Michigan, USC and college basketball
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There is plenty of movement and depth in this week's Power Rankings after the dominant Wolverines and Wildcats.
Michigan and Arizona continue to lead the first USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll of the 2026 calendar year.
The 2025-26 Michigan basketball team has been nothing short of impressive in its first couple of months of the season. The No. 2 Wolverines are a perfect 13-0 a
The Michigan men's basketball team barely made it out of State College with a win after Penn State refused to quit until the final possession.
Here are the top 10 men's college basketball teams by NET ranking, who is already fighting on the bubble and the biggest risers and fallers through week 9.
Coen Carr scored 18 points and Jaxon Kohler added 16 on perfect shooting to lead No. 12 Michigan State to an 80-51 blowout against Southern California.
Arizona sits atop the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the fifth straight week after running its record to 14-0 and beating Utah in its Big 12 opener.
Vanderbilt is yet to face a ranked opponent, but it did defeat UCF and SMU (28th in NET) during the non-conference portion of the schedule. No. 14 Alabama is their first ranked opponent, on Jan. 7, with Florida, Arkansas and Kentucky all in January as well.
The Hoosiers have won four of their last five outings and are relatively well-respected by CBB's top experts. But are they even better than the pundits say?
No. 1 Michigan basketball has 10 wins by at least 25 points, eight by 30 or more, six by 40 or more and one by more than 50.