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NCAA Basketball: Virginia, Michigan lead top one-loss teams in 2018-19

By Drew Dinnhaupt

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - DECEMBER 09: Kyle Guy #5 and Ty Jerome #11 hug beside Braxton Key #2 of the Virginia Cavaliers at the end of a game against the VCU Rams at John Paul Jones Arena on December 9, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - DECEMBER 09: Kyle Guy #5 and Ty Jerome #11 hug beside Braxton Key #2 of the Virginia Cavaliers at the end of a game against the VCU Rams at John Paul Jones Arena on December 9, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images) /
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ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 06: Jordan Poole #2 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a second half basket with Charles Matthews #1 while playing the Indiana Hoosiers at Crisler Arena on January 06, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 74-63. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – JANUARY 06: Jordan Poole #2 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a second half basket with Charles Matthews #1 while playing the Indiana Hoosiers at Crisler Arena on January 06, 2019 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan won the game 74-63. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

No. 2 Michigan and No. 4 Virginia, college basketball’s last two undefeated teams, lost on Saturday. Where do they rank among the one-loss NCAA Basketball teams in the country?

Before the new year of the 2017-18 college basketball season, every team had suffered at least one loss. It took nearly three weeks longer for the remaining undefeated teams to fall for the first time this season.

No. 4 Virginia was this year’s final unbeaten team; No. 2 Michigan had suffered its first loss just hours earlier. The former lost to No. 1 Duke on the road in a contest that was competitive for all 40 minutes. The Cavaliers were fresh off their win over No. 9 Virginia Tech earlier in the week.

The Wolverines, meanwhile, fell to a struggling Wisconsin group in the Kohl Center. Freshman sensation Ignas Brazdeikis (15.6 points per game) was held scoreless while senior star Ethan Happ posted 26 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists.

Even with their losses, Michigan and Virginia both have strong cases for the No. 1 ranking in the country considering Duke lost to a rather disappointing Syracuse team in Durham. But, the top spot in college basketball may not be given to a one-loss team. No. 5 Gonzaga and No. 6 Michigan State, who both have two losses, may find themselves atop Monday’s AP poll.

Including Michigan and Virginia, six Division 1 teams have only one loss on the season. At this time last year, Villanova and Virginia were the only two schools with a one in the loss column.

How do these six teams stack up? Here are the top one-loss teams in the country, ranked:

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