D1 versus D1 only College Basketball Schedule for Friday, 1-2-26 (32 games)

Friday, January 2, 2026 (33 games)

Noon (1 game)

*New Mexico State at FIU (C-USA) (ESPN+)

2 p.m. (1 game)

Alfred State College (NY) (D-III) at Cornell (ESPN+)

3 p.m. (1 game)

*Mount St. Mary’s at Merrimack (MAAC) (ESPN+)

4 p.m. (2 games)

*Fairfield at Canisius (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Sacred Heart at Niagara (MAAC) (ESPN+)

5 p.m. (1 game)

*Sam Houston St. at Western Kentucky (C-USA) (ESPN+)

7 p.m. (12 games)

*Wagner at Chicago St. (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Jacksonville State at Delaware (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Robert Morris at Detroit Mercy (Horizon) (ESPN+)

*Siena at Iona (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Kennesaw State at Liberty (C-USA) (ESPNU)

*Central Connecticut St. at LIU (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Quinnipiac at Manhattan (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*Lamar at McNeese St. (Southland) (CBSSN)

*[#24] USC at [#2] Michigan (Big Ten) (Peacock)

*Le Moyne at St. Francis (Pa.) (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Marist at St. Peter’s (MAAC) (ESPN+)

*New Haven at Stonehill (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

7:30 p.m. (3 games)

*Oregon at Maryland (Big Ten) (Peacock)

*Fairleigh Dickinson at Mercyhurst U. (NEC) (NEC Front Row)

*Louisiana Tech at Middle Tennessee St. (C-USA) (ESPN+)

8 p.m. (3 games)

*UTEP at Missouri State (C-USA) (ESPN+)

*Ohio St. at Rutgers (Big Ten) (Peacock)

*[#16] Louisville at Stanford (ACC) (ACC Network)

9 p.m. (3 games)

*Seattle U. at [#7] Gonzaga (WCC) (ESPN+)

*West Virginia at [#3] Iowa St. (Big 12) (ESPN2)

*[#9] Michigan St. at [#13] Nebraska (Big Ten) (Peacock)

9:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Loyola Marymount at Washington St. (WCC) (ESPN+)

10 p.m. (4 games)

*Oregon St. at Pacific (WCC) (ESPN+)

*Portland at St. Mary’s (WCC) (ESPN+)

*San Diego at San Francisco (WCC) (ESPN+)

*Pepperdine at Santa Clara (WCC) (ESPN+)

11 p.m. (1 game)

*Notre Dame at California (ACC) (ESPN2)

*-denotes conference game