Going South in Alaska: Anchorage Gives Cold Shoulder to DI Teams

More than 45 NCAA Division I schools have lost to DII Alaska-Anchorage after the Seawolves upended UC Irvine early this season, 77-63. Over the years, Alaska-Anchorage upended the following current/future members from top six power conferences - Auburn, California, Houston, Miami, Michigan, Missouri, Notre Dame, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, TCU, Texas Tech, Wake Forest and Washington.

Michigan's 1989 NCAA Tournament champion lost on a neutral court (Utah) to Anchorage, 70-66, during the Wolverines' pre-Big Ten Conference competition slate. The Seawolves dropped six of their last 12 games that season against Chaminade, Metro State (twice), Eastern Montana, Puget Sound and Alaska-Fairbanks to finish with a 21-9 record before Michigan earned an NCAA crown maneuvering through the DI playoffs under interim coach Steve Fisher.

UAA defeated at least one major university 10 consecutive campaigns from 1985-86 through 1994-95. CollegeHoopedia.com has assembled "one-of-a-kind" details on the striking number of "David vs. Goliath" small-college victories over major universities.