Michigan, Washington and AP Poll
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Lane Kiffin and Co. suffer the program's first loss of the season, chaotic Week 8 slate set to shakeup the poll.
In every college basketball season since 2012, at least one team that began the season ranked in the AP Top 25 has failed to reach the NCAA Tournament. In the past three years alone, there were 13 teams ranked in the preseason that didn't reach March Madness.
Michigan and Michigan State both landed in Monday’s preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll. The Wolverines were ranked seventh; the Spartans were at No. 22. The regular season begins on Nov. 3, with both teams in action that night.