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Men's Basketball

1956 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	San Francisco (66)		25-0	1161
2	< 2	NC State (9)	ACC	24-3	809
3	< 3	Dayton (2)		23-3	786
4	< 5	Iowa (8)	Big Ten	17-5	755
5	< 4	Alabama (27)	SEC	21-3	712
6	< 6	Louisville (2)		23-3	551
7	< 8	SMU (3)	Southwest	22-2	450
8	< 10	UCLA (1)		21-5	315
9	< 9	Kentucky (2)	SEC	19-5	282
10	< 7	Illinois	Big Ten	18-4	257
11	< 16	Oklahoma City (8)		18-6	168
12	< 11	Vanderbilt	SEC	19-4	163
13	< 15	North Carolina	ACC	18-5	143
14	< 12	Holy Cross (1)		22-4	121
15	< 13	Temple		23-3	87
16	< 18	Wake Forest	ACC	19-9	77
17	< 19	Duke	ACC	19-7	55
18	< 20	Utah		21-5	54
19	< NR	Oklahoma State (1)	Missouri Valley	18-8	47
20	< 14	West Virginia (1)		21-8	45

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