1980 College Basketball Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

		Before NCAAs	Head Coach	Final Record
1	DePaul	26–1	Ray Meyer	26–2
2	Louisville	28–3	Denny Crum	33–3
3	LSU	24–5	Dale Brown	26–6
4	Kentucky	28–5	Joe B. Hall	29–6
5	Oregon St.	26–3	Ralph Miller	26–4
6	Syracuse	25–3	Jim Boeheim	26–4
7	Indiana	20–7	Bob Knight	21–8
8	Maryland	23–6	Lefty Driesell	24–7
9	Notre Dame	20–7	Digger Phelps	20–8
10	Ohio St.	24–5	Eldon Miller	21–8
11	Georgetown	24–5	John Thompson	26–6
12	BYU	24–4	Frank Arnold	24–5
13	St. John's	24–4	Lou Carnesecca	24–5
14	Duke	22–8	Bill Foster	24–9
15	North Carolina	21–7	Dean Smith	21–8
16	Missouri	23–5	Norm Stewart	25–6
17	Weber St.	26–2	Neil McCarthy	26–3
18	Arizona St.	21–6	Ned Wulk	22–7
19	Iona	28–4	Jim Valvano	29–5
20	Purdue	19–9	Lee Rose	23–10

Note: Louisville won the NCAAs.

1980 College Basketball Recap

Major Conference Champions

1980 College Basketball Recap 1980 College Basketball Major Conference Champions

See also:

1982 College Basketball Final AP Top 20