Men's basketball Power Rankings: Unbeaten Vanderbilt, Nebraska crack top 10 - ESPN

Before the men's college basketball season tipped off, Nebraska was picked 14th in the preseason Big Ten media poll and Vanderbilt was picked 11th in the SEC edition.

Three months later, those teams are not only clearly ahead of those predictions, they're No. 10 and 11 in the AP Top 25.

Following marquee wins over the past week — Nebraska over Michigan State, Vanderbilt over Alabama — the unbeaten Cornhuskers and Commodores have also vaulted into the top 10 of our Power Rankings.

Vanderbilt has had metrics on its side for weeks. The Commodores are in the top five at KenPom and rank inside the top 10 in six of the seven metrics on the NCAA team sheets. What they were missing was a marquee win, with their strongest victories heading into this week coming against Saint Mary's, SMU and UCF — and they got it against the Crimson Tide.

Nebraska doesn't have the same efficiency metrics as Vanderbilt, but the Cornhuskers own a slew of impressive wins, including a road victory at Illinois and a home win over Michigan State.

Vanderbilt and Nebraska are two of the six remaining unbeatens in college basketball, own the best Quad 1 records in the country (both 5-0) and have clearly done enough to warrant their rises. Now let's dive into the rest of our updated top 25.

Previous ranking: 1

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