Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll

Taken after NCAA Tournament.

Voted on by a panel of 32 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked.

				Before NCAAs
		W-L	Pts	W-L	Rank
1	Kentucky (32)	34-2	800	28-2	2
2	UMass	35-2	760	31-1	1
3	Syracuse	29-9	721	24-8	14
4	Mississippi St.	26-8	658	22-7	20
5	Kansas	29-5	639	26-4	8
6	Cincinnati	28-5	610	25-4	6
7	Georgetown	29-8	606	26-7	5
8	UConn	32-3	601	30-2	3
9	Wake Forest	26-6	563	23-5	9
10	Texas Tech	30-2	478	28-1	7
11	Arizona	26-7	475	24-6	11
12	Utah	27-7	415	25-6	10
13	Georgia Tech	24-12	391	22-11	15
14	Louisville	22-12	323	20-11	23
15	Purdue	26-6	311	25-5	4
16	Georgia	21-10	299	19-9	NR
17	Villanova	26-7	269	25-6	12
18	Arkansas	20-13	172	18-12	NR
19	UCLA	23-8	155	23-7	13
20	Iowa St.	24-9	149	23-8	16
21	Virginia Tech	23-6	127	22-5	21
22	Iowa	23-9	120	22-8	19
23	Marquette	23-8	107	22-7	22
24	North Carolina	21-11	102	20-10	24
25	New Mexico	28-5	93	27-4	NR

Others receiving votes: 26. Penn St. (21–7, 71 pts); 27. Stanford (20–9, 70); 28. Memphis (22–8, 68); 29. E. Michigan (23–6, 59); 30. Texas (21–10, 52); 31. Nebraska (won NIT, 21–14, 25); 32. Boston College (19–11, 24); 33. Temple (20–13, 12); 34. George Washington (21–8, 10); 35. St. Joseph's-PA (runner-up NIT, 19–13, 10); 36. Arkansas-LR (21–7, 9); 37. New Orleans (21–9, 8) and Santa Clara (20–9, 8); 39. Drexel (26–4, 6) and Tulane (22–10, 6); 41. Duke (18–13, 4) and Michigan (20–12, 4); 43. College of Charleston (23–4, 3) and Princeton (21–7, 3); 45. Davidson (22–5, 2) and Wisc.-Green Bay (24–4, 2).

NCAA Men's Championship Game

1995-1996 Season

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