2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season

2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Teams	18
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, Fox, FS1, CBS, Peacock, NBC, NBCSN
2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Tournament
Venue	United Center, Chicago, Illinois

2025–26 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Michigan	15	–	1	.938	25	–	1	.962
No. 10 Illinois	12	–	3	.800	21	–	5	.808
No. 9 Nebraska	11	–	4	.733	22	–	4	.846
No. 15 Michigan State	11	–	4	.733	21	–	5	.808
No. 7 Purdue	11	–	4	.733	21	–	5	.808
No. 24 Wisconsin	10	–	5	.667	18	–	8	.692
Iowa	9	–	6	.600	19	–	7	.731
Ohio State	9	–	6	.600	17	–	9	.654
UCLA	9	–	6	.600	17	–	9	.654
Indiana	8	–	7	.533	17	–	9	.654
USC	7	–	7	.500	18	–	7	.720
Washington	5	–	10	.333	13	–	13	.500
Minnesota	5	–	10	.333	12	–	14	.462
Rutgers	3	–	11	.214	10	–	15	.400
Maryland	3	–	11	.214	10	–	15	.400
Penn State	2	–	13	.133	11	–	15	.423
Northwestern	2	–	13	.133	10	–	16	.385
Oregon	2	–	13	.133	9	–	17	.346

† 2026 Big Ten tournament winner As of February 17, 2026 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025–26 Big Ten men's basketball season will be for the Big Ten Conference in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The basketball teams began practicing in October 2025, followed by the start of the season in November 2025. The regular season will end in March 2026.

Michigan State is the defending regular season champion while Michigan is the defending tournament champion. Purdue was the preseason AP and Coaches Poll No. 1 team for the first time in school history.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Indiana

On February 8, 2025, the school announced that head coach Mike Woodson would not return as head coach.^[1] On March 18, the school named West Virginia head coach Darian DeVries the team's new head coach.^[2]

Iowa

On March 14, 2025, the school fired head coach Fran McCaffery after 15 seasons. He finished with a 297–207 overall record with Iowa.^[3]^[4] On March 24, the school named Drake head coach Ben McCollum the team's new coach.^[5]

Maryland

Following the season, head coach Kevin Willard left the team to take the head coaching position at Villanova.^[6] On April 1, the school named Texas A&M head coach Buzz Williams the team's new head coach.^[7]

Minnesota

On March 13, 2025, the school fired head coach Ben Johnson.^[8] On March 24, the school named Colorado State head coach Niko Medved the team's new coach.^[9]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Big Ten record	Big Ten titles	Big Ten tournament titles	NCAA Tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Illinois	Brad Underwood	Oklahoma State	9	165–101 (.620)	92–66 (.582)	1	2	5	0	0
Indiana	Darian DeVries	West Virginia	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Iowa	Ben McCollum	Drake	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Maryland	Buzz Williams	Texas A&M	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	Dusty May	Florida Atlantic	2	27–10 (.730)	14–6 (.700)	0	1	1	0	0
Michigan State	Tom Izzo	Michigan State (Asst.)	30	737–302 (.709)	361–173 (.676)	11	6	27	8	1
Minnesota	Niko Medved	Colorado State	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Fred Hoiberg	Chicago Bulls	7	84–108 (.438)	37–82 (.311)	0	0	1	0	0
Northwestern	Chris Collins	Duke (Asst.)	13	194–190 (.505)	87–142 (.380)	0	0	3	0	0
Ohio State	Jake Diebler	Ohio State (Assoc.)	3	25–18 (.581)	9–11 (.450)	0	0	0	0	0
Oregon	Dana Altman	Creighton	16	370–162 (.695)	12–8 (.600)	0	0	9	1	0
Penn State	Mike Rhoades	VCU	3	32–32 (.500)	15–25 (.375)	0	0	0	0	0
Purdue	Matt Painter	Purdue (Assoc.)	21	471–215 (.687)	238–129 (.649)	5	2	15	1	0
Rutgers	Steve Pikiell	Stony Brook	10	147–140 (.512)	71–105 (.403)	0	0	2	0	0
UCLA	Mick Cronin	Cincinnati	7	138–64 (.683)	13–7 (.650)	0	0	4	1	0
USC	Eric Musselman	Arkansas	2	17–18 (.486)	7–13 (.350)	0	0	0	0	0
Washington	Danny Sprinkle	Utah State	2	13–18 (.419)	4–16 (.200)	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Greg Gard	Wisconsin (Assoc.)	11	212–117 (.644)	117–77 (.603)	2	0	7	0	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time as head coach with current school only.
Year at school includes 2025–26 season.
Overall and Big Ten records are from time as head coach at current school only and are through the beginning of the season.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

The Big Ten Media poll was released on October 7, 2025.^[10]

Rank	Team
1	Purdue
2	Michigan
3	UCLA
4	Illinois
5	Oregon
6	Michigan State
7	Wisconsin
8	Iowa
9	Ohio State
10	Indiana
11	Washington
12	USC
13	Maryland
14	Nebraska
15	Northwestern
16	Minnesota
17	Rutgers
18	Penn State

Preseason All-Big Ten

A select media panel named a preseason All-Big Ten team and player of the year.^[11]

Honor	Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year	Braden Smith, Purdue
Preseason All-Big Ten Team	Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan
	Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State
	Nate Bittle, Oregon
	Jackson Shelstad, Oregon
	Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue
	Braden Smith, Purdue
	Donovan Dent, UCLA
	John Blackwell, Wisconsin

Preseason national polls

	AP^[12]	Blue Ribbon Yearbook^[13]	CBS Sports^[14]	Coaches	ESPN^[15]	FOX Sports^[16]	Lindy's Sports^[17]	Sporting News	Sports Illustrated^[18]
Illinois	17	20	24		16	20	23		15
Indiana
Iowa							31		25
Maryland
Michigan	7	9	8		8	6	4		11
Michigan State	22		16		27	18	25		22
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State							38
Oregon						25	17		30
Penn State
Purdue	1	2	4		1	1	2		5
Rutgers
UCLA	12	12	10		15	12	16		19
USC					30
Washington
Wisconsin	24	21	26		20	21	33		23

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden^[19]	Naismith^[20]	Naismith DPOY	Robertson^[21]	Cousy^[22]	West^[23]	Erving^[24]	Malone^[25]	Abdul-Jabbar^[26]
Chad Baker-Mazara, USC							Y
Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA								Y
Nate Bittle, Oregon	Y	Y		Y					Y
John Blackwell, Wisconsin	Y	Y		Y		Y
Kylan Boswell, Illinois						Y
Elliot Cadeau, Michigan					Y
Coen Carr, Michigan State							Y
Oscar Cluff, Purdue									Y
Eric Dailey Jr., UCLA							Y
Donovan Dent, UCLA	Y	Y		Y	Y
Tucker DeVries, Indiana	Y	Y		Y			Y
Alvaro Folgueiras, Iowa								Y
Tomislav Ivišić, Illinois		Y		Y					Y
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue	Y	Y		Y				Y
Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan	Y	Y		Y				Y
Fletcher Loyer, Purdue							Y
Aday Mara, Michigan									Y
Rienk Mast, Nebraska									Y
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern	Y	Y		Y				Y
Rodney Rice, USC						Y
Devin Royal, Ohio State							Y
Jackson Shelstad, Oregon	Y	Y		Y
Braden Smith, Purdue	Y	Y		Y	Y
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa	Y	Y		Y	Y
Andrej Stojaković, Illinois	Y	Y					Y
Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	Y	Y		Y	Y
Wesley Yates III, Washington						Y

Preseason All-American teams

Player	AP^[27]	CBS^[28]	USA Today^[29]	Sports Illustrated^[30]	SB Nation^[31]	Sporting News^[32]
Braden Smith, Purdue	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team	1st team
Yaxel Lendeborg , Michigan	1st team	2nd team	2nd team	2nd team	1st team	2nd team
Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue		1st team		2nd team	2nd team	3rd team
Donovan Dent, UCLA		1st team		2nd team	1st team	2nd team
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa		2nd team		2nd team	3rd team

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

		Pre/ Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16
Illinois	AP	17	14	8	13	14	13	18	20	20*	16	13	11	9	5	8	10
Illinois	C	14	14	8	14	15	13	18	19	19	16	13	11	10	6	7	10
Indiana	AP	RV	RV	RV	25	22	RV	RV	RV	RV*	RV
Indiana	C		RV	25	24	19T			RV	RV	RV	RV
Iowa	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	25*	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Iowa	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	25	23	23	19	23	RV	25	RV	25	RV
Maryland	AP									*
Maryland	C
Michigan	AP	7	6	7	7	3 (15)	2 (19)	2 (15)	2 (19)	2 (19)*	2 (29)	4	3	3	2	2	1
Michigan	C	7	5	6	6	2 (6)	1 (17)	1 (16)	1 (20)	1 (20)	1 (24)	3 (1)	2	2	2	2	1
Michigan State	AP	22	17	17	11	7	9	9	9	9*	12	12	10	7	10	10	15
Michigan State	C	21	17	18	12	8	9	9	9	9	13	12	10	8	10	10	15
Minnesota	AP									*
Minnesota	C
Nebraska	AP				RV	RV	23	15	13	13*	10	8	7	5	9	7	9
Nebraska	C				RV	RV	22	15	13	13	11	10	7	5	9	8	9
Northwestern	AP									*
Northwestern	C
Ohio State	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					*
Ohio State	C	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV				RV
Oregon	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV					*
Oregon	C	RV	RV	RV	RV
Penn State	AP									*
Penn State	C
Purdue	AP	1 (35)	2 (36)	1 (44)	1 (46)	1 (40)	6	6	5	5*	5	5	4	12	12	13	7
Purdue	C	1 (18)	1 (21)	1 (20)	1 (23)	1 (21)	6	6	5	6	5	5	4	12	12	12	7
Rutgers	AP									*
Rutgers	C
UCLA	AP	12	15	19	18	RV	25	RV	RV	RV*	RV
UCLA	C	12	15	20	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
USC	AP	RV	RV	RV	RV	24			24	24*	RV	RV
USC	C	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV
Washington	AP	RV								*
Washington	C	RV
Wisconsin	AP	24	24	23	RV	RV	RV	RV		*		RV	RV	RV	RV		24
Wisconsin	C	24	22	21	RV	RV	RV	RV				RV	RV				25

*AP did not release a week 9 poll.

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Big Ten offices will name one or two players of the week and one or two freshmen of the week each Monday.

Week	Player of the week	Freshman of the week
November 10, 2025^[33]	Tucker DeVries, Indiana	David Mirković, Illinois
November 10, 2025^[33]	Bruce Thornton, Ohio State	David Mirković, Illinois
November 17, 2025^[34]	Braden Smith, Purdue	David Mirkovic (2), Illinois
November 24, 2025^[35]	Diggy Coit, Maryland	Braden Frager, Nebraska
December 1, 2025^[36]	Yaxel Lendeborg, Michigan	Kayden Mingo, Penn State
December 8, 2025^[37]	John Blackwell, Wisconsin	Hannes Steinbach, Washington
December 15, 2025^[38]	Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska	Keaton Wagler, Illinois
December 15, 2025^[38]	Lamar Wilkerson, Indiana	Keaton Wagler, Illinois
December 22, 2025^[39]	Skyy Clark, UCLA	Braden Frager (2), Nebraska
December 22, 2025^[39]	Tariq Francis, Rutgers	Braden Frager (2), Nebraska
January 5, 2026^[40]	Morez Johnson Jr., Michigan	Keaton Wagler (2), Illinois
January 5, 2026^[40]	Braden Smith (2), Purdue	Hannes Steinbach (2), Washington
January 12, 2026^[41]	Nick Boyd, Wisconsin	Keaton Wagler (3), Illinois
January 12, 2026^[41]	Braden Smith (3), Purdue	Keaton Wagler (3), Illinois
January 19, 2026^[42]	Diggy Coit (2), Maryland	Braden Frager (3), Nebraska
January 19, 2026^[42]	John Blackwell (2), Wisconsin	Braden Frager (3), Nebraska
January 26, 2026^[43]	Jeremy Fears Jr., Michigan State	Keaton Wagler (4), Illinois
January 26, 2026^[43]	Keaton Wagler, Illinois	Keaton Wagler (4), Illinois
February 2, 2026^[44]	Bennett Stirtz, Iowa	Keaton Wagler (5), Illinois
February 2, 2026^[44]	Jeremy Fears Jr. (2), Michigan State	Keaton Wagler (5), Illinois
February 9, 2026^[45]	Lamar Wilkerson (2), Indiana	Alijah Arenas, USC
February 9, 2026^[45]	Bennett Stirtz (2), Iowa	Alijah Arenas, USC
February 16, 2026^[46]	Nick Boyd (2), Wisconsin	Keaton Wagler (6), Illinois

Early season tournaments

Of the 18 Big Ten teams, 11 participated in early season bracketed tournaments.^[47]

Team	Tournament	Finish
Iowa	Acrisure Series (Classic)	1st
Maryland	Players Era Festival	Lost consolation game
Michigan	Players Era Festival	1st
Minnesota	Acrisure Series (Invitational)	4th
Nebraska	Hall of Fame Classic	1st
Oregon	Players Era Festival	Lost consolation game
Purdue	Bahamas Championship	1st
Rutgers	Players Era Festival	Won consolation game
USC	Maui Invitational	1st
Washington	Acrisure Series (Holiday Classic)	2nd
Wisconsin	Rady Children's Invitational	2nd

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play 20 conference games with at least one game against each opponent.

	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Maryland	Michigan	Michigan St	Minnesota	Nebraska	Northwestern	Ohio St	Oregon	Penn St	Purdue	Rutgers	UCLA	USC	Washington	Wisconsin
vs. Illinois	–	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
vs. Indiana	0–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0
vs. Iowa	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Maryland	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Michigan	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Michigan St	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0
vs. Minnesota	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
vs. Nebraska	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1
vs. Northwestern	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0
vs. Ohio State	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0
vs. Oregon	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
vs. Penn State	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	–	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
vs. Purdue	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	–	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1
vs. Rutgers	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
vs. UCLA	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–0	0–1	1–0
vs. USC	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	–	1–0	0–1
vs. Washington	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	–	0–0
vs. Wisconsin	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	–
Total	11–1	4–5	4–4	1–8	8–1	8–1	3–6	8–0	1–8	6–4	1–8	0–9	7–2	2–7	6–3	4–5	3–6	6–3

Through January 26, 2026

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Championships & awards	Regular season champions Big Ten tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball (defunct)
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