D1 versus D1 only College Basketball Schedule for Thursday, 1-1-26 (38 games)

Thursday, January 1, 2026 (New Year’s Day; 38 games)

1 p.m. (4 games)

*Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina (Sun Belt) (ESPN+)

*Stetson at North Alabama (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

*Samford at VMI (SOCON) (ESPN+)

*Oakland at Youngstown St. (Horizon) (ESPN+)

2 p.m. (6 games)

*FGCU at Central Arkansas (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

*Jacksonville at Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

*Oral Roberts at North Dakota (Summit) (Midco Sports+/Summit League Network)

*IU Indianapolis at Northern Kentucky (Horizon) (ESPN+)

*Green Bay at Purdue Fort Wayne (Horizon) (ESPN+)

*Milwaukee at Wright St. (Horizon) (ESPN+)

3 p.m. (3 games)

*Evansville at Illinois St. (MVC) (ESPN+)

*Valparaiso at Southern Illinois (MVC) (ESPN+)

*Cal Baptist at UT Arlington (WAC) (ESPN+)

4 p.m. (2 games)

*Chattanooga at UNC Greensboro (SOCON) (ESPN+)

*Portland St. at Weber St. (Big Sky) (ESPN+)

4:30 p.m. (3 games)

*Morehead St. at Lindenwood (OVC) (ESPN+)

*Southern Indiana at SIU Edwardsville (OVC) (ESPN+)

*Western Illinois at UT Martin (OVC) (ESPN+)

5 p.m. (3 games)

*UC Irvine at CS Bakersfield (Big West) (ESPN+)

*CS Northridge at UC Davis (Big West) (ESPN+)

*Southern Mississippi at UL-Monroe (Sun Belt) (ESPN+)

5:15 p.m. (1 game)

*Omaha at South Dakota St. (Summit) (Midco Sports/Summit League Network)

6 p.m. (2 games)

*Tennessee Tech at Arkansas-Little Rock (OVC) (ESPN+)

*Northern Arizona at Montana (Big Sky) (ESPN+)

7 p.m. (3 games)

*Bradley at Belmont (MVC) (ESPN+)

*Eastern Kentucky at Queens U. (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

*Bellarmine at West Georgia (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

8 p.m. (5 games)

*Utah Tech at Abilene Christian (WAC) (ESPN+)

*North Florida at Austin Peay (Atlantic Sun) (ESPN+)

*Indiana St. at Northern Iowa (MVC) (ESPN+)

*Utah Valley at Tarleton State (WAC) (ESPN+)

*Hawaii at UC Riverside (Big West) (ESPN+)

8:30 p.m. (1 game)

*Eastern Illinois at Southeast Missouri St. (OVC) (ESPN+)

9 p.m. (3 games)

*Sacramento St. at Idaho St. (Big Sky) (ESPN+)

*Murray St. at Illinois-Chicago (MVC) (ESPN+)

*Northern Colorado at Montana St. (Big Sky) (ESPN+)

10 p.m. (2 games)

*UC San Diego at Cal Poly (Big West) (ESPN+)

*UC Santa Barbara at CS Fullerton (Big West) (ESPN+)

*-denotes conference game