The No. 3 Houston Cougars and the No. 4 Iowa State Cyclones meet Monday. Tip-off from Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, is scheduled for 9 p.m. ET.

Bell is due for a superstar season where he scores six to seven wins, leads a thousand-plus laps and is among the leaders in several other key statistical categories. If this happens, he’ll be NASCAR’s Driver of the Year regardless of where he finishes in the year-end points.