An expanded breakdown of the top five college basketball conferences using NET rankings, records, and coaching context to explain where each league truly stands.

Purdue is off to a 10-1 start to the 2025-26 season. Where do the Boilermakers rank in the latest AP, KenPom and NCAA NET rankings?

After 10 games, Florida basketball is ranked No. 22 in the NET, a high point so far in the 2025 season for the Gators.

The top 25 rankings are important for understanding just who is killing it in college basketball, but we can go deeper — all the way to the bubble and beyond. The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a rankings system used in Division I basketball to help ...

Duke, Louisville, UNC and Virginia continue to lead the way as the top teams in the conference, but the overall league improvement is evident as 2026 approaches on the calendar. According to ESPN researcher Bryan Ives, ACC teams have 38 Power Five wins this season after logging 16 such victories last season.

A year ago, the SEC ran away with the prize of top conference in college basketball by producing a whopping 14 NCAA Tournament teams. That remarkable Selection Sunday was made possible by a 59-19 record against teams from the other four high-major leagues. This time around, the league breakdown is far more even.

CINCINNATI — The final week of non-conference play is in motion for the Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team. A 7-5 start has Cincinnati profiling as the worst team of the Wes Miller era so far. UC is currently ranked a lowly 108th nationally in the NET Rankings.

Where is Illinois in updated college basketball rankings ahead of the Missouri game? See where Fighting Illini stand on Dec. 22, 2025.