Kansas returns atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Dec. 10). Duke moved up a spot to No. 2. The No. 3 spot belongs to Tennessee after earning its biggest win in four years under coach Rick Barnes by defeating now-No. 4 Gonzaga 76-73 in Phoenix at the Colangelo Classic on Dec. 9. […]
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The top four on this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Dec. 3) — No. 1 Gonzaga, No. 2 Kansas, No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Virginia — remained unchanged from last week. The Michigan Wolverines (8-0, 1-0 Big Ten) have made a rapid rise to reach No. 5 after their latest impressive […]
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Two of the nation’s best, Alabama and Georgia, duel in the SEC championship game (Dec. 1 at 4:00 p.m. ET on CBS). This is a rematch of last season’s CFP National Championship, a 26-23 overtime win for the Alabama Crimson Tide. The Georgia Bulldogs seek their first win over the Tide since 2007. Ohio State […]
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An 89-87 win in the Maui Invitational championship game over previously-undefeated Duke on Thanksgiving Eve put Gonzaga atop this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll (released on Nov. 26). This is the university’s the third time at No. 1 in its history, following stints atop the poll in 2016-17, when they reached the national title […]
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The No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide (11-0, 7-0 SEC) wrap up their 2018 home schedule against the Auburn Tigers (7-4, 3-4) in the annual Iron Bowl (Nov. 24 at 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS). Alabama’s only loss last season came against Auburn, a 26-14 decision Nov. 25, 2017. The Tigers complete their season and await […]
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The Duke Blue Devils, behind star freshmen RJ Barrett, Zion Williamson and Cam Reddish, jumped from fourth to first on the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday, Nov. 12 in the first regular-season poll, leapfrogging Kansas at the top after a blowout 34-point win against then-No. 2 Kentucky in the Champions Classic to open […]
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Two of the nation’s top teams meet as undefeated Notre Dame (10-0) hosts Syracuse (8-2, 5-2 ACC) (Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. on NBC) at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York. Following an injury that caused him to sit out the 42-13 win over Florida State, Notre Dame quarterback Ian Book is expected to […]
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ABC televises the annual Bedlam game featuring Oklahoma State at Oklahoma (Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m.) and ESPN airs Washington State at Colorado (Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m.). Both the Oklahoma Sooners and the Washington Cougars will make their respective conference championship games if they win out and both are with striking distance of the […]
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The nation’s top team Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0, 5-0 SEC) heads into Death Valley for a match against the LSU Tigers (7-1, 4-1) (Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS). The Crimson Tide have won seven straight against the Tigers, a run that began with Alabama’s 21-0 shutout of LSU in the 2011 BCS […]