After one week of conference play, Michigan, UCLA and Michigan State currently lead the standings at 2-0. Penn State is next at 1-0 before seven teams at 1-1, five at 0-1 (including Wisconsin) and one at 0-2 — Washington. Indiana remains at 0-0, set for its first conference games this week.

Despite not receiving much love from the college basketball voters, the Wisconsin men’s basketball team sits solidly in the upper part of the Big Ten power rank

And since we're in a giving mood, let's look at one thing each top-25 team needs in the second half of the 2024-25 season. Johni Broome to stay healthy. There hasn't been a more dominant team in college basketball this season -- Auburn is putting up historic efficiency numbers through the first two months.

The Illini, coming off a nice win against Missouri, are back in the voter polls and back in the top four on this list

We knew the Big Ten got bigger this season, adding four former Pac-12 teams. But we're starting to get a clearer picture of what that means for women's college basketball. And it's going to be an interesting conference season.