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Most Big Ten teams have one more non-conference game left in 2018 this week before tipping off the Big Ten (in earnest) season in 2019. There’s been some shakeup since our last Power Rankings four weeks ago. Let’s take a look...
Illinois remains the only Big Ten team with a losing record. Double-digit losses to Missouri, Ohio State and Nebraska since our last Power Rankings affirm Illinois’ position as the bottom of the barrel in the conference.
Rutgers’ eight-point loss to Fordham — who has one of the country’s premier scorers in freshman Nick Honor — could look really bad down the road.