College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

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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