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What’s Behind All the Chaos in College Basketball This Year?

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If you like predictability, the 2019-20 men’s college basketball season isn’t for you.

Six weeks in, there have already been four different AP No. 1 teams in the country, with a fifth coming on Monday. It’s the first time ever that four No. 1 teams have lost before January, and we’ve still got nearly three weeks to go in December.

We’ve seen Duke lose to Stephen F. Austin and Kentucky to Evansville—both at home. As of Dec. 12, only five teams out of 353 are still undefeated. Preseason No. 1 Michigan State already has three losses.