AP Poll College Basketball Rankings: 1956 Final Top 20
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1 San Francisco
2 NC State
3 Dayton
4 Iowa
5 Alabama
6 Louisville
7 SMU
8 UCLA
9 Kentucky
10 Illinois
11 Oklahoma City
12 Vanderbilt
13 North Carolina
14 Holy Cross
15 Temple
16 Wake Forest
17 Duke
18 Utah
19 Oklahoma State (A&M)
20 West Virginia
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