{"id":515725,"date":"2026-01-04T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/515725\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T08:47:10","slug":"your-college-basketball-sunday-viewing-guide-january-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/515725\/","title":{"rendered":"Your College Basketball Sunday Viewing Guide: January 4, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">It\u2019s not a gigantic day of college basketball on national television, but that\u2019s not surprising. It\u2019s the final Sunday of the NFL regular season, and how many tippity top college hoops games do you really want to spend against that calendar?<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In any case, there are 23 games on national television today, with a majority of them coming by way of women\u2019s basketball. There\u2019s just five men\u2019s games on national television today, and based on the KenPom.com FanMatch\/Thrill Score system, it seems like the most interesting one is the very last game of the day: Washington at Indiana.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, for the women, there\u2019s a bunch of notable contests. 12 of the games have at least one ranked team involved, and there\u2019s two ranked on ranked games going on at the same time in the 2pm Central time hour. That\u2019s #15 Ole Miss visiting #2 Texas and #22 Baylor up north at #10 Iowa State. Because of the placement of the home\/road rankings, I think #5 LSU visiting #12 Vanderbilt is the game of the day just because the better team is at a disadvantage as the road team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There\u2019s three more contests on the women\u2019s side with a ranked team on the road against an unranked opponent, so if you want reasons to cheer against #18 Notre Dame, #3 South Carolina, or #23 Tennessee, there you go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Of course, there\u2019s even more than just this if you pop over to streaming entities, but this is a national television schedule. I\u2019m not telling you that Cara Consuegra\u2019s Marquette team hosting Villanova is more important than any of the games with ranked teams, but I am telling you that it\u2019s on ESPN+ at 3pm Central. Just sayin\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Here\u2019s the full national television schedule for the day, with all times Central as always.<\/p>\n<p>Time (CT)<\/p>\n<p>Game<\/p>\n<p>Television<\/p>\n<p>11:00 AM<\/p>\n<p>Missouri at #11 Kentucky<\/p>\n<p>SEC Network<\/p>\n<p>#18 Notre Dame at Duke<\/p>\n<p>ACC Network<\/p>\n<p>Illinois at #24 Michigan State<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten Network<\/p>\n<p>George Mason at VCU<\/p>\n<p>CBS Sports Network<\/p>\n<p>Richmond at Fordham<\/p>\n<p>USA Network<\/p>\n<p>12:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Stanford at #16 North Carolina<\/p>\n<p>ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Florida Atlantic at Tulane<\/p>\n<p>ESPN2<\/p>\n<p>UAB at South Florida<\/p>\n<p>ESPNU<\/p>\n<p>1:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>#3 South Carolina at Florida<\/p>\n<p>SEC Network<\/p>\n<p>Rutgers at #19 Ohio State<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten Network<\/p>\n<p>Marquette at #4 UConn<\/p>\n<p>NBC<\/p>\n<p>Virginia at Florida State<\/p>\n<p>ACC Network<\/p>\n<p>California at NC State<\/p>\n<p>The CW<\/p>\n<p>2:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>#15 Ole Miss at #2 Texas<\/p>\n<p>ESPN2<\/p>\n<p>#22 Baylor at #10 Iowa State<\/p>\n<p>ESPN<\/p>\n<p>3:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Virginia Tech at #13 Louisville<\/p>\n<p>ACC Network<\/p>\n<p>#23 Tennessee at Auburn<\/p>\n<p>SEC Network<\/p>\n<p>Penn State at Wisconsin<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten Network<\/p>\n<p>4:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>#5 LSU at #12 Vanderbilt<\/p>\n<p>ESPN<\/p>\n<p>Bradley at Murray State<\/p>\n<p>ESPN2<\/p>\n<p>5:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Indiana at #7 Maryland<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten Network<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh at Boston College<\/p>\n<p>ACC Network<\/p>\n<p>7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>Washington at Indiana<\/p>\n<p>Big Ten Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Follow Anonymous Eagle on social media<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anonymouseagle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AnonymousEagle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AnonymousEagle<\/a><br \/>Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/anonymouseaglesbn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AnonymousEagleSBN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AnonymousEagleSBN<\/a><br \/>Bluesky:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/anonymouseagle.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AnonymousEagle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AnonymousEagle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s not a gigantic day of college basketball on national television, but that\u2019s not surprising. 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