Historically, the Big Ten has been a carnivorous conference in college basketball, and this year has been no different. Only two teams are below .500 in the conference and all but two of them have won at least six of 14 conference games.
Wisconsin, which was once the top team in the conference by record, has dropped five of six, and even the mighty Purdue Boilermakers fell on the road in Columbus in the debut of an interim coach. This conference is not easy to navigate, and neither were these rankings.
Here’s our best shot at it: