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On the one hand, it has been a precipitous fall for college basketball's preseason No. 1. Purdue – which tumbled eight spots, to No. 12, after upsets by UCLA and the Illini – will likely slip further down the AP poll next Monday and, more importantly, is positioned a full two games behind the four conference co-leaders.
Big Ten women's basketball is in the thick of league play, and intriguing storylines are forming left and right. The top team is clear but not is beyond that. It’ll be a nightly battle for league supremacy all the way through this intriguing Big Ten race.
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Big Ten quarterback rankings for 2026 (early edition) - Dante Moore, Julian Sayin, Josh Hoover, more
We did just wrap up the 2025 college football season and for the third year straight, a Big Ten team brought home the title. Michigan, Ohio State, and now Indiana - who is next in line? We have a whole offseason to debate.
Michigan gave Nebraska its first blemish, creating four teams with one league loss at the top. The bottom, meanwhile, is dreadful.
The last three national champions all play one another, while Oregon faces both Ohio State and Michigan. How does the schedule stack up?
Big Ten women's basketball is in the thick of league play, and intriguing storylines are forming left and right. The top team seems clear but not much beyond that. It’ll be a nightly battle for league supremacy all the way through this intriguing Big Ten race.
Here is where Wisconsin stands in the Big Ten pecking order and NCAA tournament projections after the Badgers' loss to USC.
Nebraska has current hold of the Big Ten, and USC is still looking to make a name for itself in the conference and move off the NCAA bubble
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January 26 Big Ten men's basketball standings: Purdue, Minnesota fall
The Big Ten Standings in late January have Nebraska at the top. The Huskers have not lost. Purdue's bid for a title took a major hit thanks to UCLA
Here's where the Ohio State men's basketball team sits in the Big Ten standings as the Buckeyes get ready to play at Wisconsin.
Illinois' Keaton Wagler entered the Big Ten POTY race with a bang on Saturday, while stars Braden Smith and Yaxel Lendeborg jockey for position