Twenty-six days into this season, I'd argue no conference is performing better, in the ways that matter most, than the Big Ten. As evidence, consider that It has eight teams in Saturday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings.

No other league has more than six.

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. Michigan is third in the Top 25 And 1 with a 7-0 record featuring a 101-61 win over Gonzaga in the title game of the Players Era Festival. Those two are clear national championship contenders with obvious CBS Sports National Player of the Year candidates in Braden Smith (Purdue) and

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