Six Undefeated Men's Teams as of January 4, 2026. Who can do it?

    Five majors and one minor are without a loss, this far into the New Year. What will be by March? Will Venezuela be okay, after we took their president and first lady? Will nothing else get crazy in the world, like in Ukraine or Israel-Palestine? Will anyone care about Sudan or other war-torn places, perhaps maybe Congo?

    This post is about men's Division One basketball, not world affairs. But occasionally one will affect the other. Like 2020 and COVID. The Chinese pandemic.

    Who are the unblemished? Vanderbilt, Arizona, Iowa State, Nebraska, and Michigan. Oh yes, and Miami of Ohio. The Redhawks? The Mighty Mid-American Conference, anyone?

    Will any of them run the table? Not likely, for at least three reasons. I will also add the psychological factor. We are prone to mess up. Like I explained about free throws yesterday.

    Reason why no one of these teams will go undefeated into March and run the table, as we say:

    1). Historical precedent of parity. Not since the well endowed Hoosiers of 1976 has a team gone undefeated and won the National Championship. There have been some powerful teams since, probably a few better than the Indiana Bob Knight squad of my little years. 

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BREAK: Now January 7. 2026.

Vandy is playing ranked Alabama tight in the second. Arizona is getting on Kansas State. Koa Peat is impressive. 

    I wager none of these teams will make it unscathed during this month. Maybe Miami of Ohio? But they may not even make the 68 field of the Big Dance in March. May I make it in my work till then? We shall see. Just live and breath. Drive safe.

    Nebraska will get theirs. Michigan, too. Purdue and a few other Big Ten teams are good, a few ranked like Michigan State and Illinois. Maybe Iowa, and of course my Hoosiers. Not Maryland or Rutgers, they are down.

    It is a long season.

    May the one loss BYU Cougars prevail! Not Arizona. Should be fun.

    Enjoy, last of the undefeated. You will all lose soon enough.

    See ya. Blog on.