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January 1, 1996 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Massachusetts
2	<	2	Kentucky	SEC
3	<	3	Memphis
4	<	4	Kansas	Big 8
5	<	5	Cincinnati
6	<	6	Georgetown	Big East
7	<	7	Connecticut	Big East
8	<	8	Villanova
9	<	9	Arizona	Pac-10
10	<	10	Iowa	Big Ten
11	<	13	Syracuse	Big East
12	<	14	Wake Forest	ACC
13	<	12	Illinois	Big Ten
14	<	16	Georgia	SEC
15	<	15	Utah
16	<	11	North Carolina	ACC
17	<	17	Mississippi State	SEC
18	<	21	Virginia Tech
19	<	20	Duke	ACC
20	<	23	UCLA	Pac-10
21	<	19	Michigan	Big Ten
22	<	24	Clemson	ACC
23	<	NR	Texas	Southwest
24	<	NR	Boston College	Big East
25	<	NR	New Mexico

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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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