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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

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.