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We will start every week with a Field of 68 projection, followed by the daily College Hoops Summit. This week we have 19 new teams in the field from last week's final preseason projection.
Automatic qualifiers in multiple-bid conferences (noted with an *) have the best conference record or, in the event of a tie, best Bart Torvik T-Rank (noted in parentheses).
FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (11/10/25)
America East (1): Vermont (183)
American (2): *USF (66), Memphis (68)
ACC (5): *Duke (2), Louisville (7), North Carolina (21), NC State (33), Virginia Tech (72)
ASUN (1): Eastern Kentucky (139)
Atlantic 10 (2): *VCU (55), George Washington (57)
Big East (4): *UConn (9), Saint John’s (10), Creighton (23), Georgetown (64)
Big Sky (1): Portland State (147)
Big South (1): High Point (97)
Big Ten (11): *Illinois (3), Michigan (4), Purdue (8), UCLA (18), Ohio State (22), Michigan State (24), USC (25), Indiana (26), Wisconsin (29), Oregon (32), Iowa (34)
Big XII (8): *Houston (1), BYU (5), Arizona (12), Iowa State (16), Kansas (20), Texas Tech (27), Baylor (37), Oklahoma State (42)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (100)
Coastal (1): UNC-Wilmington (126)
Conference USA (1): Liberty (67)
Horizon (1): Oakland (174)
Ivy (1): Yale (90)
MAAC (1): Siena (142)
MAC (1): Akron (81)
MEAC (1): Norfolk State (282)
Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa (94)
Mountain West (2): *San Diego State (45), Utah State (59)
NEC (1): LIU (238)
OVC (1): Little Rock (138)
Patriot (1): Navy (200)
SEC (10): *Florida (6), Kentucky (11), Tennessee (13), Vanderbilt (15), Arkansas (17), Alabama (19), Missouri (30), Auburn (31), Mississippi State (38), Ole Miss (46)
SoCon (1): Furman (178)
Southland (1): McNeese (108)
SWAC (1): Southern U (166)
Summit (1): St. Thomas (143)
Sun Belt (1): Troy (119)
WCC (2): *Gonzaga (14), Saint Mary’s (44)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (127)
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Last 4 In: Oregon (32), Mississippi State (38), George Washington (57), Georgetown (64)
Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Navy (200), Vermont (203), LIU (238), Norfolk State (282)
First 4 Out: Virginia (35), Nebraska (41), SMU (56), San Francisco (65)
8 to Watch: Georgia (28), Oklahoma (39), Cincinnati (40), Clemson (48), Notre Dame (61), Colorado State (76), Saint Louis (79), North Texas (92)
Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (44), George Washington (57), Utah State (59), Memphis (68)
Multiple-Bid Conferences (9): Big Ten (11), SEC (10), Big XII (8), ACC (5), Big East (4), American (2), Atlantic 10 (2), Mountain West (2), WCC (2)
Movin’In (19): Indiana (26), Mississippi State (38), Oklahoma State (42), San Diego State (45), Ole Miss (46), George Washington (57), Georgetown (64), Virginia Tech (72), Akron (81), Northern Iowa (94), High Point (97), Troy (119), UNC-Wilmington (126), Little Rock (138), Eastern Kentucky (139), Portland State (147), Southern U (166), Oakland (174), Furman (178)
Droppin’ Out (19): Texas (36), Oklahoma (39), Nebraska (41), Boise State (47), SMU (56), Marquette (58), San Francisco (65), Illinois State (102), Miami-Ohio (109), Loyola-Chicago (120), Towson (132), James Madison (136), Southeast Missouri State (161), Idaho (170), Winthrop (182), East Tennessee State (201), Wright State (219), Jackson State (225), Queens (250)
Next Field of 68 Projection: Monday, November 17
COLLEGE HOOPS SUMMIT
St. Thomas in the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings
UST (1-1) remains at #143 heading into tonight's road test @ #183 Washington State (0-2). The Tommies currently are favored by 1.5.
Sunday Reach the Summit Results
Denver 75, Montana State 73: The Pioneers (1-2) pick up a nice road win in Bozeman behind 23 points and 7 rebounds from Jeremiah Burke. Carson Johnson and Logan Kinsey chipped in with 19 and 15 points, respectively.
Cal State Northridge 93, North Dakota 85: The Fighting Sioux (0-3) drop their second straight home game despite a 24-point, 4-rebound, 3-assist performance from Greyson Uelmen. Freshman Anthony Smith III continues his strong play off the bench with 15 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals.
Colorado State 97, Omaha 75: Tony Osburn (24 points, 4 steals, 6-of-12 from 3) and Lance Waddles (18 points, 4-of-9 from 3) paced the Mavericks (0-3), who finally get to play at home Saturday.
South Dakota 121, (non-Division 1) Ozark Christian 65: The Yotes (1-2) got a pair of 20-point performances off the bench from Porter Ihnen (also 13 rebounds) and Jesse McIntosh (also 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3-of-6 from 3) to pick up their dub of the 2025-26 campaign.
Northern Iowa 65, South Dakota State 58: The Jackrabbits (2-1) fell from the ranks of the unbeaten despite a double-double off the bench from Damon Wilkinson (16 points, 10 rebounds). Joe Sayler (3-of-7 from 3) also netted 16 points.
Monday Reach the Summit Slate
St. Thomas @ Washington State, 8:30 (ESPN+)
SUNDAY EYE-OPENERS
Oklahoma State 87, Texas A&M 63: The Cowboys (2-0) announced their arrival as a Big XII sleeper with a thrashing of the "Buckyball" Aggies in Stillwater. Christian Coleman (16) and Vyctorious (love that name!) Miller (15 points, 4 boards, 5 assists) led five Cowboy scorers in double figures.
MID- & SMALL-MAJOR CONFERENCES vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA (through Nov. 9)
The non-Power 5 conferences currently are 2-132 vs. the Power 5 + Gonzaga. That's a winning percentage of roughly 1.5%. From the records below, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out which conferences the "Big Boys" intentionally are avoiding the most; they're masters at gaming the NET system.
American (1-2) -- FAU over Boston College
Southland (1-5) -- New Orleans over TCU
Atlantic 10 (0-0)
Ivy (0-0)
MAC (0-1)
Mountain West (0-1)
WCC (0-1)
Conference USA (0-2)
Missouri Valley (0-2)
Big West (0-3)
Sun Belt (0-3)
Big South (0-4)
Summit (0-4)
America East (0-5)
Coastal (0-5)
WAC (0-5)
Big Sky (0-6)
OVC (0-6)
SoCon (0-6)
Patriot (0-8)
MAAC (0-9)
MEAC (0-9)
ASUN (0-10)
Horizon (0-10)
NEC (0-11)
SWAC (0-14)
MONDAY MID/LOW MAJOR vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA SLATE
AMERICA EAST
Maine @ Rutgers
ASUN
Stetson @ Miami
West Georgia @ UCLA
BIG WEST
Cal State Fullerton @ Cal
HORIZON
Cleveland State @ Northwestern
IVY
Columbia @ UConn
MAAC
Fairfield @ Seton Hall
MAC
Eastern Michigan @ Pitt
PATRIOT
Holy Cross @ Utah
SOUTHLAND
Lamar @ TCU
New Orleans @ LSU
Southeastern Louisiana @ Georgia Tech
WCC
Santa Clara @ Xavier
POWER 5/GONZAGA HEAD-TO-HEAD (through Nov. 9)
1 ACC (3-0)
2 Gonzaga (1-0)
3 Big XII (4-2)
4 B1G (2-2)
5 SEC (2-5)
6 Big East (1-4)
Monday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Slate
Iowa State vs. Mississippi State, 7 (ESPNU) in Sioux Falls
MONDAY HANFDUL WORTH A LOOK
Indiana State @ SIU-Edwardsville, 6 (ESPN+)
UNC-Wilmington @ Kent State, 6 (ESPN+)
Western Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky, 6 (ESPN+)
Little Rock @ Milwaukee, 7 (ESPN+)
St. Thomas @ Washington State, 8:30 (ESPN+)
DAILY PICK TO CLICK (4-3, W1 streak)
Santa Clara +3.5 @ Xavier
DAILY OUTRIGHT DRAGON SLAYER (2-5, W1 streak) – +7 or more underdog
Fairfield (+13.5) outright over Seton Hall
DEEP THOUGHTS, BY BUZZ STUDLEY
The NCAA got something right. I've noticed a major positive difference in game flow with the addition of the new challenge rules. The basics of the new rules:
A coach gets 1 challenge to use on a call during a game. To initiate a challenge, a team needs to have a timeout remaining. If the challenge is successful, the team retains its timeout and can challenge another call.
If the challenge fails, the timeout is lost and the team has no more challenges.
Coaches can challenge the following calls:
(1) Out-of-bounds calls
(2) Basket interference and goaltending
(3) Whether a secondary defender (taking a charge) was in the restricted-area arc
Officials can still go to the replay in the final two minutes of games to review goaltending and restricted area calls. But they can't initiate out-of-bounds reviews. Only coaches can do that with a challenge.
The best result, in my opinion, is no more out-of-bounds (OOB) reviews in the final two minutes unless by coach challenge. This will end the nonsense of reviewing every single OOB situation in a tight game, when the game then turns into a sh*t-show, stop-and-go.
Automatic qualifiers in multiple-bid conferences (noted with an *) have the best conference record or, in the event of a tie, best Bart Torvik T-Rank (noted in parentheses).
FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (11/10/25)
America East (1): Vermont (183)
American (2): *USF (66), Memphis (68)
ACC (5): *Duke (2), Louisville (7), North Carolina (21), NC State (33), Virginia Tech (72)
ASUN (1): Eastern Kentucky (139)
Atlantic 10 (2): *VCU (55), George Washington (57)
Big East (4): *UConn (9), Saint John’s (10), Creighton (23), Georgetown (64)
Big Sky (1): Portland State (147)
Big South (1): High Point (97)
Big Ten (11): *Illinois (3), Michigan (4), Purdue (8), UCLA (18), Ohio State (22), Michigan State (24), USC (25), Indiana (26), Wisconsin (29), Oregon (32), Iowa (34)
Big XII (8): *Houston (1), BYU (5), Arizona (12), Iowa State (16), Kansas (20), Texas Tech (27), Baylor (37), Oklahoma State (42)
Big West (1): UC-Irvine (100)
Coastal (1): UNC-Wilmington (126)
Conference USA (1): Liberty (67)
Horizon (1): Oakland (174)
Ivy (1): Yale (90)
MAAC (1): Siena (142)
MAC (1): Akron (81)
MEAC (1): Norfolk State (282)
Missouri Valley (1): Northern Iowa (94)
Mountain West (2): *San Diego State (45), Utah State (59)
NEC (1): LIU (238)
OVC (1): Little Rock (138)
Patriot (1): Navy (200)
SEC (10): *Florida (6), Kentucky (11), Tennessee (13), Vanderbilt (15), Arkansas (17), Alabama (19), Missouri (30), Auburn (31), Mississippi State (38), Ole Miss (46)
SoCon (1): Furman (178)
Southland (1): McNeese (108)
SWAC (1): Southern U (166)
Summit (1): St. Thomas (143)
Sun Belt (1): Troy (119)
WCC (2): *Gonzaga (14), Saint Mary’s (44)
WAC (1): Utah Valley (127)
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Last 4 In: Oregon (32), Mississippi State (38), George Washington (57), Georgetown (64)
Last 4 Automatic Qualifiers: Navy (200), Vermont (203), LIU (238), Norfolk State (282)
First 4 Out: Virginia (35), Nebraska (41), SMU (56), San Francisco (65)
8 to Watch: Georgia (28), Oklahoma (39), Cincinnati (40), Clemson (48), Notre Dame (61), Colorado State (76), Saint Louis (79), North Texas (92)
Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Saint Mary’s (44), George Washington (57), Utah State (59), Memphis (68)
Multiple-Bid Conferences (9): Big Ten (11), SEC (10), Big XII (8), ACC (5), Big East (4), American (2), Atlantic 10 (2), Mountain West (2), WCC (2)
Movin’In (19): Indiana (26), Mississippi State (38), Oklahoma State (42), San Diego State (45), Ole Miss (46), George Washington (57), Georgetown (64), Virginia Tech (72), Akron (81), Northern Iowa (94), High Point (97), Troy (119), UNC-Wilmington (126), Little Rock (138), Eastern Kentucky (139), Portland State (147), Southern U (166), Oakland (174), Furman (178)
Droppin’ Out (19): Texas (36), Oklahoma (39), Nebraska (41), Boise State (47), SMU (56), Marquette (58), San Francisco (65), Illinois State (102), Miami-Ohio (109), Loyola-Chicago (120), Towson (132), James Madison (136), Southeast Missouri State (161), Idaho (170), Winthrop (182), East Tennessee State (201), Wright State (219), Jackson State (225), Queens (250)
Next Field of 68 Projection: Monday, November 17
COLLEGE HOOPS SUMMIT
St. Thomas in the Torvik (T-Rank) Rankings
UST (1-1) remains at #143 heading into tonight's road test @ #183 Washington State (0-2). The Tommies currently are favored by 1.5.
Sunday Reach the Summit Results
Denver 75, Montana State 73: The Pioneers (1-2) pick up a nice road win in Bozeman behind 23 points and 7 rebounds from Jeremiah Burke. Carson Johnson and Logan Kinsey chipped in with 19 and 15 points, respectively.
Cal State Northridge 93, North Dakota 85: The Fighting Sioux (0-3) drop their second straight home game despite a 24-point, 4-rebound, 3-assist performance from Greyson Uelmen. Freshman Anthony Smith III continues his strong play off the bench with 15 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, and 2 steals.
Colorado State 97, Omaha 75: Tony Osburn (24 points, 4 steals, 6-of-12 from 3) and Lance Waddles (18 points, 4-of-9 from 3) paced the Mavericks (0-3), who finally get to play at home Saturday.
South Dakota 121, (non-Division 1) Ozark Christian 65: The Yotes (1-2) got a pair of 20-point performances off the bench from Porter Ihnen (also 13 rebounds) and Jesse McIntosh (also 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3-of-6 from 3) to pick up their dub of the 2025-26 campaign.
Northern Iowa 65, South Dakota State 58: The Jackrabbits (2-1) fell from the ranks of the unbeaten despite a double-double off the bench from Damon Wilkinson (16 points, 10 rebounds). Joe Sayler (3-of-7 from 3) also netted 16 points.
Monday Reach the Summit Slate
St. Thomas @ Washington State, 8:30 (ESPN+)
SUNDAY EYE-OPENERS
Oklahoma State 87, Texas A&M 63: The Cowboys (2-0) announced their arrival as a Big XII sleeper with a thrashing of the "Buckyball" Aggies in Stillwater. Christian Coleman (16) and Vyctorious (love that name!) Miller (15 points, 4 boards, 5 assists) led five Cowboy scorers in double figures.
MID- & SMALL-MAJOR CONFERENCES vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA (through Nov. 9)
The non-Power 5 conferences currently are 2-132 vs. the Power 5 + Gonzaga. That's a winning percentage of roughly 1.5%. From the records below, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to figure out which conferences the "Big Boys" intentionally are avoiding the most; they're masters at gaming the NET system.
American (1-2) -- FAU over Boston College
Southland (1-5) -- New Orleans over TCU
Atlantic 10 (0-0)
Ivy (0-0)
MAC (0-1)
Mountain West (0-1)
WCC (0-1)
Conference USA (0-2)
Missouri Valley (0-2)
Big West (0-3)
Sun Belt (0-3)
Big South (0-4)
Summit (0-4)
America East (0-5)
Coastal (0-5)
WAC (0-5)
Big Sky (0-6)
OVC (0-6)
SoCon (0-6)
Patriot (0-8)
MAAC (0-9)
MEAC (0-9)
ASUN (0-10)
Horizon (0-10)
NEC (0-11)
SWAC (0-14)
MONDAY MID/LOW MAJOR vs. POWER 5/GONZAGA SLATE
AMERICA EAST
Maine @ Rutgers
ASUN
Stetson @ Miami
West Georgia @ UCLA
BIG WEST
Cal State Fullerton @ Cal
HORIZON
Cleveland State @ Northwestern
IVY
Columbia @ UConn
MAAC
Fairfield @ Seton Hall
MAC
Eastern Michigan @ Pitt
PATRIOT
Holy Cross @ Utah
SOUTHLAND
Lamar @ TCU
New Orleans @ LSU
Southeastern Louisiana @ Georgia Tech
WCC
Santa Clara @ Xavier
POWER 5/GONZAGA HEAD-TO-HEAD (through Nov. 9)
1 ACC (3-0)
2 Gonzaga (1-0)
3 Big XII (4-2)
4 B1G (2-2)
5 SEC (2-5)
6 Big East (1-4)
Monday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Slate
Iowa State vs. Mississippi State, 7 (ESPNU) in Sioux Falls
MONDAY HANFDUL WORTH A LOOK
Indiana State @ SIU-Edwardsville, 6 (ESPN+)
UNC-Wilmington @ Kent State, 6 (ESPN+)
Western Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky, 6 (ESPN+)
Little Rock @ Milwaukee, 7 (ESPN+)
St. Thomas @ Washington State, 8:30 (ESPN+)
DAILY PICK TO CLICK (4-3, W1 streak)
Santa Clara +3.5 @ Xavier
DAILY OUTRIGHT DRAGON SLAYER (2-5, W1 streak) – +7 or more underdog
Fairfield (+13.5) outright over Seton Hall
DEEP THOUGHTS, BY BUZZ STUDLEY
The NCAA got something right. I've noticed a major positive difference in game flow with the addition of the new challenge rules. The basics of the new rules:
A coach gets 1 challenge to use on a call during a game. To initiate a challenge, a team needs to have a timeout remaining. If the challenge is successful, the team retains its timeout and can challenge another call.
If the challenge fails, the timeout is lost and the team has no more challenges.
Coaches can challenge the following calls:
(1) Out-of-bounds calls
(2) Basket interference and goaltending
(3) Whether a secondary defender (taking a charge) was in the restricted-area arc
Officials can still go to the replay in the final two minutes of games to review goaltending and restricted area calls. But they can't initiate out-of-bounds reviews. Only coaches can do that with a challenge.
The best result, in my opinion, is no more out-of-bounds (OOB) reviews in the final two minutes unless by coach challenge. This will end the nonsense of reviewing every single OOB situation in a tight game, when the game then turns into a sh*t-show, stop-and-go.
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