Big Ten Power Rankings Archive

Big Ten Power Rankings: February 10

  • Alex Bozich Feb 10, 2020 3
 

There’s a new leader atop the Big Ten standings as Maryland’s six-game winning streak has the Terps at the top of the league. The middle of the pack continues to be a jumbled mess, but the Big Ten currently has ...

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Big Ten Power Rankings: February 3

  • Dylan Wallace Feb 3, 2020 3
 

Very few Big Ten teams came out of last week unscathed, and it’s making for an exciting race as we enter the last month and a half of conference play. Michigan State and Illinois still remain tied at the top ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 27

  • Alex Bozich Jan 27, 2020 3
 

It was a strong week for road teams in the Big Ten as eight wins were recorded away from home. Michigan State and Illinois are in a tie at the top of the league standings with Rutgers and Maryland just ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 20

  • Alex Bozich Jan 20, 2020 3
 

Michigan State continues to lead the Big Ten standings, but has Rutgers and Illinois right on its tail in second place. Beyond that, the middle of the league is a jumbled mess as home teams continue to hold serve (42-7). ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 13

  • Alex Bozich Jan 13, 2020 3
 

League play is a quarter of the way over and the middle of the conference is a glut of teams with legitimate NCAA tournament aspirations. Through Sunday’s games, the Big Ten has 12 teams ranked in the top 38 of ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 6

  • Alex Bozich Jan 6, 2020 3
 

Every Big Ten team has played three games and several have played four, which means it’s time for another Big Ten power rankings update. The power rankings will run each Monday throughout the remainder of the regular season. Twelve of ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: January 1

  • Alex Bozich Jan 1, 2020 3
 

Non-conference play has concluded and league games will resume on Thursday as Michigan State hosts Illinois and Minnesota travels to Purdue. Here’s a look at how the league is shaping up as 2020 begins: 14. Northwestern (5-7 overall, 0-2 Big ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Preseason edition

  • Alex Bozich Oct 24, 2019 3
 

The start of the college basketball season is less than two weeks away and it is time for our preseason Big Ten power rankings. Before we dig into our projections, here’s a look at an aggregate table of preseason projections ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Offseason edition (v 1)

  • Alex Bozich Apr 29, 2019 3
 

Big Ten rosters are still in flux with the addition of late 2019 signees and graduate transfers, but several key NBA decisions are already out of the way. Periodically throughout the offseason, we’ll be publishing Big Ten power rankings as ...

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After another chaotic week in the Big Ten, the conference remains as strong as ever, with all 14 teams in the top 75 of KenPom’s adjusted efficiency rankings. Here’s where things stand entering the final week of conference play. 14. ...

With just a few games left on the schedule, the standings are starting to sort themselves out. The tiers in the standings are quite clear at this point. There continues to be movement within those tiers, however, and the movement ...

Big Ten play is hitting the home stretch and three teams have created separation at the top of the league. Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue are two games clear in the loss column from the rest of the pack and ...

The Big Ten is certainly an improved conference from where it was a year ago, when it only sent four teams to the NCAA tournament. But it appears the lofty projections set earlier in the season may have been a ...

We’re just past the midway point of Big Ten play and there is a clear top tier at the top of the league with Purdue, Michigan State and Michigan. The middle of the pack, meanwhile, remains a jumbled mess as ...

Big Ten Power Rankings: Purdue makes a push

  • Ben Ladner Jan 28, 2019 3
 

As the Big Ten schedule wears on, it becomes increasingly easy to identify qualitative differences between teams and separate them into tiers. Where there were once four teams at the bottom, a large middle class, and two title contenders, the ...

The Big Ten has clearly established itself as one of, if not the top conference in college basketball. But while the pecking order has been difficult to peg, each passing week brings more clarity as to how the teams stack ...