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1976 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank Team (FPV) Conference Record Points
1 < 3 Indiana (30) Big Ten 0-0 876
2 < 1 UCLA (13) Pac-8 0-0 782
3 < 5 Maryland ACC 0-0 564
4 < 11 Marquette 0-0 493
5 < 9 North Carolina ACC 0-0 453
6 < 2 Kentucky (2) SEC 0-0 395
7 < 14 Notre Dame 0-0 281
8 < 4 Louisville 0-0 259
9 < NR Tennessee (1) SEC 0-0 207
10 < 13 Cincinnati 0-0 179
11 < NR Arizona Pac-8 0-0 172
12 < 10 Alabama SEC 0-0 146
13 < 7 NC State ACC 0-0 135
14 < 15 Kansas State Big 8 0-0 132
15 < NR San Francisco 0-0 122
16 < 19 Michigan Big Ten 0-0 101
17 < 20 Providence 0-0 97
18 < 8 Arizona State Pac-8 0-0 96
19 < NR Memphis 0-0 74
20 < NR Auburn SEC 0-0 72
20 < 6 Syracuse 0-0 72

Notes

  • First-place votes, W-L records, and total points are not available prior to 2001-02. If you have some of this data from a verifiable source, please contact me.
  • 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.
  • All poll dates fall on Mondays with a few exceptions. See explanation here.