As of Nov. 24, Purdue is firmly cemented as the Big Ten's top team, Illinois is likely its top contender and Wisconsin is trending negatively after an uncompetitive loss to BYU. For more on how the Big Ten stacks up, here are our updated conference power rankings.

The Houston Rockets are proving that they firmly belong in the title conversation after weeks of elite two-way basketball. Most recently, they proved they could without their star scorer in Kevin Durant, defeating a hot Phoenix Suns team 114-92 on Monday night.

If Texas A&M beats Texas in its last SEC game, it wins an outright regular season title and makes the SEC championship game as the league’s only 8-0 team. If it loses, Alabama and Ole Miss must both lose their finales as well or the Aggies will be left out.