Six unbeatens still alive! Braden Smith pacing to NCAA record; Darryn Peterson drama won’t cease; UCF, SMU nab big Ws; Kentucky, Florida, ‘Ville, SJU toppled
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander recap a massive weekend of conference action starting with the six remaining unbeaten teams. How good are the Vanderbilt Commodores? Who will be the last unbeaten standing? Then, the Weekend Whiparound tours the country from Alabama's win over Kentucky to UCF upsetting Kansas and everything in between.
(0:00) Intro
(1:00) We have SIX undefeated teams left! It’s January 4th! + a duo of trivia times!
(4:00) Vanderbilt is one of those teams…how good are the Commodores?
(11:45) You don’t just walk into Pinnacle Bank…Nebraska beats Michigan State
(18:35) Michigan beats the brakes off another ranked opponent, this time USC
(23:30) Iowa State and Arizona also undefeated and cruising along
(25:45) Miami (OH)!
(31:35) It’s time for a Weekend Whiparound!
(32:00) Braden Smith sets the Big Ten assist record
(36:15) UCF is 12-1! But Darryn Peterson’s legs continue to be an issue
(46:30) SMU gets a big win against UNC and Boopie Miller is awesome
(48:30) Alabama beats Kentucky by 15 and a spirited debate!
(54:45) Darius Acuff puts in an awesome performance in win over Tennessee
(56:10) Florida is 9-5 after a loss to Missouri
(59:00) Norlander got a new dog!
(1:06:00) Looking ahead to Monday and Tuesday
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | There I am Gary Parish. |
| 0:16.3 | Welcome back to the CBS Sports. |
| 0:18.0 | I on college basketball podcast where we sometimes discuss camel fighting, |
| 0:21.8 | dodo birds, leaky black. Matt Norlander is here with me if you're watching on YouTube, |
| 0:26.2 | be Brandon Davies, smash a little bit. If you haven't already subscribed to the I on college |
| 0:30.8 | basketball podcast, please go do that wherever you subscribe to podcasts like Apple and Spotify. |
| 0:36.0 | Let's get into it. Today is January 4th, 2026. |
| 0:41.6 | We are now nine full weeks into this season. |
| 0:44.5 | There are still six undefeated teams left in the sport. |
| 0:48.5 | Trivia time. |
| 0:49.8 | Can you start with the trivia time? |
| 0:51.7 | Let's rock it. |
| 0:52.9 | Okay. |
| 0:53.6 | Norlander. |
| 0:55.9 | Do you know how many undefeated teams there were after nine full weeks of last season? |
| 1:04.6 | Zero. |
| 1:07.4 | That's an incorrect answer. |
| 1:09.7 | Really? |
| 1:10.8 | I think Tennessee started 14 and 0 through the first nine weeks of the season, |
| 1:16.9 | then lost on January 7th at Florida. |
| 1:19.6 | They were 14 and 0. |
| 1:20.4 | I don't remember this way. |
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