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Meghan L. Hall

Only 13 college basketball teams are still undefeated, including Houston and South Carolina

College basketball isn’t even eight weeks into the season, but chaos happens daily. Somehow, several teams have survived the madness, including Dawn Staley’s young South Carolina team and the Houston Cougars — yes, THE HOUSTON COUGARS.

Upets, court stormings and huge shots have defined a wild college basketball season. There are some impressive talents on the men’s side (hello, Zach Edey, Caleb Love and Kyle Filipowski) and even more gritty players on the women’s side (like this year’s freshmen class) tearing up the courts. Yet, the most impressive thing has been the resiliency of the undefeated teams.

For context, on the women’s side, Uconn completed their perfect season during a 2015-2016 run, and the only team to come close since that moment is South Carolina, who fell to Caitlin Clark and Iowa earlier this year. Men’s basketball hasn’t seen a perfect season since the 1975-1976 season when Indiana went 32-0.

If you’re wondering what teams are still defeated in Division I hoops, here is the list as of December 24, 2023:

Undefeated Men’s College Basketball Teams

  1. No. 3 Houston (12-0): Next game is Penn on Saturday, Dec. 30
  2. No. 20 James Madison (12-0): Next game is Texas State on Saturday, Dec. 30
  3. No. 25 Ole Miss (12-0): Next game is Bryant on Sunday, Dec. 31


Undefeated Women’s College Basketball Teams

  1. No. 1 South Carolina (11-0): Next game is at East Carolina on Saturday, Dec. 30
  2. No. 2 UCLA (11-0): Next game is USC on Saturday, Dec. 30
  3. No. 3 NC State (12-0): Next game is at Virginia on Sunday, Dec. 31
  4. No. 5 Texas (12-0): Next game is Jackson State on Wednesday, Dec. 27
  5. No. 6 USC (10-0): Next game is at UCLA on Saturday, Dec. 30
  6. No. 10 Baylor (11-0): Next game is at Texas on Saturday, Dec. 30
  7. No. 18 Marquette (12-0): Next game is at UConn on Sunday, Dec. 31
  8. No. 25 TCU (13-0): Next game is BYU on Saturday, Dec. 30
  9. Oregon State (10-0): Next game is Morgan State on Thursday, Dec. 28
  10. West Virginia (11-0): Next game is at Kansas on Saturday, Dec. 30
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