This week brought a significant shakeup to the No. 1 seeds in CBS Sports Bracketology as our model reacted to Iowa State and Vanderbilt losing for the first time. Both the Cyclones and Commodores have been displaced on the top line after taking lopsided road losses against unranked conference foes.

ESPN's Joe Lunardi released his latest Bracketology on Tuesday, projecting what the bracket will look like this March. Unsurprisingly, top-ranked, undefeated Arizona was the No. 1 overall seed in this edition of Bracketology, followed by Michigan, Duke and UConn to round out the other top seeds.

We are almost at February, which means the DII men's basketball championship is inching closer. As many teams begin to build their selection resume, several freshmen are seeing theirs grow as well, helping to lead turnarounds and potential tournament bids.

The USC Trojans men's basketball team has a record 14-4 this season and finds itself on the NCAA Tournament bubble under coach Eric Musselman.

While Arizona, Iowa State, Nebraska, Vanderbilt and even Miami-Ohio continued their quests for an undefeated season, the Michigan Wolverines suffered their first loss of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season,