
Here are the top five teams in these Big Ten basketball power rankings.
Overall Record: 17-5 Big Ten Record: 7-4
Rankings in various metric-based sites: Net: #16 KenPom: #14 Barttorvik: #15 BPI: #23
Important victories this season: Arizona (103-88), UCF (86-70) and Pittsburgh (81-75) in the Greenbrier Tip-off—Mountain Division, Butler (83-74), Iowa (116-85), @ Rutgers (75-63), Ohio State (70-68), @ USC (84-69), Nebraska (83-55), and @ Northwestern (75-69).
Significant defeats this season: Michigan (64-67), @ Marquette (74-88), @ Illinois (80-86), @ UCLA (83-85), and @ Maryland (68-76).
Overall Record: 16-6 Big Ten Record: 7-4
Ranking in various metric-based sites: NET: #28, KenPom: #28, Barttorvik: #23, and BPI: #30
Important victories this season: Washington (69-58), Arizona (57-54) in the Hall of Fame Rivalry, @ Oregon (73-71), Gonzaga (65-62) in the West Coast Hoops Showdown, Iowa (94-70), Wisconsin (85-83), @ Washington (65-60), and Oregon (78-52).
Significant defeats this season: New Mexico (64-72) on a neutral court, North Carolina (74-74) in the CBS Sports Classic, @ Nebraska (58-66), Michigan (75-94), @ Maryland (61-79), and @ Rutgers (68-75).
Overall Record: 17-5 Big Ten Record: 7-4
Ranking in various metric-based sites: Net: #15 KenPom: #18 Barttorvik: #13 BPI: #19
Important victories this season: Villanova (76-75) in the Saatva Empire Classic, Ohio State (83-59), Syracuse (87-60) in the Nutrafol Gotham Classic, UCLA (79-61), Nebraska (69-66), @ Illinois (91-70), @ Indiana (79-78), and Wisconsin (76-68).
Significant defeats this season: Marquette (74-78), @ Purdue (78-83), @ Washington (69-75), @ Oregon (79-83), and @ Northwestern (74-76).
Overall Record: 18-3 Big Ten Record: 9-1
Rankings in various metric-based sites: NET: #20 KenPom: #17 Barttorvik: #14 BPI: #16
Important victories this season: Colorado (72-56), North Carolina (94-91) in the Maui Invitational, Samford (83-75), @ Minnesota (90-72), Nebraska (89-72), Florida Atlantic (86-69), @ Ohio State (69-62), Washington (88-54), @ Northwestern (78-68), Penn State (90-85), Illinois (80-78), @ Rutgers (81-74), and Minnesota (73-51).
Significant defeats this season: Memphis in the Maui Invitational (63-71), Kansas (69-77) in the State Farm Champions Classic, and USC (64-70).
Overall Record: 17-5 Big Ten Record: 9-2
Rankings in various metric-based sites: Net: #9, KenPom: #8, Barttorvik: #9 BPI: #13
Important victories this season: Yale (92-84), Alabama (87-78), NC State (71-61), and Ole Miss (80-78) in the Rady Children's Invitational tournament; Maryland (83-78), @ Minnesota (81-61), Northwestern (79-61), @ Rutgers (68-50), Nebraska (104-68), @ Washington (69-58), @ Oregon (65-58), Michigan (91-64), and Indiana (81-76).
Significant defeats this season: @ Marquette (58-76), @ Penn State (70-81), Texas A&M (66-70), Auburn (69-87), and Ohio State (70-73).