Tomorrow’s Top 25 Today projects college basketball rankings: Purdue back to No. 1?

CBS Sports Graphic Rarely does the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 poll lose its spot atop the rankings despite not losing, but that could happen for a second consecutive week entering Week 3 of the young season.  In fact, I’m predicting exactly that come Monday. In the latest Tomorrow’s Top 25 today,…

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College basketball rankings: UConn leaps BYU in Top 25 And 1 after big win

CBS Sports Graphic UConn began a five-game stretch this weekend in which four of the matchups are against currently ranked schools. Dan Hurley will know plenty about his team when it’s done, I’d assume. Either way, things got off to a nice start Saturday when the Huskies led BYU by as many as 20 points…

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UConn holds off BYU comeback: AJ Dybantsa can’t complete Cougars rally

Few teams — maybe no teams — scheduled as aggressively for the nonconference portion of their schedule this season like UConn.  After the turbulent, high-profile failure from last season — when the Huskies fell well short of being Final Four material, let alone winning a third straight national title — Dan Hurley leaned into the…

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Darryn Peterson injury: Could Kansas star, top NBA prospect, miss Duke showdown?

Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, will be out for the “immediate future” due to a hamstring injury, coach Bill Self told reporters after his team’s 76-57 win over Princeton on Saturday. Peterson has missed his team’s last two games due to the injury, and his…

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Where to watch UConn vs. BYU: TV channel, stream, odds, spread, prediction, pick

Two of the most efficient offenses and two of the sport’s best coaches will face off in a top-10 showdown Saturday night from Boston at TD Garden as No. 3 UConn and No. 7 BYU square off in what is shaping up to be the biggest game of the weekend in college basketball. The No….

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Top 25 And 1: Freshman David Mirkovic has Illinois off to a 4-0 start

CBS Sports graphic We’re not even two full weeks into this season and it’s already clear that the freshman class is historically great. Kansas‘ Darryn Peterson, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa and Duke’s Cameron Boozer are headlining things — in part because they were the consensus top three prospects in the Class of 2025, in part because…

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Duke basketball recruiting: Five-star recruit Cameron Williams commits to Blue Devils over Arizona, Texas

Duke and coach Jon Scheyer’s staff struck gold once again on the recruiting trail Friday afternoon in securing a verbal commitment from five-star forward Cameron Williams. Williams, the No. 4 overall player in the Class of 2026 and the No. 1-ranked power forward prospect, announced his commitment exclusively on CBS Sports HQ, choosing the Blue…

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Trey Kaufman-Renn leads Purdue past Alabama in Boilermakers’ first big test

I officially stopped trying to make sense of the Associated Press Top 25 poll years ago, right after I retired that old Poll Attacks column. Life’s too short and all that. But I still pay attention to it, obviously. And so, yeah, I noticed on Monday, when AP voters collectively dropped Purdue from No. 1 to No….

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College basketball power rankings: Purdue makes its case for No. 1 ahead of Arizona, Duke

CBS Sports graphic AP voters on Monday bumped preseason No. 1 Purdue down one spot to No. 2 in the first in-season rankings update — despite it opening the season 2-0 with double-digit wins, and doing so without star Trey Kaufman-Renn — and were instantly made to look fools for it. I believe they call…

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Use FanDuel promo code, get $150 bonus bets by betting Clemson-Louisville, Spurs-Warriors, Arizona-UCLA Friday

The San Antonio Spurs have the chance at revenge on Friday when they host the Golden State Warriors for the second time in three days, and with the latest FanDuel promo code, new users get $150 in bonus bets if your first $5 wager wins. Victor Wembanyama had a triple-double on Wednesday with 31 points, 15…

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