Monday evenings typically belong to the National Football League, but that won't be the case on November 4, when Monday Night Football will be righteously eclipsed by the triumphant return of men's and women's college hoops. While the NFL will host one measly game that evening, the NCAA will stage a staggering 358 matchups from sea to shining sea.
Nearly every team in the nation will be on the hardwood that night, including blue bloods like Duke, Kentucky, and Kansas, which enters the season as the top-ranked men's team in the country for the second straight year. Basketball fans can also look forward to cheering on a cadre of anonymous underdogs like Life Pacific, Pfeiffer, and Frostburg State. I mean seriously, who even knew Frostburg was a state? It's all a prelude to March Madness, when the entire country falls under a collective case of hoops hysteria for one glorious month.
The return of college basketball isn't the only thing sports fans can look forward to in November. The month is positively overflowing with marquee events including the Breeders' Cup, the NASCAR Cup Series Championship, UFC 309, the 111th Grey Cup, the Las Vegas Grand Prix, and the NHL Global Series in Finland.
Stay abreast of upcoming games and tournaments with our freshly updated November sports calendar below.
NCAAF Week 10
October 29-November 2
Various venues
NFL Week 9
October 31-November 4
Various venues
NH Global Series Finland: Dallas Stars vs. Florida Panthers
November 1-2
Nokia Arena (Tampere, Finland)
Breeders' Cup
November 1-2
Del Mar Racetrack (Del Mar, CA)
CFL Eastern and Western Conference Semi-Finals
November 2
BMO Field (Toronto, ON) and Mosaic Stadium (Regina, SK)
NBA Mexico City Game: Miami Heat vs. Washington Wizards
November 2
Arena CDMX (Mexico City, Mexico)
New York City Marathon
November 3
(New York City, NY)
F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix
November 3
Autodromo Jose Carlos Place (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
NASCAR XFINITY 500
November 3
Martinsville Speedway (Ridgeway, VA)
2024-25 NCAA Division 1 Men's and Women's Basketball season tips off
November 4
Various venues
NCAAF Week 11
November 5-9
Various venues
Invicta FC 58: Ducote vs. Ostroverkhova
November 6
Memorial Hall (Kansas City, KS)
PGA World Wide Technology Championship
November 7-10
El Cardonal at Diamante (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico)
NFL Week 10
November 7-11
Various venues
CFL Eastern and Western Conference Finals
November 9
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium (Montreal, QC) and Princess Auto Stadium (Winnipeg, MB)
Jaron Ennis vs. Karen Chukhadzhian welterweight title fight
November 9
Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, PA)
UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Prates
November 9
UFC APEX (Las Vegas, NV)
NFL International Game: New York Giants vs. Carolina Panthers
November 10
Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany)
NASCAR Cup Series Championship
November 10
Phoenix Raceway (Avondale, AZ)
NBA Cup begins
November 12
Various venues
NCAAF Week 12
November 12-16
Various venues
PGA Butterfield Bermuda Championship
November 14-17
Port Royal Golf Course (Southampton Parish, Bermuda)
NFL Week 11
November 14-18
Various venues
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul heavyweight fight
November 15
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, TX)
CFL Grey Cup
November 17
BC Place Stadium (Vancouver, BC)
UFC 309: Jones vs. Miocic
November 16
Madison Square Garden (New York City, NY)
NCAAF Week 13
November 19-23
Various venues
The PGA RSM Classic
November 21-24
Sea Island Resort (Saint Simons Island, GA)
NFL Week 12
November 21-25
Various venues
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo
November 23
Galaxy Arena (Cotai, Macau)
F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
November 23
Las Vegas Strip Circuit (Las Vegas, NV)
NCAAF Week 14
November 26-30
Various venues
NFL Week 13
November 28-December 2
Various venues