Early madness: Top 6 teams lose on same day for 1st time

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The madness arrived early this year.

An unpredictable college basketball season took an unprecedented turn Saturday, when the top six and seven of the top 10 teams lost.

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Gonzaga, Arizona, Auburn, Purdue, Kansas and Kentucky all went down, marking the first time in AP poll era (1948–49) that the top six teams lost on the same day. No. 9 Texas Tech also lost, setting another record for most top-10 teams losing in one day.

Only No. 7 Duke and No. 10 Baylor won, the Bears over the fifth-ranked Jayhawks. No. 8 Villanova avoided the carnage by default — the Wildcats don't play again until Tuesday.

And while the upper echelon was being taken down, the other 10 teams in the AP Top 25 that played Saturday won.

"In all my years I have never ever seen a day in hoops like today," tweeted ESPN analyst Dick Vitale, who is off the airwaves while undergoing cancer treatment.

The pandemonium shouldn't have been much of a surprise the way this college basketball season has gone so far.

Gonzaga has had three stints at No. 1 totaling six weeks, including the past two. Baylor spent five weeks at No. 1, Auburn had a three-week run and Duke made a brief top-ranked appearance.

And that's just the top line. The AP Top 25 has been a jumble all season, with teams trading places like short track NASCAR racing.

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI - JANUARY 25: Head coach Bruce Pearl of the Auburn Tigers directs his team against the Missouri Tigers in the second half at Mizzou Arena on January 25, 2022 in Columbia, Missouri. (Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images)

Poll voters will have to make some tough choices to make on Monday. Same for the