Weekend College Hoops Slate: Jan 11th-12th

Move over NFL, January Saturdays are for college hoops! PLUS: A team rankings update.

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Saturday & Sunday Slate:

Several highly ranked teams hit the road for high-profile conference showdowns this weekend. Here are some of the most intriguing and likely most competitive matchups.

Saturday:

• (11)Kansas at Cincinnati (Kansas -1.5, 55% win probability)

• (3)Iowa State at Texas Tech (Iowa State -1.0, 53% win prob)

• (8)Florida at Arkansas (Florida -2.1, 58% win prob)

• (1)Tennessee at Texas (Tennessee -2.5, 59% win prob)

Sunday

• (5)Alabama at (10)Texas A&M (Alabama -0.4, 52% win prob)

• (21)West Virginia at Colorado (West Virginia -0.7, 52% win prob)

• (15)Oregon at Penn State (Oregon -1.5, 56% win prob)

*AP ranking in parentheses

Updated College Basketball Elo Ratings

A little bit of movement in just the four days since we last updated rankings. Notably, Florida’s convincing upset of top-ranked Tennessee and UNC’s thrashing of the (previously) 11-3 SMU resulted in jumps of 7 spots for each team.

Biggest Risers*

• Jacksonville State (+20 spots)

• Evansville (+18 spots)

• Youngstown State (+17 spots)

• Wagner (+17 spots)

Honorable mention:

• North Carolina (+7 - up to 27th)

Biggest Fallers*

• Illinois State (-22 spots)

• UT Arlington (-21 spots)

• Kansas City (-20 spots)

• Saint Peter’s (-19 spots)

Honorable mention:

• Kentucky (-6 - down to 29th)

*Since the January 7th

Keep up with the rankings and game predictions here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondthescoresports/p/college-basketball-ratings-and-predictions?r=3gmk5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web