Thanksgiving week has concluded, and the stage is set for the 2025-26 Big Ten basketball conference season to begin.
Purdue enters the conference slate as both the conference and the nation's No. 1 overall team. Behind the current national title favorite, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois and Wisconsin are all jockeying for position.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe opening week of conference play includes matchups between Iowa and the No. 11-ranked Spartans, No. 1 Purdue and Rutgers, USC and Oregon, Wisconsin and Northwestern, No. 25 Indiana and Minnesota, No. 18 UCLA and Washington. While several weeks of nonconference action still remains until the full conference schedule tips off in January, the week should give a further look at how the conference stacks up.
As we enter December, here are our updated Big Ten power rankings:
Updated Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings (Dec 1)
Purdue Boilermakers head coach Matt Painter calls out to his team Saturday, March 29, 2025, during the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.Purdue Boilermakers (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 2 in KenPom) -- No change
Michigan Wolverines (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 1 in KenPom) -- No change
Michigan State Spartans (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 15 in KenPom) -- No change
Indiana Hoosiers (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 19 in KenPom) -- Up 1
Illinois Fighting Illini (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 17 in KenPom) -- Down 1
USC Trojans (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 25 in KenPom) -- Up 1
Iowa Hawkeyes (7-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 21 in KenPom) -- Up 2
Wisconsin Badgers (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 27 in KenPom) -- Down 2
Ohio State Buckeyes (6-1, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 33 in KenPom) -- Up 1
UCLA Bruins (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 32 in KenPom) -- Down 2
Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-0, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 49 in KenPom) -- No change
Washington Huskies (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 58 in KenPom) -- Up 2
Northwestern Wildcats (5-2, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 53 in KenPom) -- Up 2
Penn State Nittany Lions (7-1, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 99 in KenPom) -- Up 2
Maryland Terrapins (5-3, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 94 in KenPom) -- Down 3
Oregon Ducks (4-3, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 86 in KenPom) -- Down 3
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-3, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 118 in KenPom) -- No change
Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-4, 0-0 Big Ten; No. 114 in KenPom) -- No change
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