The first regular-season college basketball poll did not look a whole lot different than The Associated Press preseason Top 25: A few teams swapped places, and the one that lost dropped out.
Pretty standard stuff when nearly every ranked squad goes undefeated through a first weekend typically filled with easy non-conference games.
But within the poll were a few subtle jabs at programs that didn’t quite live up to preseason expectations.
Top-ranked Kentucky (2-0) was one.
The Wildcats entered the season with plenty of hype, their talented roster filled with so many McDonald’s All-Americans that coach John Calipari is using a platoon system to ensure they all get equal playing time.