The college basketball season gets rolling Monday with a full slate of home openers, headlined by two ranked Texas programs. No. 19 Texas Tech welcomes Jackson State to Lubbock at 7 p.m., while No. 7 Texas hosts Chicago State in Austin in a 9 p.m. tip.

The rest of the slate leans on classic opening-night matchups between mid-majors and visiting underdogs. Cornell opens at home against Pepperdine in Ithaca at 6 p.m., and Presbyterian hosts St. Thomas in Clinton, South Carolina at 7 p.m. In the Mountain time zone, New Mexico tips off against Utah Tech in Albuquerque at 9 p.m.

Elsewhere, Troy hosts UMass in Alabama at 7 p.m., and San Jose State gets an early 3 p.m. start against UTSA on the West Coast.

For the ranked hosts, the openers are a chance to shake off preseason rust against lower-tier opponents before conference play and marquee non-conference tests arrive. For the visitors, Monday offers the season's first shot at an upset — and a payday game either way.