If the first month of the college basketball season was defined by anything, it was the inability of teams to hold onto the No. 1 ranking of the AP poll.
Michigan State started there in preseason ... then immediately lost to Kentucky to open the season. Kentucky assumed the top spot the next week ... then immediately lost to unranked Evansville. Duke took the spot simply by being the Champions Classic team that had not lost yet ... and kept the spot for a whole week ... then soon lost to Stephen F.