New Year Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings

Where does UCLA rank in the new 2025 Big Ten basketball power rankings? Higher than you may think. Here is a look at the teams ranked 18 through 10 in part one of the New Year power rankings.

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Now let's look at the teams ranked number 13 to 10 in the New Year Big Ten basketball power rankings.

No. 13 Iowa Hawkeyes
Overall Record: 10-4 Big Ten Record: 1-2
Team Rankings: Net: #49 KenPom: #54 EvanMiya: #40 Barttorvik: #46 BPI: #46
Significant wins this season: Washington State (76-66), Northwestern (80-79), and Utah (95-88)
Quad one, two, and three losses this season: Utah State (69-77) in the Hall of Fame Classic, @ Michigan (83-85), Iowa State (80-89), and @ Wisconsin (85-116).

No. 12 Nebraska Cornhuskers
Overall Record: 11-2 Big Ten Record: 1-1
Team Rankings: Net: #44 KenPom: #39 EvanMiya: #47 Barttorvik: #32 BPI: #38
Significant wins this season: @ Creighton (74-63), Indiana (85-68), and Murray State (66-49), and Oregon State (78-66) in the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic.
Quad one, two, and three losses this season: Saint Mary’s (74-77) and @ Michigan State (52-89)

No. 11 Northwestern Wildcats
Overall Record: 10-4 Big Ten Record: 1-2
Team Rankings: NET: #45 KenPom: #44 EvanMiya: #44 Barttorvik: #40 BPI: #41
Significant wins this season: Montana State (72-69), UNLV (66-61) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division, Illinois (70-66), Georgia Tech (71-60), and DePaul (84-64).
Quad one, two, and three losses this season: @ Dayton (66-71), Butler (69-71) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division, @ Iowa (79-80), and @ Penn State (80-84).

No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions Overall Record: 12-2 Big Ten Record: 2-1
Team Rankings: Net: #41 KenPom: #38 EvanMiya: #45 Barttorvik: #42 BPI: #43
Significant wins this season: Virginia Tech (86-64), Purdue Fort Wayne (102-89), Purdue (81-70), and Northwestern (84-80).
Quad one, two, and three losses this season: Clemson (67-75) in the Sunshine Slam - Beach Division and @ Rutgers (76-80).

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