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1995-96 Polls

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National Champion: Kentucky
Final Four: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi State and Syracuse

Consensus Player of the Year: Marcus Camby

AP Preseason #1: Kentucky ▪ AP Final #1: Massachusetts

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Preseason 1 Kentucky* RFN NA — SEC
1 Preseason 2 Kansas* R NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 3 Villanova*  NA — Big East
1 Preseason 4 UCLA* R NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 5 Georgetown* R NA — Big East
1 Preseason 6 Connecticut* RT NA — Big East
1 Preseason 7 Massachusetts* RTF NA — A-10
1 Preseason 8 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 9 Mississippi State* RTF NA — SEC
1 Preseason 10 Utah* R NA — WAC
1 Preseason 11 Wake Forest* T NA — ACC
1 Preseason 12 Louisville*  NA — CUSA
1 Preseason 13 Memphis* R NA — CUSA
1 Preseason 14 Missouri  NA — Big 8
1 Preseason 15 Maryland*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 16 Arkansas*  NA — SEC
1 Preseason 17 Michigan*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 18 Stanford*  NA — Pac-10
1 Preseason 19 Virginia  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 20 North Carolina*  NA — ACC
1 Preseason 21 Cincinnati* RT NA — CUSA
1 Preseason 22 Virginia Tech* R NA — A-10
1 Preseason 23 Indiana*  NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 24 Purdue* R NA — Big Ten
1 Preseason 25 California*  NA — Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1995-11-20 1 Kentucky* RFN 1 NC SEC
2 1995-11-20 2 Kansas* R 2 NC Big 8
2 1995-11-20 3 Villanova*  3 NC Big East
2 1995-11-20 4 UCLA* R 4 NC Pac-10
2 1995-11-20 5 Georgetown* R 5 NC Big East
2 1995-11-20 6 Connecticut* RT 6 NC Big East
2 1995-11-20 7 Massachusetts* RTF 7 NC A-10
2 1995-11-20 8 Utah* R 10 Up 2 WAC
2 1995-11-20 9 Mississippi State* RTF 9 NC SEC
2 1995-11-20 10 Iowa*  8 Down 2 Big Ten
2 1995-11-20 11 Wake Forest* T 11 NC ACC
2 1995-11-20 12 Memphis* R 13 Up 1 CUSA
2 1995-11-20 13 Louisville*  12 Down 1 CUSA
2 1995-11-20 14 Maryland*  15 Up 1 ACC
2 1995-11-20 15 Missouri  14 Down 1 Big 8
2 1995-11-20 16 Michigan*  17 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1995-11-20 17 Virginia  19 Up 2 ACC
2 1995-11-20 18 Stanford*  18 NC Pac-10
2 1995-11-20 19 Arizona*  Up  Pac-10
2 1995-11-20 20 North Carolina*  20 NC ACC
2 1995-11-20 21 Cincinnati* RT 21 NC CUSA
2 1995-11-20 22 Virginia Tech* R 22 NC A-10
2 1995-11-20 23 Indiana*  23 NC Big Ten
2 1995-11-20 24 Purdue* R 24 NC Big Ten
2 1995-11-20 25 Georgia Tech* R Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1995-11-27 1 Kentucky* RFN 1 NC SEC
3 1995-11-27 2 Kansas* R 2 NC Big 8
3 1995-11-27 3 Villanova*  3 NC Big East
3 1995-11-27 4 Arizona*  19 Up 15 Pac-10
3 1995-11-27 5 Massachusetts* RTF 7 Up 2 A-10
3 1995-11-27 6 Georgetown* R 5 Down 1 Big East
3 1995-11-27 7 Memphis* R 12 Up 5 CUSA
3 1995-11-27 8 Mississippi State* RTF 9 Up 1 SEC
3 1995-11-27 9 Connecticut* RT 6 Down 3 Big East
3 1995-11-27 10 Wake Forest* T 11 Up 1 ACC
3 1995-11-27 11 Iowa*  10 Down 1 Big Ten
3 1995-11-27 12 Duke*  Up  ACC
3 1995-11-27 13 Missouri  15 Up 2 Big 8
3 1995-11-27 14 Utah* R 8 Down 6 WAC
3 1995-11-27 15 Virginia  17 Up 2 ACC
3 1995-11-27 16 Stanford*  18 Up 2 Pac-10
3 1995-11-27 17 North Carolina*  20 Up 3 ACC
3 1995-11-27 18 Louisville*  13 Down 5 CUSA
3 1995-11-27 19 Maryland*  14 Down 5 ACC
3 1995-11-27 20 Georgia Tech* R 25 Up 5 ACC
3 1995-11-27 21 Cincinnati* RT 21 NC CUSA
3 1995-11-27 22 Virginia Tech* R 22 NC A-10
3 1995-11-27 23 UCLA* R 4 Down 19 Pac-10
3 1995-11-27 24 Michigan*  16 Down 8 Big Ten
3 1995-11-27 25 Arkansas*  Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1995-12-04 1 Kansas* R 2 Up 1 Big 8
4 1995-12-04 2 Villanova*  3 Up 1 Big East
4 1995-12-04 3 Massachusetts* RTF 5 Up 2 A-10
4 1995-12-04 4 Arizona*  4 NC Pac-10
4 1995-12-04 5 Kentucky* RFN 1 Down 4 SEC
4 1995-12-04 6 Georgetown* R 6 NC Big East
4 1995-12-04 7 Memphis* R 7 NC CUSA
4 1995-12-04 8 Mississippi State* RTF 8 NC SEC
4 1995-12-04 9 Connecticut* RT 9 NC Big East
4 1995-12-04 10 Wake Forest* T 10 NC ACC
4 1995-12-04 11 Missouri  13 Up 2 Big 8
4 1995-12-04 12 Iowa*  11 Down 1 Big Ten
4 1995-12-04 13 North Carolina*  17 Up 4 ACC
4 1995-12-04 14 Utah* R 14 NC WAC
4 1995-12-04 15 Virginia  15 NC ACC
4 1995-12-04 16 Georgia Tech* R 20 Up 4 ACC
4 1995-12-04 17 Cincinnati* RT 21 Up 4 CUSA
4 1995-12-04 18 Duke*  12 Down 6 ACC
4 1995-12-04 19 Virginia Tech* R 22 Up 3 A-10
4 1995-12-04 20 Maryland*  19 Down 1 ACC
4 1995-12-04 21 Illinois  Up  Big Ten
4 1995-12-04 22 Michigan*  24 Up 2 Big Ten
4 1995-12-04 23 Louisville*  18 Down 5 CUSA
4 1995-12-04 24 Stanford*  16 Down 8 Pac-10
4 1995-12-04 25 Santa Clara* R Up  WCC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1995-12-11 1 Kansas* R 1 NC Big 8
5 1995-12-11 2 Villanova*  2 NC Big East
5 1995-12-11 3 Massachusetts* RTF 3 NC A-10
5 1995-12-11 4 Arizona*  4 NC Pac-10
5 1995-12-11 5 Kentucky* RFN 5 NC SEC
5 1995-12-11 6 Memphis* R 7 Up 1 CUSA
5 1995-12-11 7 Georgetown* R 6 Down 1 Big East
5 1995-12-11 8 Connecticut* RT 9 Up 1 Big East
5 1995-12-11 9 Iowa*  12 Up 3 Big Ten
5 1995-12-11 10 North Carolina*  13 Up 3 ACC
5 1995-12-11 11 Wake Forest* T 10 Down 1 ACC
5 1995-12-11 12 Cincinnati* RT 17 Up 5 CUSA
5 1995-12-11 13 Utah* R 14 Up 1 WAC
5 1995-12-11 14 Missouri  11 Down 3 Big 8
5 1995-12-11 15 Mississippi State* RTF 8 Down 7 SEC
5 1995-12-11 16 Illinois  21 Up 5 Big Ten
5 1995-12-11 17 Virginia Tech* R 19 Up 2 A-10
5 1995-12-11 18 Michigan*  22 Up 4 Big Ten
5 1995-12-11 19 Georgia Tech* R 16 Down 3 ACC
5 1995-12-11 20 Louisville*  23 Up 3 CUSA
5 1995-12-11 21 Duke*  18 Down 3 ACC
5 1995-12-11 22 Santa Clara* R 25 Up 3 WCC
5 1995-12-11 23 Virginia  15 Down 8 ACC
5 1995-12-11 24 UCLA* R Up  Pac-10
5 1995-12-11 25 Syracuse* F Up  Big East
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1995-12-18 1 Kansas* R 1 NC Big 8
6 1995-12-18 2 Massachusetts* RTF 3 Up 1 A-10
6 1995-12-18 3 Arizona*  4 Up 1 Pac-10
6 1995-12-18 4 Kentucky* RFN 5 Up 1 SEC
6 1995-12-18 5 Memphis* R 6 Up 1 CUSA
6 1995-12-18 6 Georgetown* R 7 Up 1 Big East
6 1995-12-18 7 Villanova*  2 Down 5 Big East
6 1995-12-18 8 Connecticut* RT 8 NC Big East
6 1995-12-18 9 Cincinnati* RT 12 Up 3 CUSA
6 1995-12-18 10 Iowa*  9 Down 1 Big Ten
6 1995-12-18 11 North Carolina*  10 Down 1 ACC
6 1995-12-18 12 Wake Forest* T 11 Down 1 ACC
6 1995-12-18 13 Utah* R 13 NC WAC
6 1995-12-18 14 Illinois  16 Up 2 Big Ten
6 1995-12-18 15 Missouri  14 Down 1 Big 8
6 1995-12-18 16 Mississippi State* RTF 15 Down 1 SEC
6 1995-12-18 17 Michigan*  18 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1995-12-18 18 Georgia*  Up  SEC
6 1995-12-18 19 Syracuse* F 25 Up 6 Big East
6 1995-12-18 20 Duke*  21 Up 1 ACC
6 1995-12-18 21 Georgia Tech* R 19 Down 2 ACC
6 1995-12-18 22 Virginia Tech* R 17 Down 5 A-10
6 1995-12-18 23 Virginia  23 NC ACC
6 1995-12-18 24 California*  Up  Pac-10
6 1995-12-18 25 Louisville*  20 Down 5 CUSA
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1995-12-26 1 Massachusetts* RTF 2 Up 1 A-10
7 1995-12-26 2 Kentucky* RFN 4 Up 2 SEC
7 1995-12-26 3 Memphis* R 5 Up 2 CUSA
7 1995-12-26 4 Kansas* R 1 Down 3 Big 8
7 1995-12-26 5 Cincinnati* RT 9 Up 4 CUSA
7 1995-12-26 6 Georgetown* R 6 NC Big East
7 1995-12-26 7 Connecticut* RT 8 Up 1 Big East
7 1995-12-26 8 Villanova*  7 Down 1 Big East
7 1995-12-26 9 Arizona*  3 Down 6 Pac-10
7 1995-12-26 10 Iowa*  10 NC Big Ten
7 1995-12-26 11 North Carolina*  11 NC ACC
7 1995-12-26 12 Illinois  14 Up 2 Big Ten
7 1995-12-26 13 Syracuse* F 19 Up 6 Big East
7 1995-12-26 14 Wake Forest* T 12 Down 2 ACC
7 1995-12-26 15 Utah* R 13 Down 2 WAC
7 1995-12-26 16 Georgia*  18 Up 2 SEC
7 1995-12-26 17 Mississippi State* RTF 16 Down 1 SEC
7 1995-12-26 18 Missouri  15 Down 3 Big 8
7 1995-12-26 19 Michigan*  17 Down 2 Big Ten
7 1995-12-26 20 Duke*  20 NC ACC
7 1995-12-26 21 Virginia Tech* R 22 Up 1 A-10
7 1995-12-26 22 Virginia  23 Up 1 ACC
7 1995-12-26 23 UCLA* R Up  Pac-10
7 1995-12-26 24 Clemson*  Up  ACC
7 1995-12-26 25 Tulsa* T Up  MVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 1996-01-02 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
8 1996-01-02 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
8 1996-01-02 3 Memphis* R 3 NC CUSA
8 1996-01-02 4 Kansas* R 4 NC Big 8
8 1996-01-02 5 Cincinnati* RT 5 NC CUSA
8 1996-01-02 6 Georgetown* R 6 NC Big East
8 1996-01-02 7 Connecticut* RT 7 NC Big East
8 1996-01-02 8 Villanova*  8 NC Big East
8 1996-01-02 9 Arizona*  9 NC Pac-10
8 1996-01-02 10 Iowa*  10 NC Big Ten
8 1996-01-02 11 Syracuse* F 13 Up 2 Big East
8 1996-01-02 12 Wake Forest* T 14 Up 2 ACC
8 1996-01-02 13 Illinois  12 Down 1 Big Ten
8 1996-01-02 14 Georgia*  16 Up 2 SEC
8 1996-01-02 15 Utah* R 15 NC WAC
8 1996-01-02 16 North Carolina*  11 Down 5 ACC
8 1996-01-02 17 Mississippi State* RTF 17 NC SEC
8 1996-01-02 18 Virginia Tech* R 21 Up 3 A-10
8 1996-01-02 19 Duke*  20 Up 1 ACC
8 1996-01-02 20 UCLA* R 23 Up 3 Pac-10
8 1996-01-02 21 Michigan*  19 Down 2 Big Ten
8 1996-01-02 22 Clemson*  24 Up 2 ACC
8 1996-01-02 23 Texas*  Up  SWC
8 1996-01-02 24 Boston College*  Up  Big East
8 1996-01-02 25 New Mexico* T Up  WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
9 1996-01-08 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
9 1996-01-08 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
9 1996-01-08 3 Kansas* R 4 Up 1 Big 8
9 1996-01-08 4 Cincinnati* RT 5 Up 1 CUSA
9 1996-01-08 5 Georgetown* R 6 Up 1 Big East
9 1996-01-08 6 Connecticut* RT 7 Up 1 Big East
9 1996-01-08 7 Villanova*  8 Up 1 Big East
9 1996-01-08 8 Wake Forest* T 12 Up 4 ACC
9 1996-01-08 9 Memphis* R 3 Down 6 CUSA
9 1996-01-08 10 North Carolina*  16 Up 6 ACC
9 1996-01-08 11 Iowa*  10 Down 1 Big Ten
9 1996-01-08 12 Mississippi State* RTF 17 Up 5 SEC
9 1996-01-08 13 Utah* R 15 Up 2 WAC
9 1996-01-08 14 Syracuse* F 11 Down 3 Big East
9 1996-01-08 15 Virginia Tech* R 18 Up 3 A-10
9 1996-01-08 16 Clemson*  22 Up 6 ACC
9 1996-01-08 17 UCLA* R 20 Up 3 Pac-10
9 1996-01-08 18 Arizona*  9 Down 9 Pac-10
9 1996-01-08 19 Georgia*  14 Down 5 SEC
9 1996-01-08 20 Penn State*  Up  Big Ten
9 1996-01-08 21 Illinois  13 Down 8 Big Ten
9 1996-01-08 22 Purdue* R Up  Big Ten
9 1996-01-08 23 Michigan*  21 Down 2 Big Ten
9 1996-01-08 24 Stanford*  Up  Pac-10
9 1996-01-08 25 New Mexico* T 25 NC WAC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
10 1996-01-15 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
10 1996-01-15 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
10 1996-01-15 3 Cincinnati* RT 4 Up 1 CUSA
10 1996-01-15 4 Kansas* R 3 Down 1 Big 8
10 1996-01-15 5 Connecticut* RT 6 Up 1 Big East
10 1996-01-15 6 Wake Forest* T 8 Up 2 ACC
10 1996-01-15 7 Villanova*  7 NC Big East
10 1996-01-15 8 Georgetown* R 5 Down 3 Big East
10 1996-01-15 9 Memphis* R 9 NC CUSA
10 1996-01-15 10 North Carolina*  10 NC ACC
10 1996-01-15 11 Virginia Tech* R 15 Up 4 A-10
10 1996-01-15 12 Syracuse* F 14 Up 2 Big East
10 1996-01-15 13 UCLA* R 17 Up 4 Pac-10
10 1996-01-15 14 Penn State*  20 Up 6 Big Ten
10 1996-01-15 15 Utah* R 13 Down 2 WAC
10 1996-01-15 16 Iowa*  11 Down 5 Big Ten
10 1996-01-15 17 Purdue* R 22 Up 5 Big Ten
10 1996-01-15 18 Arizona*  18 NC Pac-10
10 1996-01-15 19 Clemson*  16 Down 3 ACC
10 1996-01-15 20 Michigan*  23 Up 3 Big Ten
10 1996-01-15 21 Mississippi State* RTF 12 Down 9 SEC
10 1996-01-15 22 Georgia*  19 Down 3 SEC
10 1996-01-15 23 Auburn  Up  SEC
10 1996-01-15 24 Boston College*  Up  Big East
10 1996-01-15 25 Texas Tech* RT Up  SWC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
11 1996-01-22 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
11 1996-01-22 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
11 1996-01-22 3 Kansas* R 4 Up 1 Big 8
11 1996-01-22 4 Connecticut* RT 5 Up 1 Big East
11 1996-01-22 5 Cincinnati* RT 3 Down 2 CUSA
11 1996-01-22 6 Georgetown* R 8 Up 2 Big East
11 1996-01-22 7 Villanova*  7 NC Big East
11 1996-01-22 8 Virginia Tech* R 11 Up 3 A-10
11 1996-01-22 9 Wake Forest* T 6 Down 3 ACC
11 1996-01-22 10 Utah* R 15 Up 5 WAC
11 1996-01-22 11 North Carolina*  10 Down 1 ACC
11 1996-01-22 12 Memphis* R 9 Down 3 CUSA
11 1996-01-22 13 Arizona*  18 Up 5 Pac-10
11 1996-01-22 14 Penn State*  14 NC Big Ten
11 1996-01-22 15 UCLA* R 13 Down 2 Pac-10
11 1996-01-22 16 Michigan*  20 Up 4 Big Ten
11 1996-01-22 17 Syracuse* F 12 Down 5 Big East
11 1996-01-22 18 Clemson*  19 Up 1 ACC
11 1996-01-22 19 Purdue* R 17 Down 2 Big Ten
11 1996-01-22 20 Boston College*  24 Up 4 Big East
11 1996-01-22 21 Auburn  23 Up 2 SEC
11 1996-01-22 22 Iowa*  16 Down 6 Big Ten
11 1996-01-22 22 Texas Tech* RT 25 Up 3 SWC
11 1996-01-22 24 Marquette*  Up  CUSA
11 1996-01-22 25 California*  Up  Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
12 1996-01-29 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
12 1996-01-29 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
12 1996-01-29 3 Kansas* R 3 NC Big 8
12 1996-01-29 4 Connecticut* RT 4 NC Big East
12 1996-01-29 5 Cincinnati* RT 5 NC CUSA
12 1996-01-29 6 Villanova*  7 Up 1 Big East
12 1996-01-29 7 Utah* R 10 Up 3 WAC
12 1996-01-29 8 North Carolina*  11 Up 3 ACC
12 1996-01-29 9 Georgetown* R 6 Down 3 Big East
12 1996-01-29 10 Penn State*  14 Up 4 Big Ten
12 1996-01-29 11 Memphis* R 12 Up 1 CUSA
12 1996-01-29 12 Wake Forest* T 9 Down 3 ACC
12 1996-01-29 13 Virginia Tech* R 8 Down 5 A-10
12 1996-01-29 14 Arizona*  13 Down 1 Pac-10
12 1996-01-29 15 Texas Tech* RT 22 Up 7 SWC
12 1996-01-29 16 Iowa*  22 Up 6 Big Ten
12 1996-01-29 17 Purdue* R 19 Up 2 Big Ten
12 1996-01-29 18 Syracuse* F 17 Down 1 Big East
12 1996-01-29 19 UCLA* R 15 Down 4 Pac-10
12 1996-01-29 20 Michigan*  16 Down 4 Big Ten
12 1996-01-29 21 Boston College*  20 Down 1 Big East
12 1996-01-29 22 Auburn  21 Down 1 SEC
12 1996-01-29 23 Eastern Michigan* RT Up  MAC
12 1996-01-29 24 Clemson*  18 Down 6 ACC
12 1996-01-29 25 Georgia Tech* R Up  ACC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
13 1996-02-05 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
13 1996-02-05 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
13 1996-02-05 3 Kansas* R 3 NC Big 8
13 1996-02-05 4 Connecticut* RT 4 NC Big East
13 1996-02-05 5 Cincinnati* RT 5 NC CUSA
13 1996-02-05 6 Villanova*  6 NC Big East
13 1996-02-05 7 Utah* R 7 NC WAC
13 1996-02-05 8 Georgetown* R 9 Up 1 Big East
13 1996-02-05 9 Wake Forest* T 12 Up 3 ACC
13 1996-02-05 10 Penn State*  10 NC Big Ten
13 1996-02-05 11 Virginia Tech* R 13 Up 2 A-10
13 1996-02-05 12 North Carolina*  8 Down 4 ACC
13 1996-02-05 13 Texas Tech* RT 15 Up 2 SWC
13 1996-02-05 14 Purdue* R 17 Up 3 Big Ten
13 1996-02-05 15 Memphis* R 11 Down 4 CUSA
13 1996-02-05 16 Arizona*  14 Down 2 Pac-10
13 1996-02-05 17 UCLA* R 19 Up 2 Pac-10
13 1996-02-05 18 Syracuse* F 18 NC Big East
13 1996-02-05 19 Iowa*  16 Down 3 Big Ten
13 1996-02-05 20 Louisville*  Up  CUSA
13 1996-02-05 21 Iowa State* T Up  Big 8
13 1996-02-05 22 Boston College*  21 Down 1 Big East
13 1996-02-05 23 Michigan*  20 Down 3 Big Ten
13 1996-02-05 24 Eastern Michigan* RT 23 Down 1 MAC
13 1996-02-05 25 Stanford*  Up  Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
14 1996-02-12 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
14 1996-02-12 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
14 1996-02-12 3 Connecticut* RT 4 Up 1 Big East
14 1996-02-12 4 Villanova*  6 Up 2 Big East
14 1996-02-12 5 Kansas* R 3 Down 2 Big 8
14 1996-02-12 6 Cincinnati* RT 5 Down 1 CUSA
14 1996-02-12 7 Utah* R 7 NC WAC
14 1996-02-12 8 Wake Forest* T 9 Up 1 ACC
14 1996-02-12 9 Penn State*  10 Up 1 Big Ten
14 1996-02-12 10 Virginia Tech* R 11 Up 1 A-10
14 1996-02-12 11 Purdue* R 14 Up 3 Big Ten
14 1996-02-12 12 Texas Tech* RT 13 Up 1 SWC
14 1996-02-12 13 Arizona*  16 Up 3 Pac-10
14 1996-02-12 14 Georgetown* R 8 Down 6 Big East
14 1996-02-12 15 Memphis* R 15 NC CUSA
14 1996-02-12 16 Syracuse* F 18 Up 2 Big East
14 1996-02-12 17 North Carolina*  12 Down 5 ACC
14 1996-02-12 18 UCLA* R 17 Down 1 Pac-10
14 1996-02-12 19 Iowa*  19 NC Big Ten
14 1996-02-12 20 Stanford*  25 Up 5 Pac-10
14 1996-02-12 21 Boston College*  22 Up 1 Big East
14 1996-02-12 22 Iowa State* T 21 Down 1 Big 8
14 1996-02-12 23 Eastern Michigan* RT 24 Up 1 MAC
14 1996-02-12 24 Louisville*  20 Down 4 CUSA
14 1996-02-12 25 Mississippi State* RTF Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
15 1996-02-19 1 Massachusetts* RTF 1 NC A-10
15 1996-02-19 2 Kentucky* RFN 2 NC SEC
15 1996-02-19 3 Connecticut* RT 3 NC Big East
15 1996-02-19 4 Villanova*  4 NC Big East
15 1996-02-19 5 Kansas* R 5 NC Big 8
15 1996-02-19 6 Cincinnati* RT 6 NC CUSA
15 1996-02-19 7 Purdue* R 11 Up 4 Big Ten
15 1996-02-19 8 Utah* R 7 Down 1 WAC
15 1996-02-19 9 Texas Tech* RT 12 Up 3 SWC
15 1996-02-19 10 Wake Forest* T 8 Down 2 ACC
15 1996-02-19 11 Georgetown* R 14 Up 3 Big East
15 1996-02-19 12 Virginia Tech* R 10 Down 2 A-10
15 1996-02-19 13 Arizona*  13 NC Pac-10
15 1996-02-19 14 Penn State*  9 Down 5 Big Ten
15 1996-02-19 15 Syracuse* F 16 Up 1 Big East
15 1996-02-19 16 UCLA* R 18 Up 2 Pac-10
15 1996-02-19 17 North Carolina*  17 NC ACC
15 1996-02-19 18 Iowa*  19 Up 1 Big Ten
15 1996-02-19 19 Memphis* R 15 Down 4 CUSA
15 1996-02-19 20 Boston College*  21 Up 1 Big East
15 1996-02-19 21 Louisville*  24 Up 3 CUSA
15 1996-02-19 22 Iowa State* T 22 NC Big 8
15 1996-02-19 23 Georgia Tech* R Up  ACC
15 1996-02-19 24 Stanford*  20 Down 4 Pac-10
15 1996-02-19 25 Green Bay* R Up  MW Coll
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
16 1996-02-26 1 Kentucky* RFN 2 Up 1 SEC
16 1996-02-26 2 Massachusetts* RTF 1 Down 1 A-10
16 1996-02-26 3 Kansas* R 5 Up 2 Big 8
16 1996-02-26 4 Connecticut* RT 3 Down 1 Big East
16 1996-02-26 5 Purdue* R 7 Up 2 Big Ten
16 1996-02-26 6 Villanova*  4 Down 2 Big East
16 1996-02-26 7 Cincinnati* RT 6 Down 1 CUSA
16 1996-02-26 8 Georgetown* R 11 Up 3 Big East
16 1996-02-26 9 Texas Tech* RT 9 NC SWC
16 1996-02-26 10 Utah* R 8 Down 2 WAC
16 1996-02-26 11 Arizona*  13 Up 2 Pac-10
16 1996-02-26 12 Penn State*  14 Up 2 Big Ten
16 1996-02-26 13 Wake Forest* T 10 Down 3 ACC
16 1996-02-26 14 Memphis* R 19 Up 5 CUSA
16 1996-02-26 15 Syracuse* F 15 NC Big East
16 1996-02-26 16 Virginia Tech* R 12 Down 4 A-10
16 1996-02-26 17 UCLA* R 16 Down 1 Pac-10
16 1996-02-26 18 Georgia Tech* R 23 Up 5 ACC
16 1996-02-26 19 North Carolina*  17 Down 2 ACC
16 1996-02-26 20 Iowa*  18 Down 2 Big Ten
16 1996-02-26 21 Louisville*  21 NC CUSA
16 1996-02-26 22 Green Bay* R 25 Up 3 MW Coll
16 1996-02-26 23 Iowa State* T 22 Down 1 Big 8
16 1996-02-26 24 George Washington* R Up  A-10
16 1996-02-26 25 Stanford*  24 Down 1 Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
17 1996-03-05 1 Kentucky* RFN 1 NC SEC
17 1996-03-05 2 Massachusetts* RTF 2 NC A-10
17 1996-03-05 3 Connecticut* RT 4 Up 1 Big East
17 1996-03-05 4 Purdue* R 5 Up 1 Big Ten
17 1996-03-05 5 Kansas* R 3 Down 2 Big 8
17 1996-03-05 6 Georgetown* R 8 Up 2 Big East
17 1996-03-05 7 Texas Tech* RT 9 Up 2 SWC
17 1996-03-05 8 Cincinnati* RT 7 Down 1 CUSA
17 1996-03-05 9 Villanova*  6 Down 3 Big East
17 1996-03-05 10 Utah* R 10 NC WAC
17 1996-03-05 11 Arizona*  11 NC Pac-10
17 1996-03-05 12 Wake Forest* T 13 Up 1 ACC
17 1996-03-05 13 Syracuse* F 15 Up 2 Big East
17 1996-03-05 14 Memphis* R 14 NC CUSA
17 1996-03-05 15 Virginia Tech* R 16 Up 1 A-10
17 1996-03-05 16 Penn State*  12 Down 4 Big Ten
17 1996-03-05 17 UCLA* R 17 NC Pac-10
17 1996-03-05 18 Georgia Tech* R 18 NC ACC
17 1996-03-05 19 Iowa*  20 Up 1 Big Ten
17 1996-03-05 20 North Carolina*  19 Down 1 ACC
17 1996-03-05 21 Marquette*  Up  CUSA
17 1996-03-05 22 Louisville*  21 Down 1 CUSA
17 1996-03-05 23 Iowa State* T 23 NC Big 8
17 1996-03-05 24 Green Bay* R 22 Down 2 MW Coll
17 1996-03-05 25 Mississippi State* RTF Up  SEC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
18 Final 1 Massachusetts* RTF 2 Up 1 A-10
18 Final 2 Kentucky* RFN 1 Down 1 SEC
18 Final 3 Connecticut* RT 3 NC Big East
18 Final 4 Purdue* R 4 NC Big Ten
18 Final 4 Kansas* R 5 Up 1 Big 8
18 Final 4 Georgetown* R 6 Up 2 Big East
18 Final 7 Cincinnati* RT 8 Up 1 CUSA
18 Final 8 Texas Tech* RT 7 Down 1 SWC
18 Final 9 Wake Forest* T 12 Up 3 ACC
18 Final 10 Villanova*  9 Down 1 Big East
18 Final 11 Arizona*  11 NC Pac-10
18 Final 12 Utah* R 10 Down 2 WAC
18 Final 13 Georgia Tech* R 18 Up 5 ACC
18 Final 14 UCLA* R 17 Up 3 Pac-10
18 Final 15 Syracuse* F 13 Down 2 Big East
18 Final 16 Memphis* R 14 Down 2 CUSA
18 Final 17 Iowa State* T 23 Up 6 Big 8
18 Final 18 Penn State*  16 Down 2 Big Ten
18 Final 19 Mississippi State* RTF 25 Up 6 SEC
18 Final 20 Marquette*  21 Up 1 CUSA
18 Final 21 Iowa*  19 Down 2 Big Ten
18 Final 22 Virginia Tech* R 15 Down 7 A-10
18 Final 23 New Mexico* T Up  WAC
18 Final 24 Louisville*  22 Down 2 CUSA
18 Final 25 North Carolina*  20 Down 5 ACC

Coaches' Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 Final 1 Massachusetts* RTF NA — A-10
1 Final 2 Kentucky* RFN NA — SEC
1 Final 3 Connecticut* RT NA — Big East
1 Final 4 Purdue* R NA — Big Ten
1 Final 5 Georgetown* R NA — Big East
1 Final 6 Cincinnati* RT NA — CUSA
1 Final 7 Texas Tech* RT NA — SWC
1 Final 8 Kansas* R NA — Big 8
1 Final 9 Wake Forest* T NA — ACC
1 Final 10 Utah* R NA — WAC
1 Final 11 Arizona*  NA — Pac-10
1 Final 12 Villanova*  NA — Big East
1 Final 13 UCLA* R NA — Pac-10
1 Final 14 Syracuse* F NA — Big East
1 Final 15 Georgia Tech* R NA — ACC
1 Final 16 Iowa State* T NA — Big 8
1 Final 17 Memphis* R NA — CUSA
1 Final 18 Penn State*  NA — Big Ten
1 Final 19 Iowa*  NA — Big Ten
1 Final 20 Mississippi State* RTF NA — SEC
1 Final 21 Virginia Tech* R NA — A-10
1 Final 22 Marquette*  NA — CUSA
1 Final 23 Louisville*  NA — CUSA
1 Final 24 North Carolina*  NA — ACC
1 Final 25 Stanford*  NA — Pac-10
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
19 Postseason 1 Kentucky* RFN Up  SEC
19 Postseason 2 Massachusetts* RTF Up  A-10
19 Postseason 3 Syracuse* F Up  Big East
19 Postseason 4 Mississippi State* RTF Up  SEC
19 Postseason 5 Kansas* R Up  Big 8
19 Postseason 6 Cincinnati* RT Up  CUSA
19 Postseason 7 Georgetown* R Up  Big East
19 Postseason 8 Connecticut* RT Up  Big East
19 Postseason 9 Wake Forest* T Up  ACC
19 Postseason 10 Texas Tech* RT Up  SWC
19 Postseason 11 Arizona*  Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 12 Utah* R Up  WAC
19 Postseason 13 Georgia Tech* R Up  ACC
19 Postseason 14 Louisville*  Up  CUSA
19 Postseason 15 Purdue* R Up  Big Ten
19 Postseason 16 Georgia*  Up  SEC
19 Postseason 17 Villanova*  Up  Big East
19 Postseason 18 Arkansas*  Up  SEC
19 Postseason 19 UCLA* R Up  Pac-10
19 Postseason 20 Iowa State* T Up  Big 8
19 Postseason 21 Virginia Tech* R Up  A-10
19 Postseason 22 Iowa*  Up  Big Ten
19 Postseason 23 Marquette*  Up  CUSA
19 Postseason 24 North Carolina*  Up  ACC
19 Postseason 25 New Mexico* T Up  WAC