Here's a look at how the top freshmen in the 2025-26 recruiting class fared in their college basketball debuts:

Johnson led Kentucky’s first-year newcomers with 22 minutes played in the win over Nicholls. He totaled 11 points on 3-for-7 shooting from the field, although Johnson made just one of his four 3-point tries. Johnson also had four assists — tied for the second-most on the UK team — to go against two turnovers, plus a block and a steal.

Division II Hawaii Pacific shocked many with its stunning one-point upset over a major college basketball program.

CBS Sports' Matt Norlander made a list of the best college basketball teams in each of the 49 states that compete in Division 1 in anticipation for the starting season, naming the Boston College Eagles as the best team in Massachusetts college basketball. "The road to the Final Four," the CBS Sports reporter said. "It starts here, today."

This is the last and final update of the 2025-26 CBS Sports Preseason Top 25 And 1 college basketball rankings, where St. John's remains No. 1.

Taliah Scott scored 12 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead No. 16 Baylor past No. 7 Duke 58-52 in the women’s college basketball season opener in Paris.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Darryn Peterson and A.J. Dybantsa sat behind tables about 20 feet apart inside the T-Mobile Center, the site of the Big 12 men’s basketball tournament, a couple of weeks ago, dutifully answering questions about their upcoming freshman seasons. Peterson for Kansas, Dybantsa for BYU.

The star Wildcats freshman turned in an unforgettable performance as the Wildcats knocked off Florida on Monday