The Final USA Today/CNN Coaches Poll for College Basketball's 1995-1996 Season
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
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).
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