1980–81 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings

1980–81 AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings
Season	1980–81
AIAW Tournament	1981
Preseason No. 1	Louisiana Tech
AIAW Tournament Champions	Louisiana Tech
AIAW Division I women's basketball rankings ← 1979–80

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. The AP poll is currently a poll of sportswriters. The AP conducts polls weekly through the end of the regular season and conference play.

Legend

–		Not ranked
(#)		Ranking

AP Poll

Source

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	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–