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March 5, 1956 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	<	1	San Francisco (73)		24-0	1162
2	<	5	NC State (5)	ACC	24-3	776
3	<	3	Dayton (1)		23-3	743
4	<	4	Alabama (24)	SEC	20-3	720
5	<	10	Iowa (7)	Big Ten	16-5	717
6	<	6	Louisville (6)		23-3	553
7	<	2	Illinois	Big Ten	18-3	427
8	<	9	SMU (2)	Southwest	22-2	319
9	<	12	Kentucky (2)	SEC	19-5	228
10	<	13	UCLA		19-5	191
11	<	7	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-4	168
12	<	15	Holy Cross (3)		21-4	133
13	<	14	Temple		21-3	127
14	<	NR	West Virginia (1)		21-8	123
15	<	8	North Carolina	ACC	18-5	105
16	<	16	Oklahoma City (3)		18-6	103
17	<	18	Houston		19-5	71
18	<	20	Wake Forest	ACC	19-9	51
19	<	11	Duke	ACC	19-7	49
20	<	NR	Utah (1)		21-5	43

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