1955-56 NCAA Men's Basketball AP Poll

Name the teams that cracked the AP Top 20 during the 1955-56 men's college basketball season

The final poll was released on March 13, prior to the 1956 NCAA tournament

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Week 1 (12/6)
1	San Francisco	2	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Kentucky	1	0	SEC
3	NC State	2	0	ACC
4	Iowa	1	0	Big Ten
5	Utah	1	0	Mountain States
6	Alabama	2	0	SEC
7	Dayton	2	0	Independent
8	Illinois	0	0	Big Ten
9	Duquesne	1	0	Independent
10	BYU	2	0	Mountain States
11	Holy Cross	1	0	Independent
12	Oklahoma City	2	0	Independent
13	George Washington	1	0	SoCon
14	Marquette	1	0	Independent
14	West Virginia	1	0	SoCon
16	Ohio State	1	1	Big Ten
16	UCLA	0	2	Pacific Coast
18	La Salle	1	1	Independent
19	Stanford	2	0	Pacific Coast
20	Minnesota	1	0	Big Ten

Week 2 (12/13)
1	San Francisco	3	0	California BB Assoc.
2	NC State	4	0	ACC
3	Utah	3	0	Mountain States
4	Iowa	2	0	Big Ten
5	Alabama	4	0	SEC
6	Duquesne	3	0	Independent
7	Dayton	4	0	Independent
8	BYU	4	0	Mountain States
9	Vanderbilt	4	0	SEC
10	Holy Cross	3	0	Independent
11	Temple	3	0	Independent
12	Kentucky	1	1	SEC
13	George Washington	3	0	SoCon
14	Cincinnati	3	0	Independent
15	West Virginia	3	0	SoCon
16	North Carolina	3	0	ACC
17	Saint Louis	3	0	Missouri Valley
18	Kansas	3	0	Big Seven
19	Indiana	2	0	Big Ten
20	Oklahoma City	2	0	Independent

Week 3 (12/20)
1	San Francisco	5	0	California BB Assoc.
2	NC State	7	0	ACC
3	Utah	5	0	Mountain States
4	Dayton	6	0	Independent
5	BYU	6	0	Mountain States
6	North Carolina	6	0	ACC
7	Holy Cross	5	0	Independent
8	Vanderbilt	4	0	SEC
9	Kentucky	4	1	SEC
10	Iowa	3	1	Big Ten
11	George Washington	6	0	SoCon
12	Temple	5	0	Independent
13	Marquette	5	1	Independent
14	Duke	5	0	ACC
15	Oklahoma City	4	0	Independent
16	Alabama	4	2	SEC
17	Illinois	3	1	Big Ten
18	Indiana	3	1	Big Ten
18	Memphis State	5	0	Independent
20	Duquesne	4	2	Independent

Week 4 (12/27)
1	San Francisco	7	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	8	0	Independent
3	NC State	8	0	ACC
4	North Carolina	5	0	ACC
5	Vanderbilt	6	1	SEC
6	Iowa	3	1	Big Ten
7	Utah	5	2	Mountain States
8	Duke	6	0	ACC
9	Illinois	5	1	Big Ten
10	Oklahoma City	6	0	Independent
11	Louisville	7	0	Independent
12	George Washington	6	1	SoCon
13	Kentucky	5	2	SEC
14	Holy Cross	5	1	Independent
15	Ohio State	6	1	Big Ten
16	Michigan State	4	0	Big Ten
17	Rice	8	0	Southwest
17	Temple	5	0	Independent
19	Alabama	5	2	SEC
20	BYU	6	2	Mountain States

Week 5 (1/3)
1	San Francisco	10	0	California BB Assoc.
2	NC State	11	0	ACC
3	Dayton	9	0	Independent
4	Vanderbilt	7	1	SEC
5	North Carolina	7	1	ACC
6	Kentucky	6	2	SEC
7	George Washington	8	1	SoCon
8	Iowa State	8	1	Big Seven
9	Illinois	6	1	Big Ten
10	Ohio State	7	1	Big Ten
11	Duke	8	1	ACC
12	Memphis State	7	0	Independent
13	Indiana	6	1	Big Ten
14	Holy Cross	7	2	Independent
15	Tulsa	10	1	Missouri Valley
16	Temple	6	0	Independent
17	Alabama	6	3	SEC
18	Rice	9	1	Southwest
19	West Virginia	7	2	SoCon
20	Cincinnati	7	2	Independent
20	Michigan State	5	1	Big Ten

Week 6 (1/10)
1	San Francisco	11	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	11	0	Independent
3	NC State	11	1	ACC
4	Vanderbilt	8	2	SEC
5	Kentucky	7	2	SEC
6	Duke	9	2	ACC
7	Ohio State	8	1	Big Ten
8	Illinois	7	1	Big Ten
9	North Carolina	8	2	ACC
10	Temple	8	0	Independent
11	Holy Cross	9	2	Independent
12	Indiana	8	1	Big Ten
13	Louisville	10	1	Independent
14	George Washington	9	3	SoCon
15	Iowa State	8	2	Big Seven
16	Oklahoma City	9	1	Independent
17	Memphis State	9	1	Independent
18	Wake Forest	8	5	ACC
19	Alabama	7	3	SEC
20	Cincinnati	8	2	Independent
20	Utah	8	3	Mountain States

Week 7 (1/17)
1	San Francisco	13	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	12	0	Independent
3	NC State	12	1	ACC
4	Kentucky	9	2	SEC
5	Vanderbilt	12	1	SEC
6	Illinois	10	1	Big Ten
7	Duke	12	2	ACC
8	Temple	10	0	Independent
9	North Carolina	12	2	ACC
10	Louisville	13	1	Independent
11	Ohio State	9	2	Big Ten
12	Holy Cross	11	2	Independent
13	Alabama	9	3	SEC
14	Oklahoma City	10	2	Independent
15	Memphis State	11	1	Independent
16	Utah	11	3	Mountain States
17	Saint Louis	10	2	Missouri Valley
18	UCLA	8	5	Pacific Coast
19	SMU	13	2	Southwest
20	Iowa	5	5	Big Ten
20	Oklahoma A&M	11	3	Missouri Valley

Week 8 (1/24)
1	San Francisco	13	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	14	0	Independent
3	Kentucky	10	2	SEC
4	NC State	13	2	ACC
5	Illinois	10	1	Big Ten
6	Temple	11	0	Independent
7	Vanderbilt	13	1	SEC
8	North Carolina	13	2	ACC
9	Louisville	15	1	Independent
10	Duke	12	2	ACC
11	Holy Cross	13	2	Independent
12	Alabama	10	3	SEC
13	Iowa	6	5	Big Ten
14	Cincinnati	12	3	Independent
15	St. Francis Brooklyn	11	0	Metro New York
16	Oklahoma City	12	4	Independent
17	Saint Louis	11	2	Missouri Valley
18	SMU	13	2	Southwest
19	Memphis State	12	2	Independent
20	Oklahoma A&M	11	2	Missouri Valley

Week 9 (1/31)
1	San Francisco	14	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	14	1	Independent
3	Vanderbilt	14	1	SEC
4	NC State	14	2	ACC
5	Louisville	16	1	Independent
6	Illinois	11	1	Big Ten
7	Temple	13	0	Independent
8	Kentucky	10	3	SEC
9	North Carolina	13	2	ACC
10	Duke	12	2	ACC
11	Saint Louis	12	2	Missouri Valley
12	Alabama	11	3	SEC
13	St. Francis Brooklyn	13	0	Metro New York
14	Holy Cross	13	2	Independent
15	Oklahoma City	13	4	Independent
16	Memphis State	13	2	Independent
17	SMU	14	2	Southwest
18	Marshall	13	2	MAC
19	Iowa	7	5	Big Ten
20	UCLA	9	5	Pacific Coast

Week 10 (2/7)
1	San Francisco	15	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	16	1	Independent
3	Vanderbilt	15	1	SEC
4	NC State	16	2	ACC
5	Louisville	18	1	Independent
6	Illinois	12	1	Big Ten
7	Kentucky	13	3	SEC
8	Duke	13	3	ACC
9	Temple	14	1	Independent
10	Alabama	12	3	SEC
11	Saint Louis	14	2	Missouri Valley
12	North Carolina	13	3	ACC
13	Holy Cross	16	2	Independent
14	Oklahoma City	15	4	Independent
15	SMU	16	2	Southwest
16	St. Francis Brooklyn	15	0	Metro New York
17	Iowa	8	5	Big Ten
18	UCLA	11	5	Pacific Coast
19	George Washington	12	4	SoCon
20	Cincinnati	13	3	Independent

Week 11 (2/14)
1	San Francisco	18	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Dayton	18	1	Independent
3	Illinois	14	1	Big Ten
4	Louisville	19	2	Independent
5	NC State	18	2	ACC
6	Vanderbilt	16	2	SEC
7	Kentucky	15	3	SEC
8	Alabama	14	3	SEC
9	Temple	17	1	Independent
10	North Carolina	15	3	ACC
11	Duke	15	4	ACC
12	SMU	17	2	Southwest
13	St. Francis Brooklyn	16	0	Metro New York
14	Oklahoma City	16	4	Independent
15	Iowa	10	5	Big Ten
16	Holy Cross	17	3	Independent
17	Saint Louis	14	4	Missouri Valley
18	Houston	17	3	Missouri Valley
19	Memphis State	17	3	Independent
20	UCLA	13	5	Pacific Coast

Week 12 (2/21)
1	San Francisco	20	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Illinois	16	1	Big Ten
3	Louisville	21	2	Independent
4	Dayton	20	2	Independent
5	Vanderbilt	18	2	SEC
6	NC State	19	3	ACC
7	Alabama	16	3	SEC
8	Kentucky	16	4	SEC
9	North Carolina	16	3	ACC
10	Temple	19	1	Independent
11	Duke	16	5	ACC
12	SMU	19	2	Southwest
13	Iowa	12	5	Big Ten
14	Houston	18	3	Missouri Valley
15	UCLA	15	5	Pacific Coast
16	St. Francis Brooklyn	18	1	Metro New York
17	Holy Cross	19	4	Independent
18	Oklahoma City	16	5	Independent
19	George Washington	17	5	SoCon
20	Iowa State	16	3	Big Seven

Week 13 (2/28)
1	San Francisco	21	0	California BB Assoc.
2	Illinois	17	2	Big Ten
3	Dayton	22	2	Independent
4	Alabama	18	3	SEC
5	NC State	21	3	ACC
6	Louisville	22	3	Independent
7	Vanderbilt	19	3	SEC
8	North Carolina	17	4	ACC
9	SMU	21	2	Southwest
10	Iowa	14	5	Big Ten
11	Duke	18	6	ACC
12	Kentucky	17	5	SEC
13	UCLA	17	5	Pacific Coast
14	Temple	20	3	Independent
15	Holy Cross	21	4	Independent
16	Oklahoma City	17	6	Independent
17	Kansas State	15	6	Big Seven
18	Houston	19	4	Missouri Valley
19	Saint Louis	17	5	Missouri Valley
20	Wake Forest	17	8	ACC

Week 14 (3/6)
1	San Francisco	24	0	California BB Assoc.
2	NC State	24	3	ACC
3	Dayton	23	3	Independent
4	Alabama	20	3	SEC
5	Iowa	16	5	Big Ten
6	Louisville	26	3	Independent
7	Illinois	18	3	Big Ten
8	SMU	22	2	Southwest
9	Kentucky	19	5	SEC
10	UCLA	19	5	Pacific Coast
11	Vanderbilt	19	4	SEC
12	Holy Cross	22	4	Independent
13	Temple	21	3	Independent
14	West Virginia	21	8	SoCon
15	North Carolina	18	5	ACC
16	Oklahoma City	18	6	Independent
17	Houston	19	5	Missouri Valley
18	Wake Forest	19	9	ACC
19	Duke	19	7	ACC
20	Utah	21	5	Mountain States

Final Poll
1	San Francisco	25	0	California BB Assoc.
2	NC State	24	3	ACC
3	Dayton	23	3	Independent
4	Iowa	17	5	Big Ten
5	Alabama	21	3	SEC
6	Louisville	26	3	Independent
7	SMU	22	2	Southwest
8	UCLA	19	5	Pacific Coast
9	Kentucky	19	5	SEC
10	Illinois	18	4	Big Ten
11	Oklahoma City	18	6	Independent
12	Vanderbilt	19	4	SEC
13	North Carolina	18	5	ACC
14	Holy Cross	22	4	Independent
15	Temple	23	3	Independent
16	Wake Forest	19	9	ACC
17	Duke	19	7	ACC
18	Utah	21	5	Mountain States
19	Oklahoma A&M	18	8	Missouri Valley
20	West Virginia	21	8	SoCon

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