Showing posts with label undefeated regular season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label undefeated regular season. Show all posts

Thursday, March 12, 2015

2015 UK and 2014 Wichita State are only 31-0 regular season teams in history

The top regular season win totals in UK history:
1) 31-0 (2015)
2) 30-1 (2012)
3) 29-2 (2010)
4) 27-2 (1948)
4) 27-4 (1997)
6) 26-1 (1996)
6) 26-3 (2003)
6) 26-3 (1986)
9) 25-0 (1954)
9) 25-1 (1949)
9) 25-1 (1970)
9) 25-2 (1978)


They aren't the first in NCAA Division I history to accomplish the 31-0 regular season mark, however.  That would be Wichita State, last year, which went 31-0 and finished 35-1 after falling to our Wildcats in the second round.

Examples I've found of 30+ win regular seasons:
1987 UNLV (30-1)
1998 Kansas (30-3)
2008 Memphis (30-1) (now vacated)
2014 Wichita State (31-0)

Most teams in the past played fewer regular season games.  So even the following teams that went undefeated didn't reach 31-0.

29-0 teams: 1975 Indiana, 1979 Indiana State
28-0 teams: 1968 Houston, 1976 Rutgers
27-0 teams: 1979 Alcorn State, 1991 UNLV, 2004 St. Joseph's

I will add to these lists as I research this further.  You'd be surprised by how inconsistent/inaccurate various sources can be.