The ball is tipped ... and the 2024-25 college basketball season is underway.
Most of the preseason Top 25 men's and women's teams begin what they hope will be their roads to the Final Four on Monday, including top-ranked Kansas and South Carolina, respectively. The Jayhawks open at home against Howard, while the Gamecocks head to Las Vegas to face Michigan in a doubleheader capped by a Texas-Ohio State men's game.
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The game's marquee players will also be in action on Day 1, with USC's JuJu Watkins set to establish herself as the preeminent star in the women's game after Caitlin Clark's departure and Cooper Flagg arriving at Duke as the most hyped freshman in years and projected No. 1 pick in next summer's NBA Draft.
Here's everything you need to know to watch their season debuts and the rest of the Top 25 action on Monday:
College basketball games on TV today
Men's Top 25 TV schedule today
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| No. 14 Purdue vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 6 p.m. | BTN, Sling |
| No. 7 Duke vs. Maine | 7 p.m. | ACCN, Sling |
| No. 12 Tennessee vs. Gardner-Webb | 7 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
| UCF vs. No. 13 Texas A&M | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 20 Cincinnati vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 23 Kentucky vs. Wright State | 7 p.m. | ESPNU, Sling |
| No. 1 Kansas vs. Howard | 8 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 4 Houston vs. Jackson State | 8 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 5 Iowa State vs. Mississippi Valley State | 8 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 18 Marquette vs. Stony Brook | 8:30 p.m. | FS1, Sling |
| No. 21 Florida vs. South Florida (at Jacksonville) | 8:30 p.m. | SECN, Sling |
| No. 24 Ole Miss vs. Long Island U. | 8:30 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
| No. 2 Alabama vs. UNC Asheville | 9 p.m. | ESPNU, Sling |
| No. 9 North Carolina vs. Elon | 9 p.m. | ACCN, Sling |
| No. 10 Arizona vs. Canisius | 10 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 19 Texas vs. Ohio State (at Las Vegas) | 10 p.m. | TNT, truTV, Sling |
| No. 22 UCLA vs. Rider | 10:30 p.m. | FS1, Sling |
| No. 6 Gonzaga vs. No. 8 Baylor | 11:30 p.m. | ESPN2, Sling |
Women's Top 25 TV schedule today
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| No. 11 Duke vs. Radford | 11 a.m. | ACCNX, Sling |
| No. 15 North Carolina vs. Charleston Southern | 11 a.m. | ACCNX, Sling |
| No. 19 Florida State vs. North Florida | 11 a.m. | ACCNX, Sling |
| No. 3 USC vs. No. 20 Ole Miss (at Paris) | 12 p.m. | ESPN, Sling |
| No. 8 Iowa State vs. Chicago State | 12 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 13 Kansas State vs. Green Bay | 12 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 23 Nebraska vs. Omaha | 1 p.m. | B1G+ |
| No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 17 Louisville (at Paris) | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN2, Sling |
| No. 6 Notre Dame vs. Mercyhurst | 5 p.m. | ACCN, Sling |
| No. 22 Kentucky vs. South Carolina Upstate | 5 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
| No. 10 Oklahoma vs. Southern | 6 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
| No. 24 Alabama vs. New Orleans | 6 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
| UMBC vs. No. 18 Maryland | 7 p.m. | ESPN+ |
| No. 25 Indiana vs. Brown | 7 p.m. | B1G+ |
| No. 1 South Carolina vs. Michigan (at Las Vegas) | 7:30 p.m. | TNT, truTV, Sling |
| No. 7 LSU vs. Eastern Kentucky | 8 p.m. | SECN+, Sling, ESPN+ |
Where to watch college basketball games today
Today's slate of season-opening games will air across multiple networks, including ESPN, FS1 and TNT. Viewers can also stream today's games on Sling, ESPN+ and other streaming outlets.
NCAA college basketball rankings
Men's AP preseason Top 25
- Kansas
- Alabama
- UConn
- Houston
- Iowa State
- Gonzaga
- Duke
- Baylor
- North Carolina
- Arizona
- Auburn
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Purdue
- Creighton
- Arkansas
- Indiana
- Marquette
- Texas
- Cincinnati
- Florida
- UCLA
- Kentucky
- Ole Miss
- Rutgers
Women's AP preseason Top 25
- South Carolina
- UConn
- USC
- Texas
- UCLA
- Notre Dame
- LSU
- Iowa State
- NC State
- Oklahoma
- Duke
- Baylor
- Kansas State
- Ohio State
- North Carolina
- West Virginia
- Louisville
- Maryland
- Florida State
- Ole Miss
- Creighton
- Kentucky
- Nebraska
- Alabama
- Indiana