1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

The 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings was made up of two human polls, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various other preseason polls.

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Italics   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

AP Poll

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Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Nov. 20[2]
Week 3
Nov. 27[3]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4][5]
Week 5
Dec. 11[4][6]
Week 6
Dec. 18[4][7]
Week 7
Dec. 25[4][8]
Week 8
Jan. 2[4][9]
Week 9
Jan. 8[4]
Week 10
Jan. 15[4]
Week 11
Jan. 22
Week 12
Jan. 29
Week 13
Feb. 5
Week 14
Feb. 12
Week 15
Feb. 19
Week 16
Feb. 26
Week 17
Mar. 5
Final
Mar. 12[10][11]
1.KentuckyKentucky (0–0)Kentucky (1–0)Kansas (3–0)Kansas (5–0)Kansas (6–0)UMass (7–0)UMass (10–0)UMass (12–0)UMass (14–0)UMass (16–0)UMass (18–0)UMass (21–0)UMass (23–0)UMass (25–0)Kentucky (24–1)Kentucky (26–1)UMass (31–1)1.
2.KansasKansas (0–0)Kansas (1–0)Villanova (5–0)Villanova (7–0)UMass (6–0)Kentucky (7–1)Kentucky (9–1)Kentucky (11–1)Kentucky (13–1)Kentucky (15–1)Kentucky (17–1)Kentucky (18–1)Kentucky (20–1)Kentucky (22–1)UMass (26–1)UMass (28–1)Kentucky (28–2)2.
3.VillanovaVillanova (0–0)Villanova (3–0)UMass (3–0)UMass (5–0)Arizona (8–0)Memphis (7–0)Memphis (8–0)Kansas (10–1)Cincinnati (11–0)Kansas (14–1)Kansas (16–1)Kansas (18–1)Connecticut (22–1)Connecticut (24–1)Kansas (23–2)Connecticut (27–2)Connecticut (30–2)3.
4.UCLAUCLA (0–0)Arizona (4–0)Arizona (5–0)Arizona (7–0)Kentucky (5–1)Kansas (7–1)Kansas (7–1)Cincinnati (9–0)Kansas (12–1)Connecticut (16–1)Connecticut (19–1)Connecticut (21–1)Villanova (20–3)Villanova (23–3)Connecticut (25–2)Purdue (25–4)Purdue (26–4) т4.
5.GeorgetownGeorgetown (2–0)UMass (0–0)Kentucky (2–1)Kentucky (4–1)Memphis (5–0)Cincinnati (7–0)Cincinnati (8–0)Georgetown (13–1)Connecticut (14–1)Cincinnati (12–1)Cincinnati (14–1)Cincinnati (17–1)Kansas (19–2)Kansas (21–2)Purdue (23–4)Kansas (24–3)Georgetown (26–7) т5.
6.ConnecticutConnecticut (0–0)Georgetown (3–1)Georgetown (5–1)Memphis (4–0)Georgetown (7–1)Georgetown (9–1)Georgetown (11–1)Connecticut (12–1)Wake Forest (10–1)Georgetown (16–2)Villanova (16–3)Villanova (18–3)Cincinnati (18–2)Cincinnati (19–2)Villanova (23–4)Georgetown (24–6)Kansas (25–5) т6.
7.UMassUMass (0–0)Memphis (1–0)Memphis (3–0)Georgetown (7–1)Villanova (7–1)Connecticut (8–1)Connecticut (10–1)Villanova (12–1)Villanova (13–2)Villanova (14–3)Utah (16–3)Utah (18–3)Utah (19–3)Purdue (21–4)Cincinnati (21–3)Texas Tech (25–1)Cincinnati (25–4)7.
8.IowaUtah (0–0)Mississippi State (1–0)Mississippi State (3–0)Connecticut (6–1)Connecticut (7–1)Villanova (8–1)Villanova (10–1)Wake Forest (8–1)Georgetown (14–2)Virginia Tech (11–1)North Carolina (15–4)Georgetown (19–3)Wake Forest (16–3)Utah (21–4)Georgetown (23–5)Cincinnati (22–4)Texas Tech (28–1)8.
9.Mississippi StateMississippi State (0–0)Connecticut (2–1)Connecticut (4–1)Iowa (7–1)Cincinnati (6–0)Arizona (8–1)Arizona (10–1)Memphis (8–2)Memphis (11–2)Wake Forest (12–2)Georgetown (17–3)Wake Forest (14–3)Penn State (18–2)Texas Tech (22–1)Texas Tech (24–1)Villanova (24–5)Wake Forest (26–6)9.
10.UtahIowa (0–0)Wake Forest (1–0)Wake Forest (3–0)North Carolina (6–1)Iowa (8–1)Iowa (10–1)Iowa (11–1)North Carolina (11–2)North Carolina (12–3)Utah (14–3)Penn State (15–1)Penn State (16–2)Virginia Tech (18–2)Wake Forest (17–4)Utah (22–5)Utah (23–5)Villanova (25–6)10.
11.Wake ForestWake Forest (0–0)Iowa (2–1)Missouri (4–0)Wake Forest (4–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (8–1)Syracuse (11–1)Iowa (12–2)Virginia Tech (9–1)North Carolina (13–4)Memphis (14–3)Virginia Tech (16–2)Purdue (19–4)Georgetown (21–5)Arizona (21–5)Arizona (23–5)Arizona (24–6)11.
12.LouisvilleMemphis (0–0)Duke (3–0)Iowa (5–1)Cincinnati (4–0)Wake Forest (4–1)Illinois (9–0)Wake Forest (6–1)Mississippi State (10–1)Syracuse (13–2)Memphis (12–3)Wake Forest (13–3)North Carolina (16–5)Texas Tech (20–1)Virginia Tech (19–3)Penn State (19–4)Wake Forest (20–5)Utah (25–6)12.
13.MemphisLouisville (0–0)Missouri (1–0)North Carolina (5–1)Utah (5–1)Utah (6–1)Syracuse (9–0)Illinois (11–1)Utah (9–2)UCLA (11–3)Arizona (13–3)Virginia Tech (13–2)Texas Tech (18–1)Arizona (18–4)Arizona (19–5)Wake Forest (18–5)Syracuse (22–7)Georgia Tech (22–11)13.
14.MissouriMaryland (0–0)Utah (0–1)Utah (2–1)Missouri (5–1)Illinois (7–0)Wake Forest (6–1)Georgia (9–1)Syracuse (11–2)Penn State (13–0)Penn State (13–1)Arizona (15–3)Purdue (17–4)Georgetown (19–5)Penn State (18–4)Memphis (20–5)Memphis (21–6)UCLA (23–7)14.
15.MarylandMissouri (0–0)Virginia (1–0)Virginia (2–1)Mississippi State (4–1)Missouri (6–1)Utah (7–2)Utah (8–2)Virginia Tech (7–1)Utah (11–3)UCLA (12–4)Texas Tech (16–1)Memphis (16–4)Memphis (17–4)Syracuse (19–6)Syracuse (20–7)Virginia Tech (22–4)Syracuse (24–8)15.
16.ArkansasMichigan (2–0)Stanford (2–0)Georgia Tech (5–1)Illinois (6–0)Mississippi State (5–1)Georgia (8–1)North Carolina (9–2)Clemson (10–0)Iowa (13–3)Michigan (14–4)Iowa (15–4)Arizona (16–4)Syracuse (18–6)UCLA (18–6)Virginia Tech (20–4)Penn State (20–5)Memphis (22–7)16.
17.MichiganVirginia (0–0)North Carolina (2–1)Cincinnati (1–0)Virginia Tech (3–0)Michigan (8–2)Mississippi State (6–1)Mississippi State (8–1)UCLA (9–3)Purdue (13–2)Syracuse (13–4)Purdue (15–4)UCLA (15–5)North Carolina (16–7)North Carolina (18–7)UCLA (19–7)UCLA (21–7)Iowa State (23–8)17.
18.StanfordStanford (0–0)Louisville (2–1)Duke (4–1)Michigan (7–2)Georgia (6–1)Missouri (7–2)Virginia Tech (6–1)Arizona (10–3)Arizona (11–3)Clemson (12–2)Syracuse (14–5)Syracuse (16–6)UCLA (16–6)Iowa (18–6)Georgia Tech (18–10)Georgia Tech (20–10)Penn State (21–6)18.
19.VirginiaArizona (2–0)Maryland (0–1)Virginia Tech (2–0)Georgia Tech (5–2)Syracuse (8–0)Michigan (9–2)Duke (9–2)Georgia (10–2)Clemson (11–1)Purdue (14–3)UCLA (13–5)Iowa (15–6)Iowa (17–6)Memphis (17–5)North Carolina (19–8)Iowa (21–7)Mississippi State (22–7)19.
20.North CarolinaNorth Carolina (0–0)Georgia Tech (3–1)Maryland (2–2)Louisville (5–2)Duke (5–2)Duke (7–2)UCLA (7–3)Penn State (11–0)Michigan (13–4)Boston College (12–3)Michigan (14–6)Louisville (16–6)Stanford (15–5)Boston College (16–6)Iowa (19–7)North Carolina (20–9)Marquette (22–7)20.
21.CincinnatiCincinnati (0–0)Cincinnati (0–0)Illinois (3–0)Duke (5–2)Georgia Tech (6–3)Virginia Tech (4–1)Michigan (10–3)Illinois (11–3)Mississippi State (10–3)Auburn (15–3)Boston College (12–4)Iowa State (16–4)Boston College (15–5)Louisville (18–7)Louisville (19–8)Marquette (20–6)Iowa (22–8)21.
22.Virginia TechVirginia Tech (0–0)Virginia Tech (0–0)Michigan (5–2)Santa Clara (5–1)Virginia Tech (3–1)Virginia (4–2)Clemson (9–0)Purdue (11–2)Georgia (10–3)Iowa (14–4)Auburn (15–4)Boston College (13–5)Iowa State (17–5)Iowa State (18–6)Wisconsin-Green Bay (24–2)Louisville (19–10)Virginia Tech (22–5)22.
23.IndianaIndiana (0–0)UCLA (1–2)Louisville (3–2)Virginia (3–2)Virginia (3–2)UCLA (6–3)Texas (7–2)Michigan (11–4)Auburn (14–3)Texas Tech (14–1)Eastern Michigan (15–1)Michigan (15–7)Eastern Michigan (18–2)Georgia Tech (16–10)Iowa State (19–7)Iowa State (20–8)New Mexico (28–5)23.
24.PurduePurdue (0–0)Michigan (2–2)Stanford (3–2)UCLA (3–3)California (4–0)Clemson (8–0)Boston College (8–2)Stanford (8–2)Boston College (11–3)Marquette (12–3)Clemson (12–4)Eastern Michigan (16–2)Louisville (17–7)Stanford (16–6)George Washington (18–5)Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3)Louisville (20–11)24.
25.CaliforniaGeorgia Tech (2–0)Arkansas (1–1)Santa Clara (4–1)Syracuse (6–0)Louisville (6–3)Tulsa (5–0)New Mexico (10–0)New Mexico (11–1)Texas Tech (12–1)California (10–4)Georgia Tech (13–8)Stanford (13–5)Mississippi State (16–5)Wisconsin-Green Bay (21–2)Stanford (17–7)Mississippi State (19–7)North Carolina (20–10)25.
Preseason
 [1]
Week 2
Nov. 20[2]
Week 3
Nov. 27[3]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4][5]
Week 5
Dec. 11[4][6]
Week 6
Dec. 18[4][7]
Week 7
Dec. 25[4][8]
Week 8
Jan. 2[4][9]
Week 9
Jan. 8[4]
Week 10
Jan. 15[4]
Week 11
Jan. 22
Week 12
Jan. 29
Week 13
Feb. 5
Week 14
Feb. 12
Week 15
Feb. 19
Week 16
Feb. 26
Week 17
Mar. 5
Final
Mar. 12[10][11]
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
  • California
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • Maryland
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Santa Clara
  • UCLA
Dropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • California
  • Louisville
Dropped:
  • Missouri
  • Virginia
  • Tulsa
Dropped:
  • Duke (9–4)
  • Texas
  • Boston College
Dropped:
  • Illinois
  • Stanford
  • New Mexico
Dropped:
  • Mississippi State
  • Georgia
Dropped:
  • Marquette
  • California
Dropped:
  • Auburn
  • Clemson
  • Georgia Tech
Dropped:
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Eastern Michigan
  • Mississippi State
Dropped:
  • Boston College (16–8)
Dropped:
  • George Washington
  • Stanford (17–8)
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3)

Coaches Poll

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Preseason
 [4]
Week 2
Nov. 20[4]
Week 3
Nov. 27[4]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4]
Week 5
Dec. 11[4]
Week 6
Dec. 18[4]
Week 7
Dec. 26[4]
Week 8
Jan. 2[4]
Week 9
Jan. 8[4]
Week 10
Jan. 15[4]
Week 11
Jan. 22[4]
Week 12
Jan. 29[4]
Week 13
Feb. 5[12]
Week 14
Feb. 12[12]
Week 15
Feb. 19[12]
Week 16
Feb. 26[12]
Week 17
Mar. 5[12]
Week 18
Mar. 12[12]
Final
Apr. 2[12]
1.KentuckyKentucky (0–0)Kentucky (1–0)Kansas (3–0)Kansas (5–0)Kansas (6–0)UMass (7–0)UMass (10–0)UMass (12–0)UMass (14–0)UMass (16–0)UMass (18–0)UMass (21–0)UMass (23–0)UMass (25–0)Kentucky (24–1)Kentucky (26–1)UMass (31–1)Kentucky (34–2)1.
2.KansasKansas (0–0)Kansas (1–0)Villanova (5–0)Villanova (7–0)UMass (6–0)Kentucky (7–1)Kentucky (9–1)Kentucky (11–1)Kentucky (13–1)Kentucky (15–1)Kentucky (17–1)Kentucky (18–1)Kentucky (20–1)Kentucky (22–1)UMass (26–1)UMass (28–1)Kentucky (28–2)UMass (35–2)2.
3.UCLAVillanova (0–0)Villanova (3–0)UMass (3–0)UMass (5–0)Arizona (8–0)Kansas (7–1)Kansas (7–1)Kansas (10–1)Kansas (12–1)Cincinnati (12–1)Kansas (16–1)Kansas (18–1)Connecticut (22–1)Connecticut (24–1)Kansas (23–2)Connecticut (27–2)Connecticut (30–2)Syracuse (29–9)3.
4.VillanovaGeorgetown (2–0)Arizona (4–0)Arizona (5–0)Arizona (7–0)Kentucky (5–1)Georgetown (9–1) тCincinnati (8–0)Cincinnati (9–0)Cincinnati (11–0)Kansas (14–1)Connecticut (19–1)Connecticut (21–1)Cincinnati (18–2)Kansas (21–2)Connecticut (25–2)Purdue (25–4)Purdue (26–4)Mississippi State (26–8)4.
5.GeorgetownUCLA (0–0)Georgetown (3–1)Kentucky (2–1)Kentucky (4–1)Georgetown (7–1)Connecticut (8–1) тMemphis (8–0)Georgetown (13–1)Connecticut (14–1)Connecticut (16–1)Cincinnati (14–1)Cincinnati (17–1)Kansas (19–2)Villanova (23–3)Purdue (23–4)Kansas (24–3)Georgetown (26–7)Kansas (29–5)5.
6.ConnecticutConnecticut (0–0)UMass (0–0)Georgetown (5–1)Georgetown (7–1)Connecticut (7–1)Cincinnati (7–0)Connecticut (10–1)Connecticut (12–1)Wake Forest (10–1)Georgetown (16–2)Villanova (16–3)Villanova (18–3)Villanova (20–3)Cincinnati (19–2)Cincinnati (21–3)Georgetown (24–6)Cincinnati (25–4)Cincinnati (28–5)6.
7.UMassUMass (0–0)Wake Forest (1–0)Mississippi State (3–0)Connecticut (6–1)Villanova (7–1)Memphis (7–0)Georgetown (11–1)Villanova (12–1)Georgetown (14–2)Villanova (14–3)Utah (16–3)Utah (18–3)Utah (19–3)Purdue (21–4)Villanova (23–4)Texas Tech (25–1)Texas Tech (28–1)Georgetown (29–8)7.
8.Wake ForestWake Forest (0–0)Mississippi State (1–0)Wake Forest (3–0)Memphis (4–0)Memphis (5–0)Arizona (8–1)Villanova (10–1)Wake Forest (8–1)Villanova (13–2)Wake Forest (12–2)North Carolina (15–4)Georgetown (19–3)Penn State (18–2)Utah (21–4)Texas Tech (24–1)Utah (23–5)Kansas (25–5)Connecticut (32–3)8.
9.LouisvilleArizona (2–0)Connecticut (2–1)Memphis (3–0)Iowa (7–1)Cincinnati (6–0)Villanova (8–1)Arizona (10–1)North Carolina (11–2)North Carolina (12–3)Utah (14–3)Georgetown (17–3)Wake Forest (14–3)Wake Forest (16–3)Texas Tech (22–1)Georgetown (23–5)Cincinnati (22–4)Wake Forest (23–5)Wake Forest (26–6)9.
10.IowaUtah (0–0)Memphis (1–0)Iowa (5–1)Cincinnati (4–0)Iowa (8–1)Iowa (10–1)Iowa (11–1)Utah (9–2)Memphis (11–2)Virginia Tech (11–1)Wake Forest (13–3)Penn State (16–2)Virginia Tech (18–2)Wake Forest (17–4)Utah (22–5)Wake Forest (20–5)Utah (25–6)Texas Tech (30–2)10.
11.UtahIowa (0–0)Iowa (2–1)Connecticut (4–1)Wake Forest (4–1)North Carolina (7–1)North Carolina (8–1)Wake Forest (6–1)Iowa (12–2)Utah (11–3)North Carolina (13–4)Penn State (15–1)North Carolina (16–5)Purdue (19–4)Georgetown (21–5)Arizona (21–5)Arizona (23–5)Arizona (24–6)Arizona (26–7)11.
12.Mississippi StateMississippi State (0–0)Duke (3–0)Missouri (4–0)North Carolina (6–1)Wake Forest (4–1)Illinois (9–0)Syracuse (11–1)Mississippi State (10–1)Syracuse (13–2)Arizona (13–3)Arizona (15–3)Virginia Tech (16–2)Texas Tech (20–1)Penn State (18–4)Wake Forest (18–5)Villanova (24–5)Villanova (25–6)Utah (27–7)12.
13.MemphisMichigan (2–0)Louisville (2–1)North Carolina (5–1)Missouri (5–1)Missouri (6–1)Wake Forest (6–1)North Carolina (9–2)Memphis (8–2)Virginia Tech (9–1)Syracuse (13–4)Memphis (14–3)Purdue (17–4)Georgetown (19–5)Virginia Tech (19–3)Penn State (19–4)Syracuse (22–7)UCLA (23–7)Georgia Tech (24–12)13.
14.VirginiaMaryland (0–0)Missouri (1–0)Utah (2–1)Utah (5–1)Utah (6–1)Syracuse (9–0)Georgia (9–1)Syracuse (11–2)Penn State (13–0)Penn State (13–1)Virginia Tech (13–2)Texas Tech (18–1)Memphis (17–4)Arizona (19–5)Syracuse (20–7)Memphis (21–6)Syracuse (24–8)Louisville (22–12)14.
15.MissouriMemphis (0–0)Stanford (2–0)Georgia Tech (5–1)Mississippi State (4–1)Illinois (7–0)Mississippi State (6–1)Illinois (11–1)Virginia Tech (7–1)UCLA (11–3)Memphis (12–3)Purdue (15–4)Arizona (16–4)Arizona (18–4)UCLA (18–6)Memphis (20–5)UCLA (21–7)Georgia Tech (22–11)Purdue (26–6)15.
16.Michigan тLouisville (0–0)Maryland (0–1)Virginia (2–1)Michigan (7–2)Mississippi State (5–1)Utah (7–2) тUtah (8–2)Arizona (10–3)Iowa (13–3)Michigan (14–4)Syracuse (14–5)Memphis (16–4)Syracuse (18–6)Syracuse (19–6)Virginia Tech (20–4)Virginia Tech (22–4)Iowa State (23–8)Georgia (21–10)16.
17.Stanford тMissouri (0–0)Utah (0–1)Cincinnati (1–0)Virginia Tech (3–0)Michigan (8–2)Georgia (8–1) тMississippi State (8–1)Georgia (10–2)Arizona (11–3)UCLA (12–4)Iowa (15–4)UCLA (15–5)North Carolina (16–7)North Carolina (18–7)UCLA (19–7)Penn State (20–5)Memphis (22–7)Villanova (26–7)17.
18.ArkansasStanford (0–0)North Carolina (2–1)Duke (4–1)Illinois (6–0)Georgia Tech (6–3)Missouri (7–2)Virginia Tech (6–1)Michigan (11–4)Purdue (13–2)Iowa (14–4)Michigan (14–6)Syracuse (16–6)UCLA (16–6)Memphis (17–5)Louisville (19–8)Georgia Tech (20–10)Penn State (21–6)Arkansas (20–13)18.
19.MarylandVirginia (0–0)Virginia (1–0)Maryland (2–2)Louisville (5–2)Georgia (6–1)Michigan (9–2)Michigan (10–3)UCLA (9–3)Michigan (13–4)Purdue (14–3)UCLA (13–5)Michigan (15–7)Iowa (17–6)Iowa (18–6)North Carolina (19–8)Iowa (21–7)Iowa (22–8)UCLA (23–8)19.
20.CincinnatiGeorgia Tech (2–0)Georgia Tech (3–1)Virginia Tech (2–0)Georgia Tech (5–2)Duke (5–2)Duke (7–2)Duke (9–2)Clemson (10–0)Clemson (11–1)Clemson (12–2)Texas Tech (16–1)Iowa (15–6)Stanford (15–5)Boston College (16–6)Georgia Tech (18–10)North Carolina (20–9)Mississippi State (22–7)Iowa State (24–9)20.
21.North CarolinaCincinnati (0–0)Cincinnati (0–0)Michigan (5–2) тVirginia (3–2)Virginia (3–2)Virginia (4–2)UCLA (7–3)Illinois (11–3)Mississippi State (10–3)Boston College (12–3)Clemson (12–4)Boston College (13–5)Boston College (15–5)Eastern Michigan (19–3)Iowa (19–7)Louisville (19–10)Virginia Tech (22–5)Virginia Tech (23–6)21.
22.Virginia TechNorth Carolina (0–0)UCLA (1–2)Louisville (3–2) тDuke (5–2)Syracuse (8–0) тVirginia Tech (4–1)Virginia (5–3)Penn State (11–0)Georgia (10–3)Auburn (15–3)Auburn (15–4)Auburn (15–6)Eastern Michigan (18–2)Georgia Tech (16–10)Wisconsin-Green Bay (24–2)Iowa State (20–8)Marquette (22–7)Iowa (23–9)22.
23.PurdueVirginia Tech (0–0)Virginia Tech (0–0)Stanford (3–2)Santa Clara (5–1)Louisville (6–3) тGeorgia Tech (6–5)Missouri (8–4)Duke (9–4)Auburn (14–3)Texas Tech (14–1)Boston College (12–4)Eastern Michigan (16–2)Louisville (17–7)Stanford (16–6)Iowa State (19–7)Wisconsin-Green Bay (25–3)Louisville (20–11)Marquette (23–8)23.
24.IndianaIndiana (0–0)Michigan (2–2)Illinois (3–0)Maryland (3–3)Virginia Tech (3–1)Maryland (5–3)Clemson (9–0)Stanford (8–2)Stanford (8–4)Georgia (11–4)Stanford (11–6)Stanford (13–5)Iowa State (17–5)Iowa State (18–6)Stanford (17–7)Stanford (17–8)North Carolina (20–10)North Carolina (21–11)24.
25.ArizonaPurdue (0–0)Tulane (0–1)Santa Clara (4–1)UCLA (3–3)Maryland (4–3)Louisville (7–4)Penn State (9–0)Purdue (11–2)Illinois (11–5)Stanford (10–4)Georgia Tech (13–8)Louisville (16–6)Michigan (15–8)Louisville (18–7)Boston College (16–8)Marquette (20–6)Stanford (19–8)New Mexico (28–5)25.
Preseason
 [4]
Week 2
Nov. 20[4]
Week 3
Nov. 27[4]
Week 4
Dec. 4[4]
Week 5
Dec. 11[4]
Week 6
Dec. 18[4]
Week 7
Dec. 26[4]
Week 8
Jan. 2[4]
Week 9
Jan. 8[4]
Week 10
Jan. 15[4]
Week 11
Jan. 22[4]
Week 12
Jan. 29[4]
Week 13
Feb. 5[12]
Week 14
Feb. 12[12]
Week 15
Feb. 19[12]
Week 16
Feb. 26[12]
Week 17
Mar. 5[12]
Week 18
Mar. 12[12]
Final
Apr. 2[12]
Dropped:
  • Arkansas
Dropped:
  • Indiana
  • Purdue
Dropped:
  • UCLA
  • Tulane
Dropped:
  • Stanford
Dropped:
  • Santa Clara
  • UCLA
NoneDropped:
  • Georgia Tech
  • Louisville
  • Maryland
Dropped:
  • Virginia
  • Missouri
Dropped:
  • Duke
Dropped:
  • Mississippi State
  • Illinois
Dropped:
  • Georgia
Dropped:
  • Clemson
  • Georgia Tech
Dropped:
  • Auburn
Dropped:
  • Michigan
Dropped:
  • Eastern Michigan
Dropped:
  • Boston College
Dropped:
  • Wisconsin-Green Bay
Dropped:
  • Memphis (22–8)
  • Penn State (21–8)
  • Stanford (19–8)

References

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  2. ^ "November 20, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "November 27, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1042. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  5. ^ "December 4, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "December 11, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "December 18, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "December 25, 1995 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "January 1, 1996 AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "1996 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved April 18, 2012.
  11. ^ "1995-96 Season Summary".
  12. ^ a b c d e f g ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. Random House. 2009. p. 1043. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.