College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

November 25, 1996 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Cincinnati
2	< 2	Kansas	Big 12
3	< 3	Wake Forest	ACC
4	< 4	Utah
5	< 6	Villanova
6	< 10	Duke	ACC
7	< 9	Michigan	Big Ten
8	< 8	Kentucky	SEC
9	< 11	Iowa State	Big 12
10	< 12	Clemson	ACC
11	< 19	Arizona	Pac-10
12	< 13	Syracuse	Big East
13	< 5	UCLA	Pac-10
14	< 7	North Carolina	ACC
15	< 14	Fresno State
16	< 16	Arkansas	SEC
17	< 15	Massachusetts
18	< 17	Texas	Big 12
19	< 18	New Mexico
20	< 22	Indiana	Big Ten
21	< 20	Stanford	Pac-10
22	< NR	Tulsa
23	< 21	Boston College	Big East
24	< 23	Minnesota	Big Ten
25	< 24	George Washington

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