When the calendar turned from 2024 to 2025, none of the teams that ultimately played in the national championship game were ranked in the top five of the AP Top 25 poll. Florida started the new year at number 6, and Houston started the new year at number 14. That they were among the final […]
For the first time in a few weeks, there was movement among the top-ranked teams in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Arizona and Michigan remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but Duke then fell away suffered its first loss of the season against Texas Tech. The Blue Devils fell three spots to […]
Getty Images Purdue, which opened the year at the top of the rankings, is back in the top five of this week’s Coaches Poll after a win against Auburn. The Boilermakers landed at No. 5, behind No. 3 Iowa State and No. 4 UConn, to round out the three programs that moved up in the […]
NEWARK, NJ – How do you come within one shot of winning a national title, bringing back three key members of that team, starting 10-1 and still hovering around the edge of the national radar? There’s only one way: you are the perpetually under-discussed Houston Cougars. I’m not saying it’s right, I’m just saying it […]
The last big Saturday of non-conference action is just around the corner, and it offers one last chance for several major teams to make a statement before the league kicks off again after Christmas. Among them are four branded programs that will be featured in the CBS Sports Classic. First up is tip-off at 12:30 […]
NEW YORK – In the past 35 years, only two reigning national champions have started a season by losing four of their first nine games. This year’s Florida Gators are one of two. The other was 2014-15 UConn, which finished 20-15 and missed the NCAA Tournament under then-coach Kevin Ollie. However, that won’t be the […]
The 18th-ranked Florida Gators will take on the fifth-ranked Connecticut Huskies on Tuesday night in a 2025 Jimmy V Classic matchup. Florida is coming off a 67-66 loss at Duke on Dec. 2, while UConn cruised to an 83-59 victory over East Texas A&M on Friday. The Gators (5-3), who are 0-2 against ranked opponents, […]
CBS Sports graphic Another week in college basketball presents voters in the Associated Press Top 25 college basketball rankings with a new dilemma over which team deserves the No. 1 seed. And after No. 1 Purdue’s 81-58 home loss to No. 10 Iowa State this weekend, the list of worthy contenders to replace the Boilermakers […]
If the nickname is for the NCAA Tournament March madnessthen tonight’s college basketball schedule is December Delirium. College basketball’s bluebloods collide Tuesday night in three scintillating ranked versus ranked matchups: No. 15 Florida at No. 4 Duke, No. 5 UConn at No. 21 Kansas and No. 16 North Carolina at No. 18 Kentucky. These six […]
The fourth AP Top 25 Poll of the 2025-2026 season was released Monday, and despite efforts by Arizona and Michigan, Purdue remains the No. 1 team in the country. The Boilermakers have been at the top of the poll for the past three weeks, with the lone exception when Houston defeated Purdue in the first […]