College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

December 30, 1996 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Kansas	Big 12
2	< 2	Wake Forest	ACC
3	< 3	Kentucky	SEC
4	< 5	Iowa State	Big 12
5	< 6	Clemson	ACC
6	< 7	Cincinnati
7	< 8	Utah
8	< 4	Michigan	Big Ten
9	< 9	Arizona	Pac-10
10	< 10	Villanova
11	< 11	North Carolina	ACC
12	< 13	Indiana	Big Ten
13	< 12	Duke	ACC
14	< 16	Louisville
15	< 15	Minnesota	Big Ten
16	< 14	New Mexico
17	< 17	Xavier
18	< 18	Texas	Big 12
19	< 21	Maryland	ACC
20	< 24	Oregon	Pac-10
21	< 23	Stanford	Pac-10
22	< 22	Arkansas	SEC
23	< 20	Texas Tech	Big 12
24	< NR	Illinois	Big Ten
25	< 25	Boston College	Big East

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