College Basketball Schedule

About the College Basketball schedule

This college basketball schedule for 2026-27 lists every game involving a team ranked in the AP Top 25, grouped by month and by night, with the venue and an Eastern-time tip-off for each. Games already played show their final score.

Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, brings the first full slate of games, following the Sunday opener in Rome between Notre Dame and Villanova. From there the calendar moves through conference play to the conference tournaments in March, the last stop before the NCAA tournament field is chosen.

How to use the College Basketball schedule

• Choose a month to open its own page, then read down its nights of ranked games.
• Each ranked team carries its AP number beside its name, so games between two ranked teams are easy to spot.
• The Next up tag marks the month where the next ranked game will be played.
• Totals above the calendar show how many games, teams and nights of play the Top 25 schedule holds.

College Basketball schedule FAQ

From the blog

• Six Conferences, 82 Percent of the At-Large Bids: March Madness Bids by ConferenceSince 2011, six conferences have taken 445 of 546 March Madness at-large bids. Bids by conference every year, the SEC's record 14 and who wins with them.
• Two Final Fours in 60 Tries: How Far First Four Teams Go in March MadnessSince 2011, 14 of 60 First Four winners also won a first-round game and two, VCU and UCLA, reached the Final Four. Records by round, 11 vs 16 seeds and 2027.
• The AP Preseason No. 1 Has Won 14 of 64 NCAA Titles, and None Since 2009The AP preseason No. 1 has won the men's NCAA title 14 times in 64 tournaments since 1961-62, none since 2009. Where every champion started in the poll.