The NET replaced the RPI as an official selection committee criteria prior to the 2018-19 season. It is a results-based metric. Most of the top 10 in the NET rankings correlate to the most recent AP Top 25 poll but with a few notable exceptions.

A dominant performance in Las Vegas during the week of Thanksgiving has Michigan rising in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll.

The more things change, the more they stay the same in the fantasy basketball world. While there were some significant returns to the court and injuries during Week 6, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić remains atop this week's Top 200 rankings.

The third CBS college basketball power rankings have been released, and in this newest installment, the Arizona Wildcats have been dethroned from the No. 1 spot. Despite another strong showing for the Wildcats,

Thanksgiving week has concluded, and the stage is set for the 2025-26 Big Ten basketball conference season to begin.

Loyola vaults into the top five. Benet, New Trier and Waukegan tumble but remain in the rankings after picking up losses.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/virginia as Virginia Basketball Ranked In Top 50 In First Unveil Of Net Rankings of 2025-2026 Season .

Purdue, which has won two of the past three Big Ten regular-season championships, is second in the Top 25 And 1 with a 7-0 record featuring an 86-56 win over Texas Tech in the title game of the Baha Mar Championship.