> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://theprecedentmedia.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # UCLA starts fast, and 10 teams share the top of The Precedent Ratings - URL: https://theprecedentmedia.com/the-precedent-college-basketball-2026-11-06/ - Published: 2026-11-06T11:57:02.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-08T19:50:31.000Z - Description: The first week of college basketball brought one big early-season upset, a handful of tight finishes and a crowded top of the Ratings. - Author: The Precedent Staff - Tags: College Basketball *The Precedent: College Basketball* Every league's Ratings on one page, and how The Precedent Rating works: [theprecedentmedia.com/ratings](https://theprecedentmedia.com/ratings/) ## The week in college basketball The biggest result of opening week came on the first night. UCLA, 22nd in the AP poll, beat fifth-ranked Arizona 84-75 in Las Vegas. The Bruins built a 14-point halftime lead, and Arizona never got all the way back. Trent Perry led UCLA with 21 points, and Ivan Kharchenkov scored 38 for Arizona in a losing effort. Arizona bounced back Thursday with a 104-84 win over Cal Poly and is 1-1\. UCLA is 1-0 and one of 10 teams tied for No. 1 in The Precedent Ratings. Top-ranked Florida opened with a 77-67 win over Miami (FL), 14th in the AP poll, at a neutral site. The Gators led by 10 at halftime, and the second half was even. They followed it with a win over Jacksonville and are 2-0. BYU, 25th in the AP poll, trailed Ohio State at halftime and then took over after the break, winning 94-83\. Ohio State is 0-1. Several AP Top 25 teams cruised through two games. Texas beat Chicago State 109-59 and Gardner-Webb 98-50\. Michigan State beat Quinnipiac 96-59 and Toledo 91-61\. Kansas beat Fordham 95-65 in its only game. Texas Tech handled Jackson State and Bethune-Cookman, and Vanderbilt beat Bellarmine 93-47 before beating Wake Forest 74-51 on Thursday in a meeting of two power-conference teams. DePaul nearly let one get away. The Blue Demons were comfortably ahead of South Florida at halftime on Thursday, then had to hold on for an 82-80 win. They are 2-0\. Jackson State, 1-1, won 87-85 at Tulane after trailing at the break, and South Alabama needed overtime to beat Jacksonville State 83-80. Among the teams at the top of The Precedent Ratings, Saint Louis beat Lehigh 92-67, Providence beat Maine 83-56 and Northwestern beat Binghamton 86-60\. North Texas is 2-0 after beating McNeese 77-67 on Thursday, and Dartmouth is 2-0 after winning at Marist. ## The Ratings It is early, and The Precedent Ratings show it. Ten teams share No. 1: Dartmouth, George Washington, Kansas, North Texas, Northwestern, Ohio, Providence, Saint Louis, UCLA and Yale. Dartmouth and North Texas are 2-0; the other eight are 1-0\. The Precedent Ratings spread out as teams play more games and their opponents build records of their own. | Rank | Team | Record | Rating | AP | | ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | -- | | 1 | [Dartmouth](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-dartmouth/) | 2-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [George Washington](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-george-washington/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [Kansas](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-kansas/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | 17 | | 1 | [North Texas](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-north-texas/) | 2-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [Northwestern](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-northwestern/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [Ohio](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-ohio/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [Providence](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-providence/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [Saint Louis](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-saint-louis/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 1 | [UCLA](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-ucla/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | 22 | | 1 | [Yale](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-yale/) | 1-0 | 0.500 | NR | | 11 | [Jackson State](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-jackson-state/) | 1-1 | 0.375 | NR | | 11 | [Quinnipiac](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-quinnipiac/) | 1-1 | 0.375 | NR | | 13 | [Lehigh](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-lehigh/) | 1-1 | 0.334 | NR | | 13 | [South Florida](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-south-florida/) | 1-1 | 0.334 | NR | | 13 | [Vermont](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-vermont/) | 1-1 | 0.334 | NR | | 16 | [Arizona](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-arizona/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | 5 | | 16 | [Chicago State](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-chicago-state/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [DePaul](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-depaul/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [Fordham](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-fordham/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [Iona](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-iona/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [Maine](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-maine/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [McNeese](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-mcneese/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [Michigan State](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-michigan-state/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | 6 | | 16 | [Navy](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-navy/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [South Alabama](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-south-alabama/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | | 16 | [Texas](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-texas/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | 7 | | 16 | [Texas Tech](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-texas-tech/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | 19 | | 16 | [Vanderbilt](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-vanderbilt/) | 2-0 | 0.250 | 24 | | 16 | [Wake Forest](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-wake-forest/) | 1-1 | 0.250 | NR | Rating and Rank are The Precedent's; AP is the latest AP poll (NR = not ranked). Only two of the 10 teams tied at No. 1 are in the AP Top 25: Kansas, 17th, and UCLA, 22nd. The AP's top three, Florida, Duke and Illinois, are all 2-0 but tied for 36th in The Precedent Ratings, along with UConn, Tennessee, Virginia and Houston. Saint Louis is the clearest gap the other way: tied for No. 1 in The Precedent Ratings and unranked by the AP. Arizona is tied for 16th at 1-1\. Michigan State, Texas, Texas Tech and Vanderbilt, all 2-0 and all in the AP Top 25, share that spot with the Wildcats. ## Looking ahead The best matchup of the weekend comes Friday night, when UConn, fourth in the AP poll, meets 16th-ranked Michigan at a neutral site at 7:00 PM on TNT. Both are 1-0. Five teams tied for No. 1 in The Precedent Ratings play Friday. Yale visits UCF and Saint Louis plays Missouri in St. Louis at 6:00 PM (ESPN+ and ESPNU). Northwestern hosts Stony Brook at 7:00 PM on B1G+, Kansas hosts Middle Tennessee at 8:00 PM on ESPNU, and UCLA hosts North Florida at 9:30 PM on BTN. Saturday, Providence plays Nebraska at a neutral site at 6:00 PM on FS1, and Maryland visits Georgetown at 6:30 PM on Peacock. Ohio and George Washington, also tied for No. 1, are at home against North Carolina A&T and Hampton. On Sunday, 13th-ranked St. John's hosts 2-0 Iona at 11:00 AM on Peacock, and Dartmouth puts its 2-0 start on the line at home against Central Connecticut at 1:00 PM on ESPN+. The highest game on The Precedent's board by Game Rank is Quinnipiac, tied for 11th, at Vermont, tied for 13th, at 1:00 PM on ESPN+. The full Precedent Ratings for every team and the standings, updated every morning: [College Basketball Ratings](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-ratings/) ยท [College Basketball Standings](https://theprecedentmedia.com/college-basketball-standings/)