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February 26, 1996 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	2	Kentucky	SEC
2	<	1	Massachusetts
3	<	5	Kansas	Big 8
4	<	3	Connecticut	Big East
5	<	7	Purdue	Big Ten
6	<	4	Villanova
7	<	6	Cincinnati
8	<	11	Georgetown	Big East
9	<	9	Texas Tech	Southwest
10	<	8	Utah
11	<	13	Arizona	Pac-10
12	<	14	Penn State	Big Ten
13	<	10	Wake Forest	ACC
14	<	19	Memphis
15	<	15	Syracuse	Big East
16	<	12	Virginia Tech
17	<	16	UCLA	Pac-10
18	<	23	Georgia Tech	ACC
19	<	17	North Carolina	ACC
20	<	18	Iowa	Big Ten
21	<	21	Louisville
22	<	25	Green Bay
23	<	22	Iowa State	Big 8
24	<	NR	George Washington
25	<	24	Stanford	Pac-10

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