Big Ten play resumes just after the new year and in an effort to get you caught up on how the conference has fared so far this season, here is the first edition of power rankings for men’s basketball during the 2018-2019 campaign. The Big Ten is looking to be extremely strong this season and I consider any of the teams ranked below in the top nine as an NCAA Tournament contender. Let’s tip things off here.
Note: All rankings are per KenPom as of December 26th. I consider bad losses against teams ranked worse than 100.