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1996 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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.