Nov. 14-16, 2025
As usual, just a short weekend here, so I'll only cover the teams that actually played, as there were only 6 games.
UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 1-1, 0-0 American.
11/14/25- Coaches vs. Cancer Classic First Round vs. (9) UC Irvine (W 82-77).
11/16/25- Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Quarterfinal vs. (1) #7 Virginia (L 82-75).
Not a terrible effort in this tournament for the Huskies, as they gave Virginia all they could handle. Still need to be winning those kind of games though.
FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 0-1, 0-0 Conference USA.
11/14/25- Hall of Fame Classic First Round vs. (5) #16 Arkansas (L 66-64).
Tough one for the Golden Panthers here. They fought hard and hung tough, but just couldn't quite get the win.
Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 1-1, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/14/25- Los Angeles Classic First Round vs. (4) St. Francis-NY (W 79-71).
11/15/25- Los Angeles Classic Championship vs. (2) Bucknell (L 81-76, OT).
The Cougars really needed to win this tournament, but there is no shame in losing to Bucknell who is always a pretty solid team. Still though, if they can't beat those kind of teams, it's going to be hard for them to compete in the P12.
Arkansas Pine Bluff (B.B. Gunn) -- 1-0, 0-0 SWAC.
11/15/25- Rainbow Classic First Round vs. (2) East Tennessee State (W 84-65).
A great win for the Golden Lions here, coming in as the lower seed. They'll play for the tournament championship next week before they start on a grueling non-conference schedule. One thing about Coach Gunn, he schedules tough. (Well, ok, the AI does, but still, no favors).
Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the first full week of the season, Nov. 17-23:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Oklahoma (48) 1-0 1761 1 Big 12 Conference
2. Villanova (10) 1-0 1670 3 Big East Conference
3. Arizona (5) 0-0 1655 2 Pacific-12 Conference
4. Virginia (6) 2-0 1553 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. VCU (2) 0-0 1546 4 Southeastern Conference
6. Florida State (1) 1-0 1436 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Wisconsin 1-0 1377 8 Big Ten Conference
8. Providence 0-0 1303 6 Big East Conference
9. Vanderbilt 0-0 1225 10 Southeastern Conference
10. Louisville 1-0 1114 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. San Diego State 0-0 1074 11 Mountain West Conference
12. Baylor 0-0 965 13 Big 12 Conference
13. Arkansas 1-0 837 16 Southeastern Conference
14. Syracuse 0-0 747 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. St. John's 0-0 586 17 Big East Conference
16. Georgetown 0-0 561 18 Big East Conference
17. Minnesota 0-0 413 19 Big Ten Conference
18. Davidson 1-0 408 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. California 0-0 401 20 Pacific-12 Conference
20. Tennessee 0-0 329 21 Southeastern Conference
21. Butler 1-0 293 NR Big East Conference
22. Wichita State 0-0 278 22 Missouri Valley Conference
23. Memphis 1-0 223 NR American Athletic Conference
24. Texas A&M 0-0 223 23 Southeastern Conference
25. Gonzaga 1-1 125 9 Pacific-12 Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Alabama 0-0 96 Southeastern Conference
LSU 0-0 77 Southeastern Conference
Fresno State 2-0 62 Mountain West Conference
Northwestern 0-0 60 Big Ten Conference
Ohio State 0-0 57 Big Ten Conference
North Carolina 0-0 52 Atlantic Coast Conference
North Carolina State 0-0 51 Atlantic Coast Conference
BYU 2-0 48 West Coast Conference
Richmond 2-0 40 Atlantic 10 Conference
Delaware 2-0 36 Colonial Athletic Association
St. Bonaventure 0-0 31 Atlantic 10 Conference
La Salle 1-0 30 Atlantic 10 Conference
West Virginia 1-0 30 Big 12 Conference
Illinois State 1-0 28 Missouri Valley Conference
DePaul 1-0 27 Big East Conference
UCLA 0-0 26 Pacific-12 Conference
Kent State 0-0 24 Mid-American Conference
Auburn 2-0 23 Southeastern Conference
Columbia 1-0 22 Ivy League
Texas 0-0 21 Big 12 Conference
Bucknell 2-0 20 Patriot League
Stanford 0-0 20 Pacific-12 Conference
Washington 0-0 20 Pacific-12 Conference
Loyola Chicago 1-0 18 Missouri Valley Conference
Saint Joseph's 0-0 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mississippi 0-0 16 Southeastern Conference
Buffalo 0-0 15 Mid-American Conference
Florida 0-0 15 Southeastern Conference
Boise State 1-0 14 Mountain West Conference
Eastern Michigan 1-0 14 Mid-American Conference
Eastern Washington 0-0 13 Big Sky Conference
Illinois 0-0 13 Big Ten Conference
Oregon 0-0 13 Pacific-12 Conference
Penn State 0-0 13 Big Ten Conference
Iowa 1-0 12 Big Ten Conference
Kentucky 1-0 12 Southeastern Conference
Michigan State 0-0 12 Big Ten Conference
Kansas 1-0 11 Big 12 Conference
Florida Atlantic 2-0 10 Conference USA
Green Bay 1-0 10 Horizon League
Hawaii 2-0 10 Big West Conference
Northern Illinois 0-0 10 Mid-American Conference
Canisius 1-0 9 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Massachusetts 0-0 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
Miami 0-0 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
Western Michigan 0-0 9 Mid-American Conference
Marquette 0-0 8 Big East Conference
Oakland 0-0 8 Mid-American Conference
Oklahoma State 0-0 8 Big 12 Conference
Bradley 0-0 7 Missouri Valley Conference
Fordham 0-0 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Michigan 0-0 7 Big Ten Conference
Pepperdine 0-0 7 West Coast Conference
Tulsa 0-0 7 American Athletic Conference
Southern Illinois 0-0 6 Missouri Valley Conference
Colorado 0-0 5 Pacific-12 Conference
South Florida 0-0 5 American Athletic Conference
Detroit 0-0 4 Horizon League
Illinois Chicago 0-0 4 Horizon League
Oral Roberts 0-0 4 Summit League
Eastern Illinois 0-0 3 Ohio Valley Conference
Stony Brook 1-0 3 America East Conference
USC 1-0 3 West Coast Conference
Louisiana Tech 0-0 2 Conference USA
New Mexico 0-0 2 Mountain West Conference
Portland 0-0 2 West Coast Conference
SIU Edwardsville 0-0 2 Ohio Valley Conference
Louisiana Monroe 2-0 1 Atlantic Sun Conference
Rutgers 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference
San Francisco 1-0 1 West Coast Conference
Texas Tech 1-0 1 Big 12 Conference
USC Upstate 2-0 1 Atlantic Sun Conference
Utah State 0-0 1 Mountain West Conference
Western Illinois 0-0 1 Southland Conference
It slays me that Stanford and UCLA aren't in the top 25, especially with their consistent success.