ROTHSTEIN 45: WEEK 3
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1. Kansas (+1500 National Championship Odds)
The Skinny: Tuesday night's showdown with Duke will be an event.
2. Auburn (+1200)
The Skinny: Iowa State looms on Monday in Maui. Tigers are a +230 favorite to win the SEC, per FanDuel Sportsbook's college basketball odds.
3. Gonzaga (+1100)
The Skinny: Ryan Nembhard is playing like an All-American.
4. Kentucky (+2000)
The Skinny: Koby Brea is 20-of-27 from three-point range.
5. Iowa State (+1700)
The Skinny: Five players are averaging in double figures.
6. UConn (+1000)
The Skinny: A big week looms at the Maui Invitational.
7. Marquette (+4500)
The Skinny: Stacking Quad 1 wins.
8. Purdue (+5000)
The Skinny: Keep a close eye on Cam Heide at PF. Boilers are listed at +330 odds to win the Big 10.
9. Alabama (+1700)
The Skinny: Scored 100 against Illinois, and Mark Sears didn't have a single point.
10. Tennessee (+3000)
The Skinny: The years change, but Rick Barnes does not.
11. Duke
The Skinny: Held Arizona to 55 points in Tucson.
12. Houston
The Skinny: Won back-to-back buy games by a combined 82 points. Tied with Kansas as the Big 12 favorite (+185).
13. North Carolina
The Skinny: Could have the best perimeter in the sport.
14. Wisconsin
The Skinny: Scored 54 points in the second half of Sunday's win over Pitt.
15. Indiana
The Skinny: We'll know a lot more about this team after this week's Battle 4 Atlantis.
16. Florida
The Skinny: Perimeter driven.
17. Xavier
The Skinny: Faces three straight ranked teams -- Cincinnati, UConn and Marquette -- in mid-December.
18. Baylor
The Skinny: Chemistry is still a major work in progress.
19. Arkansas
The Skinny: Needs to get healthy up front.
20. Cincinnati
The Skinny: Blew out Georgia Tech in Atlanta without Dan Skillings.
21. Texas A&M
The Skinny: SMU transfer Zhuric Phelps is a keeper.
22. Ole Miss
The Skinny: Big opportunities loom this week in San Diego.
23. Saint Mary's
The Skinny: Randy Bennett is doing Randy Bennett things.
24. Arizona
The Skinny: Scored only 55 points in Friday's loss against Duke in Tucson.
25. Oregon
The Skinny: Nate Bittle is quietly having a breakout season.
26. Illinois
The Skinny: The newcomers are special, but what about the vets?
27. Ohio State
The Skinny: Aaron Bradshaw is currently not participating in team activities.
28. Texas
The Skinny: 2-0 with Tramon Mark in the lineup.
29. Nebraska
The Skinny: Bubble team?
30. Creighton
The Skinny: Not having Steven Ashworth due to ankle injury will hurt this week in Las Vegas.
31. Georgia
The Skinny: Asa Newell is the truth.
32. St. John's
The Skinny: Running out of non-conference opportunities. Second-best odds to win the Big East (+380) behind UConn.
33. Memphis
The Skinny: Get a shot at UConn on Monday in Maui.
34. Pitt
The Skinny: Could be the third-best team in the ACC.
35. Wake Forest
The Skinny: Can add another quality win this week against Florida.
36. Providence
The Skinny: Opens with Oklahoma in the Battle 4 Atlantis.
37. New Mexico
The Skinny: Five players are averaging in double figures.
38. Michigan
The Skinny: Tre Donaldson is leading the Wolverines in both points and assists.
39. Michigan State
The Skinny: Shooting just 22.1 percent from three-point range.
40. Maryland
The Skinny: Derik Queen is the truth.
41. UCLA
The Skinny: Still an unknown commodity.
42. BYU
The Skinny: Has played only buy games.
43. Mississippi State
The Skinny: Will a post presence emerge?
44. Drake
The Skinny: It took Ben McCollum all of three weeks to put this program on the map.
45. Texas Tech
The Skinny: Grant McCasland's best offensive team ever?
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Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016. He joined FanDuel in 2022 as a Content Creator. Rothstein is also the host of the College Hoops Today Podcast via Compass Media Networks.