College Poll Archive

Men's Basketball

March 8, 1976 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	Indiana (51)	Big Ten	27-0	1012
2	< 2	Marquette (1)		24-1	898
3	< 3	Rutgers (1)		28-0	767
4	< 5	UNLV (1)		28-1	574
5	< 4	North Carolina	ACC	25-3	530
6	< 7	UCLA	Pac-8	23-4	487
7	< 8	Notre Dame		22-5	418
8	< 6	Alabama	SEC	21-4	353
9	< 12	Tennessee	SEC	21-5	252
10	< 15	Missouri	Big 8	24-4	190
11	< 10	Washington	Pac-8	22-5	184
12	< 9	Maryland	ACC	22-6	166
13	< NR	Virginia	ACC	18-11	160
14	< 11	Michigan	Big Ten	21-6	158
15	< 13	Cincinnati		23-5	146
16	< 14	Western Michigan		24-2	130
17	< 16	St. John's		23-5	69
18	< NR	Arizona	Pac-8	22-8	32
19	< NR	Texas Tech	Southwest	24-5	30
20	< 20	Centenary		23-5	29

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