowa |
| 27 | UAB |
| 28 | Oregon St. |
| 29 | Temple |
| 30 | Clemson |
| 31 | Boston College |
| 32 | BYU |
| 33 | Wichita St. |
| 34 | Kansas St. |
| 35 | Georgia Tech |
| 36 | St. Joseph's |
| 37 | Auburn |
| 38 | Wake Forest |
| 39 | Dayton |
| 40 | Navy |
| 41 | DePaul |
| 42 | Arkansas |
| 43 | Alabama |
| 44 | Notre Dame |
| 45 | Missouri |
| 46 | Ohio St. |
| 47 | Maryland |
| 48 | Tennessee |
| 49 | Lamar |
| 50 | Louisiana Tech |
| 51 | Richmond |
| 52 | Florida |
| 53 | Washington |
| 54 | Wyoming |
| 55 | Minnesota |
| 56 | Fresno St. |
| 57 | Utah |
| 58 | Iowa St. |
| 59 | Texas A&M |
| 60 | Michigan St. |
| 61 | Vanderbilt |
| 62 | Idaho |
| 63 | Cleveland St. |
| 64 | Rhode Island |
| 65 | Loyola (IL) |
| 66 | UTEP |
| 67 | West Virginia |
| 68 | Pitt |
| 69 | Chattanooga |
| 70 | Marquette |
| 71 | Old Dominion |
| 72 | Tulsa |
| 73 | Pepperdine |
| 74 | VCU |
| 75 | Northeastern |
| 76 | Xavier |
| 77 | Middle Tennessee St. |
| 78 | Illinois St. |
| 79 | Virginia Tech |
| 80 | Western Kentucky |
| 81 | Alcorn St. |
| 82 | Penn |
| 83 | Bradley |
| 84 | Florida St. |
| 85 | Iona |
| 86 | James Madison |
| 87 | SMU |
| 88 | Princeton |
| 89 | Missouri St. |
| 90 | Loyola Marymount |
| 91 | South Alabama |
| 92 | Arkansas-Little Rock |
| 93 | New Orleans |
| 94 | Murray St. |
| 95 | Arizona St. |
| 96 | Ball St. |
| 97 | Evansville |
| 98 | Rutgers |
| 99 | TCU |
| 100 | Ohio |
| 101 | Texas |
| 102 | Washington St. |
| 103 | Colorado St. |
| 104 | Siena |
| 105 | Austin Peay |
| 106 | North Carolina A&T |
| 107 | Nebraska |
| 108 | LaSalle |
| 109 | Ole Miss |
| 110 | Southern |
| 111 | UL-Lafayette |
| 112 | Santa Clara |
| 113 | Marshall |
| 114 | Utah St. |
| 115 | Boston U. |
| 116 | Georgia Southern |
| 117 | Miami (OH) |
| 118 | Robert Morris |
| 119 | Weber St. |
| 120 | Creighton |
| 121 | LIU-Brooklyn |
| 122 | UL-Monroe |
| 123 | Boise St. |
| 124 | Akron |
| 125 | Jacksonville |
| 126 | Bucknell |
| 127 | Fairfield |
| 128 | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| 129 | Lehigh |
| 130 | Marist |
| 131 | Mercer |
| 132 | Morehead St. |
| 133 | Nevada |
| 134 | San Diego |
| 135 | San Francisco |
| 136 | Texas Tech |
| 137 | USC |
| 138 | South Carolina |
| 139 | George Mason |
| 140 | Holy Cross |
| 141 | McNeese St. |
| 142 | Oklahoma St. |
| 143 | Stanford |
| 144 | Toledo |
| 145 | Baylor |
| 146 | Charlotte |
| 147 | East Tennessee St. |
| 148 | Montana St. |
| 149 | Oral Roberts |
| 150 | San Diego St. |
| 151 | San Jose St. |
| 152 | UC-Santa Barbara |
| 153 | Brown |
| 154 | Central Michigan |
| 155 | Cornell |
| 156 | Davidson |
| 157 | Drexel |
| 158 | Eastern Michigan |
| 159 | Furman |
| 160 | Houston Baptist |
| 161 | Howard |
| 162 | Idaho St. |
| 163 | Mississippi Valley St. |
| 164 | North Texas |
| 165 | Northern Illinois |
| 166 | Rider |
| 167 | South Carolina St. |
| 168 | St. Mary's (CA) |
| 169 | UTSA |
| 170 | Connecticut |
| 171 | Southern Miss |
| 172 | St. Louis |
| 173 | New Mexico |
| 174 | St. Peter's |
| 175 | Cal |
| 176 | Arkansas St. |
| 177 | Tulane |
| 178 | South Florida |
| 179 | Stephen F. Austin |
| 180 | UC-Irvine |
| 181 | Duquesne |
| 182 | Long Beach St. |
| 183 | Oregon |
| 184 | Penn St. |
| 185 | Cincinnati |
| 186 | Niagara |
| 187 | Northwestern |
| 188 | Wisconsin |
| 189 | Alabama St. |
| 190 | Fordham |
| 191 | American |
| 192 | Bowling Green |
| 193 | Cal St.-Fullerton |
| 194 | Drake |
| 195 | Kent St. |
| 196 | Montana |
| 197 | West Texas A&M |
| 198 | Butler |
| 199 | Canisius |
| 200 | Grambling |
| 201 | Hawaii |
| 202 | Lafayette |
| 203 | New Mexico St. |
| 204 | Northern Arizona |
| 205 | Southern Illinois |
| 206 | St. Bonaventure |
| 207 | Tennessee Tech |
| 208 | Texas-Arlington |
| 209 | Texas-Rio Grande Valley |
| 210 | William & Mary |
| 211 | Florida Southern |
| 212 | District of Columbia |
| 213 | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| 214 | Jacksonville St. |
| 215 | Sacred Heart |
| 216 | Virginia Union |
| 217 | Central Missouri |
| 218 | Wright St. |
| 219 | North Carolina Central |
| 220 | U.Mass-Lowell |
| 221 | SE Missouri St. |
| 222 | Mount St. Mary's |
| 223 | Gannon |
| 224 | South Dakota St. |
| 225 | Alaska-Anchorage |
| 226 | St. Augustine's |
| 227 | NYIT |
| 228 | Cal St.-Bakersfield |
| 229 | North Alabama |
| 230 | UC-Riverside |
| 231 | Cheyney |
| 232 | Montana St.-Billings |
| 233 | Cal Poly |
| 234 | Delta St. |
| 235 | Morningside |
| 236 | Green Bay |
| 237 | Troy |
| 238 | Norfolk St. |
| 239 | Alabama A&M |
| 240 | Southern New Hampshire |
| 241 | Cal St.-East Bay |
| 242 | Bloomsburg |
| 243 | CW Post |
| 244 | Millersville |
| 245 | Northern Michigan |
| 246 | Ferris St. |
| 247 | San Francisco St. |
| 248 | Puget Sound |
| 249 | St. Cloud St. |
| 250 | American International |
| 251 | North Dakota |
| 252 | Wayne St. |
| 253 | Milwaukee |
| 254 | Hartwick |
| 255 | Tampa |
| 256 | West Georgia |
| 257 | Lewis |
| 258 | Springfield |
| 259 | SIU-Edwardsville |
| 260 | Central Florida |
| 261 | Jefferson |
| 262 | Bellarmine |
| 263 | Cal St.-Dominguez Hills |
| 264 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| 265 | Winston-Salem St. |
| 266 | Western Illinois |
| 267 | Bridgeport |
| 268 | Chapman |
| 269 | North Dakota St. |
| 270 | California (PA) |
| 271 | New Haven |
| 272 | Southern Connecticut St. |
| 273 | Tennessee-Martin |
| 274 | Clarion |
| 275 | Cal St.-Northridge |
| 276 | Central St. |
| 277 | Eastern Illinois |
| 278 | Elizabeth City St. |
| 279 | Grand Valley St. |
| 280 | Missouri-St. Louis |
| 281 | Nicholls St. |
| 282 | Northern Colorado |
| 283 | Truman St. |
| 284 | UMBC |
| 285 | West Alabama |
| 286 | Southern Indiana |
| 287 | Stonehill |
| 288 | Randolph-Macon |
| 289 | Augustana (SD) |
| 290 | Abilene Christian |
| 291 | Hampton |
| 292 | Lock Haven |
| 293 | Quinnipiac |
| 294 | Angelo St. |
| 295 | Assumption |
| 296 | Bentley |
| 297 | Central Connecticut St. |
| 298 | Edinboro |
| 299 | Monmouth |
| 300 | St. Anselm |
| 301 | Virginia St. |
| 302 | Columbus St. |
| 303 | LeMoyne |
| 304 | Mansfield |
| 305 | St. Thomas (FL) |
| 306 | NW Missouri St. |
| 307 | Albany St. |
| 308 | Humboldt St. |
| 309 | Sonoma St. |
| 310 | Alaska-Fairbanks |
| 311 | Ashland |
| 312 | Benedict |
| 313 | Bethune-Cookman |
| 314 | Bryant |
| 315 | Chico St. |
| 316 | Florida Tech |
| 317 | Johnson C. Smith |
| 318 | Kutztown |
| 319 | Lincoln (MO) |
| 320 | Morehouse |
| 321 | Sacramento St. |
| 322 | Sam Houston St. |
| 323 | St. Michael's |
| 324 | West Chester |
| 325 | North Park |
| 326 | Potsdam St. |
| 327 | Wisconsin-Whitewater |
| 328 | Fort Hays St. |
| 329 | Scranton |
| 330 | College of Charleston |
| 331 | St. Mary's (TX) |
| 332 | Lipscomb |
| 333 | Washburn |
| 334 | Grand Canyon |
| 335 | Wabash |
| 336 | South Carolina-Upstate |
| 337 | Bethany Nazarene |
| 338 | Cameron |
| 339 | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 340 | Clark (MA) |
| 341 | Wittenberg |
| 342 | Upsala |
| 343 | Biola |
| 344 | LeMoyne-Owen |
| 345 | TCNJ |
| 346 | Wayland Baptist |
| 347 | Augustana (IL) |
| 348 | West Virginia Wesleyan |
| 349 | Auburn-Montgomery |
| 350 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
| 351 | Arkansas-Monticello |
| 352 | Alabama-Huntsville |
| 353 | East Central |
| 354 | West Virginia St. |
| 355 | Central Washington |
| 356 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire |
| 357 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 358 | Roanoke |
| 359 | Huron |
| 360 | DePauw |
| 361 | Chicago St. |
| 362 | Ursinus |
| 363 | SE Oklahoma St. |
| 364 | Marycrest |
| 365 | Southern Maine |
| 366 | Brooklyn |
| 367 | Nebraska-Kearney |
| 368 | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| 369 | Waynesburg |
| 370 | Centre |
| 371 | Otterbein |
| 372 | Stanislaus St. |
| 373 | Widener |
| 374 | New Jersey City |
| 375 | Hillsdale |
| 376 | Westmont |
| 377 | Stockton |
| 378 | Chaminade |
| 379 | Georgetown (KY) |
| 380 | Longwood |
| 381 | Franklin & Marshall |
| 382 | William Paterson |
| 383 | Drury |
| 384 | College of Idaho |
| 385 | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 386 | Saginaw Valley St. |
| 387 | Capital |
| 388 | U.Mass-Dartmouth |
| 389 | Washington (MO) |
| 390 | Montclair St. |
| 391 | Nazareth |
| 392 | North Carolina Wesleyan |
| 393 | Susquehanna |
| 394 | Augsburg |
| 395 | Hanover |
| 396 | Loras |
| 397 | Savannah St. |
| 398 | Carson-Newman |
| 399 | Hastings |
| 400 | Hawaii-Hilo |
| 401 | Henderson St. |
| 402 | Midwestern St. |
| 403 | Southwestern (TX) |
| 404 | Wartburg |
| 405 | Whittier |
| 406 | WPI |
| 407 | Albright |
| 408 | Athens St. |
| 409 | Central Arkansas |
| 410 | Charleston (WV) |
| 411 | Dordt |
| 412 | Lane |
| 413 | Liberty |
| 414 | Santa Fe |
| 415 | Siena Heights |
| 416 | Trevecca Nazarene |
| 417 | Western Oregon |
| 418 | Wheeling Jesuit |
| 419 | William Jewell |
| 420 | Hope |
| 421 | Cumberland |
| 422 | William Carey |
| 423 | Minnesota-Duluth |
| 424 | Salem St. |
| 425 | Staten Island |
| 426 | Beloit |
| 427 | Buffalo St. |
| 428 | Southern Poly |
| 429 | Taylor |
| 430 | Albany |
| 431 | Briar Cliff |
| 432 | Dubuque |
| 433 | St. Andrews |
| 434 | Birmingham-Southern |
| 435 | Millikin |
| 436 | Ohio Northern |
| 437 | Quincy |
| 438 | North Central |
| 439 | Ripon |
| 440 | Washington College (MD) |
| 441 | Muskingum |
| 442 | Alfred |
| 443 | Barton |
| 444 | Bishop |
| 445 | Minnesota St.-Moorhead |
| 446 | Rhodes |
| 447 | Rio Grande |
| 448 | Rockhurst |
| 449 | Central (IA) |
| 450 | Framingham St. |
| 451 | Luther |
| 452 | Western Connecticut St. |
| 453 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 454 | Bridgewater St. |
| 455 | Central Wesleyan |
| 456 | College of the Ozarks |
| 457 | Emory & Henry |
| 458 | Emporia St. |
| 459 | Franklin (IN) |
| 460 | Georgia Southwestern |
| 461 | Grace |
| 462 | Heidelberg |
| 463 | Lincoln Memorial |
| 464 | Lyon |
| 465 | Marymount |
| 466 | McKendree |
| 467 | Montana Western |
| 468 | Oklahoma City |
| 469 | Oklahoma Panhandle St. |
| 470 | Oregon College |
| 471 | Oregon Tech |
| 472 | Pfeiffer |
| 473 | Rochester (NY) |
| 474 | Salem (WV) |
| 475 | South Carolina-Aiken |
| 476 | St. Ambrose |
| 477 | St. Joseph's (ME) |
| 478 | St. Norbert |
| 479 | Texas Wesleyan |
| 480 | UNC-Pembroke |
| 481 | Valley City St. |
| 482 | Western Washington |
| 483 | Franklin Pierce |
| 484 | Cabrini |
| 485 | St. John's (MN) |
| 486 | Calvin |
| 487 | Allegheny |
| 488 | Rust |
| 489 | Paul Quinn |
| 490 | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
| 491 | Monmouth (IL) |
| 492 | Rose-Hulman Tech |
| 493 | Ithaca |
| 494 | MCLA |
| 495 | St. Lawrence |
| 496 | Christopher Newport |
| 497 | BYU-Hawaii |
| 498 | Catawba |
| 499 | Cedarville |
| 500 | Defiance |
| 501 | Fairmont St. |
| 502 | Georgia College |
| 503 | Grove City |
| 504 | Hawaii Pacific |
| 505 | Husson |
| 506 | Missouri Western |
| 507 | North Georgia |
| 508 | Northern St. |
| 509 | Southern Arkansas |
| 510 | Stony Brook |
| 511 | Walsh |
| 512 | West Virginia Tech |
| 513 | Western New Mexico |
| 514 | William Penn |
| 515 | Xavier (LA) |
| 516 | Dickinson |
| 517 | Norwich |
| 518 | Pomona-Pitzer |
| 519 | U.Mass-Boston |
| 520 | Belmont |
| 521 | Belmont Abbey |
| 522 | Berea |
| 523 | Campbellsville |
| 524 | Castleton |
| 525 | Colorado St.-Pueblo |
| 526 | Denver |
| 527 | Dillard |
| 528 | Dominican |
| 529 | Dowling |
| 530 | East Texas Baptist |
| 531 | Eastern (PA) |
| 532 | Eureka |
| 533 | Findlay |
| 534 | Gardner-Webb |
| 535 | Greensboro |
| 536 | Guilford |
| 537 | Hampden-Sydney |
| 538 | Harding |
| 539 | Hendrix |
| 540 | Hiram |
| 541 | Holy Family |
| 542 | IUPUI |
| 543 | Lincoln (PA) |
| 544 | Lycoming |
| 545 | Mary |
| 546 | Merchant Marine |
| 547 | Mesa St. |
| 548 | Millsaps |
| 549 | Missouri Southern |
| 550 | Mobile |
| 551 | Northwestern (IA) |
| 552 | Northwood |
| 553 | Oklahoma Christian |
| 554 | Olivet Nazarene |
| 555 | Phillips |
| 556 | Point Loma Nazarene |
| 557 | Point Park |
| 558 | Redlands |
| 559 | Rocky Mountain |
| 560 | Salisbury |
| 561 | Southern Nazarene |
| 562 | St. Rose |
| 563 | Tiffin |
| 564 | Transylvania |
| 565 | Trine |
| 566 | Union (NY) |
| 567 | Webber International |
| 568 | Western Colorado |
| 569 | Westminster (PA) |
| 570 | John Carroll |
| 571 | Bethany (WV) |
| 572 | Bridgewater |
| 573 | Buffalo |
| 574 | Moravian |
| 575 | NYU |
| 576 | Occidental |
| 577 | Shenandoah |
| 578 | UNC-Greensboro |
| 579 | Virginia Wesleyan |
| 580 | Washington & Jefferson |
| 581 | Washington & Lee |
| 582 | Westfield St. |
| 583 | Cal St.-San Bernardino |
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