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The rest of the nation’s best teams, from the Arizona Wildcats and the Baylor Bears to the Duke Blue Devils and the Tennessee Volunteers, have seen even bigger changes to their poll positions over the past four months. Take, for example, Antonio Reeves, Reed Sheppard and Kentucky’s up-and-down journey from 16th before the year to No. 6 by midseason, and then outside the top 20 recently after multiple losses against unranked opponents.
With all of this chaos, there’s a case to be made that this has been the most unpredictable season for top teams over the past 15 years — and it could translate to even more volatility in March.
In terms of overall record, teams ranked among the AP Top 25 at the time of a game are 505-198 this season through Thursday, according to Sportradar data. That 71.8% winning percentage is the third lowest in any regular season since at least 2009-10, ahead of only last season (70.5%) and 2020-21 (69.7%). Before this season, the usual win rate for Top 25 schools was 74.4%.
A similar trend holds for teams specifically ranked among the top 10. Their collective 205-74 record this season through Thursday (73.5% winning percentage) is far below the pre-2024 norm for the nation’s best teams (78.8%), checking in ahead of just 2020-21 (72.4%) among the worst showings by the top 10 in a single season since 2009-10.
