Updated Big Ten basketball standings after Michigan’s upset win over Purdue

Posted by author February 12, 2025 Basketball

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Tuesday’s results around the Big Ten made the conference regular-season race a lot more interesting.

Michigan toppled first-place Purdue 75-73. The result pushed the Wolverines into the conference’s top spot and created a seesaw effect between the two teams. Purdue now sits 1/2 game behind Michigan for first place, after the Wolverines entered Tuesday 1/2 game behind the Boilermakers.

Those two teams aren’t alone atop the conference. Third-place Michigan State, which held the top spot for the majority of the season, fell at home to Indiana on Tuesday. That result continues the Spartans’ fall from the top of the conference. It also elevates Wisconsin, which sat idle on Tuesday, closer to a top-three standing.

The Badgers are preparing for a Saturday visit to West Lafayette, Indiana, to face Purdue in a game that could define the conference race.

The other major result from Tuesday was Illinois’ home win over UCLA. The game snapped UCLA’s seven-game winning streak, plus elevated the Fighting Illini back into longshot contention to win the conference (three games back).

Big Ten basketball fans are set for an entertaining final three-plus weeks of the regular season. After Tuesday, Feb. 11, seven teams still sit with a legitimate chance to lift the conference crown:

Big Ten basketball standings after Michigan upsets Purdue

Michigan Wolverines: 11-2 (19-5 overall)
Purdue Boilermakers: 11-3 (19-6 overall), 1/2 game behind
Michigan State Spartans: 10-3 (19-5 overall), 1 game behind
Wisconsin Badgers: 9-4 (19-5 overall), 2 games behind
UCLA Bruins: 9-5 (18-7 overall), 2 1/2 games behind
Maryland Terrapins: 8-5 (18-6 overall), 3 games behind
Illinois Fighting Illini: 9-6 (17-8 overall), 3 games behind
USC Trojans: 6-7 (14-10 overall), 5 games behind
(tie) Ohio State Buckeyes: 6-7 (14-19 overall), 5 games behind
(tie) Nebraska Cornhuskers: 6-7 (16-8 overall), 5 games behind
Oregon Ducks: 6-8 (17-8 overall), 5 1/2 games behind
(tie) Indiana Hoosiers: 6-8 (15-10 overall), 5 1/2 games behind
Rutgers Scarlet Knights: 5-8 (12-12 overall), 6 games behind
Iowa Hawkeyes: 4-8 (13-10 overall), 6 1/2 games behind
Minnesota Golden Gophers: 4-9 (12-12 overall), 7 games behind
Northwestern Wildcats: 4-10 (13-12 overall), 7 1/2 games behind
Washington Huskies: 3-9 (12-11 overall), 7 1/2 games behind
Penn State Nittany Lions: 3-11 (13-12 overall), 8 1/2 games behind

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