The Big Ten Power Rankings for week five rank UCLA in the top 10, but let's take a look at the teams that are not in the top 10.
*Rankings are from the afternoon of 12/03/24.
No. 18 USC
Record: 5-3
Team Rankings: NET: #169 KenPom: #108 EvanMiya: #103 Barttorvik: #94 BPI: #84
Key victory this season: San Jose State (82-68)
Losses this season: Cal (74-78), Saint Mary’s (36-71), and New Mexico (73-83) in the Acrisure Classic.
No. 17 Minnesota
Record: 6-3
Team Rankings: NET: #155 KenPom: #100 EvanMiya: #88 Barttorvik: #96 BPI: #87
Key victory this season: Yale (59-56)
Losses this season: Wichita State (66-68) and Wake Forest (51-57) in the ESPN Events Invitational.
No. 16 Washington
Record: 6-1
Team Rankings: NET: #128 KenPom: #78 EvanMiya: #86 Barttorvik: #84 BPI: #74
Key victories this season: Colorado State (73-67) and Santa Clara (76-69) in the Acrisure Invitational.
Loss this season: @ Nevada (53-63)
No. 15 Rutgers
Record: 5-3
Team Rankings: Net: #87 KenPom: #70 EvanMiya: #70 Barttorvik: #48 BPI: #70
Key victory this season: Notre Dame (85-84) in the Players Era Festival-Impact Tournament.
Losses this season: @ Kennesaw State (77-79), Texas A&M (77-81), and Alabama (90-95) in the Players Era Festival-Impact Tournament.
No. 14 Northwestern
Record: 6-2
Team Rankings: NET: #73 KenPom: #64 EvanMiya: #62 Barttorvik: #52 BPI: 49
Victories this season: Montana State (72-69) and UNLV (66-61) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division
Losses this season: @ Dayton (66-71) and Butler (69-71) in the Arizona Tip-off Cactus Division
No. 13 Indiana
Record: 5-2
Team Rankings: NET: #72 KenPom: #53 EvanMiya: #38 Barttorvik: #44 BPI: 62
Victories this season: South Carolina (87-71) and Providence (89-73) in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis
Losses this season: Louisville (61-89) and Gonzaga (73-89) in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis
No. 12 Iowa
Record: 6-1
Team Rankings: Net: #47 KenPom: #45 EvanMiya: #44 Barttorvik: #47 BPI: #55
Key victory this season: Washington State (76-66)
Loss this season: Utah State (69-77) in the Hall of Fame Classic
No. 11 Nebraska
Record: 6-1
Team Rankings: Net: #43 KenPom: #47 EvanMiya: #37 Barttorvik: #40 BPI: #37
Key victories this season: @ Creighton (74-63) and North Florida (103-72)
Loss this season: Saint Mary’s (74-77)