Iowa State crashed the top five of the latest College Basketball Power Rankings this week for the first time and Florida moved to its highest ranking (No. 3) of the season after high profile flops from UCLA and Kentucky last week in the CBS Sports Classic.

Florida basketball is off to a torrid start to the 2024-25 campaign having won its first dozen games — and nearly all of them coming in convincing style. As a result, the Gators have climbed up the polls and rankings into the upper echelon of the sport this season.

Several Big 12 teams were thrust into the fire throughout nonconference play, facing some of the nation's finest. From the Gonzaga Bulldogs of misty Spokane to the Florida Gators of sweltering Gainesville, the Big 12 has gone near and far to prove its superiority over other collections of talent.