Nobody expected it to happen this fast, and it certainly took some fortuitous timing, but for the first time in almost seven years, and only the third time ever, Louisville basketball is ranked as the top team in the AP Top 25 Poll.
Louisville has gotten off to as smooth of a start as anyone could have expected in 2019, winning their first seven games by an average of 20.4 points. However, according to the calculations of Ken Pomeroy of kenpom.com, the Cards have faced the 304th-toughest schedule in the country to date with only two of their games coming against teams ranked among the top 100.