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January 2, 1956 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	San Francisco (113)		10-0	1451
2	<	3	NC State (22)	ACC	11-0	1158
3	<	2	Dayton (14)		9-0	1087
4	<	5	Vanderbilt	SEC	7-1	634
5	<	4	North Carolina	ACC	7-1	564
6	<	13	Kentucky	SEC	6-2	434
7	<	12	George Washington		9-1	416
8	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 7	8-1	315
9	<	9	Illinois	Big Ten	6-1	262
10	<	15	Ohio State	Big Ten	7-1	260
11	<	8	Duke	ACC	8-1	242
12	<	NR	Memphis (4)		7-0	201
13	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1	188
14	<	14	Holy Cross		7-2	173
15	<	NR	Tulsa		10-1	166
16	<	17	Temple		6-0	150
17	<	19	Alabama (3)	SEC	6-3	145
18	<	17	Rice	Southwest	9-1	118
19	<	NR	West Virginia		7-2	107
20	<	16	Michigan State	Big Ten	5-1	89

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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