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February 2, 1976 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	Indiana (60)	Big Ten	18-0	1218
2	<	2	Marquette		16-1	1000
3	<	3	UNLV (1)		23-0	878
4	<	4	North Carolina	ACC	15-2	839
5	<	7	Maryland	ACC	15-3	693
6	<	6	Washington	Pac-8	17-1	626
7	<	5	Rutgers		16-0	593
8	<	9	Tennessee	SEC	16-2	494
9	<	12	UCLA	Pac-8	15-3	321
10	<	8	NC State	ACC	14-3	315
11	<	10	Notre Dame		12-4	216
12	<	14	St. John's		15-2	179
13	<	13	Missouri	Big 8	17-2	171
14	<	11	Alabama	SEC	13-3	169
15	<	17	Princeton	Ivy	12-3	60
16	<	18	Cincinnati		15-3	55
17	<	NR	Western Michigan		16-0	39
18	<	19	Centenary		18-3	34
19	<	NR	Virginia Tech		15-3	32
20	<	NR	North Texas		16-2	28

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