This week should be UK's 92nd appearance at #1 in the AP poll. That total trails UCLA (134), Duke (122) and UNC (108). So to those who say "I don't want to be #1 until April," I understand the sentiment but it'd be nice to catch up somewhat in this statistic. Also, fear not: UK has a solid 152-25 record all-time at #1, which is an 85.9% winning rate.
Obviously being #1 makes us even more of a target. The teams who've knocked us off our perch most often:
Vandy (4 times)
St. Louis (3)
Georgia Tech (3)
Indiana (2)
Mississippi State (2)
Title seasons during which UK was ranked #1: 1949, 1951, 1978, 1996 (but not in '48, '58 or '98)
By my count this is the 9th different season during which UK lost and then regained the #1 ranking. Three of the previous times, the ranking was lost without an actual loss on the court...pollsters just got tired of the Cats, I suppose. And three of the previous eight occurrences were during title years - '51, '78, and '96.
This is the 18th season and 24th different calendar year with UK rated as #1.
Thanks again to Jon Scott's site (http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/statistics.html) as one of the main resources for questions like this. I also consulted collegepollarchive.com for this post.
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