Illinois picked up two big road wins vs. Oregon and Washington, Nebraska takes down UCLA and more. How it impacts the Big Ten basketball power rankings.

The Wildcats continued their rise in the AP Top 25 rankings, while preseason No. 1 Kansas dropped out of the top 10

Illinois rose nine spots to No. 13 following a 109-77 rout of then-No. 9 Oregon and its win at Washington on Sunday.

Illinois (11-3, 3-1 Big Ten) was rewarded for its efforts in back-to-back road wins against No. 9 Oregon and Washington last week in the form of a nine-spot leap, to No. 13, in Monday's AP poll. Illinois,

Iowa State (Prev. 3, 12-1): The Cyclones are the team to beat in the Big 12 after a strong W over Baylor. Duke (Prev. 4, 12-2): The Blue Devils have won eight in a row, Cooper Flagg has been as good as advertised and the win at SMU put the Mustangs in their place in the ACC.

I have seven Big Ten teams in Monday morning's updated Top 25 And 1 — where Tennessee remains No. 1 for the 33rd consecutive day

Michigan basketball enjoyed 2 wins last week, first setting program record with 19 made 3s vs. WKU, then defeating USC to move into college rankings.

Usually, anything over 30 is good enough to earn the No. 1 ranking in KenPom’s database, but Duke and Tennessee were also over 30 at that point. Well, we may be in for a historic season of dominant teams because Houston and Iowa State have joined those three in the plus-30 club in the ensuing weeks.

Illinois 109, Oregon 77. Given that Oregon is ranked ninth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, and given that the game was played inside Matthew Knight Arena, Illinois on Thursday became the first team to ever win a road contest over an opponent ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll by at least 32 points.