Thanksgiving week delivered the sport’s most chaotic and revealing stretch yet, as the early-season tournament circuit, from the Players Era Festival and Maui Invitational to Battle 4 Atlantis and the ESPN Events Invitational, pushed contenders into high-stakes settings long before conference play begins. Michigan, Iowa State, Tennessee, Kansas, and Gonzaga turned Las Vegas into a proving ground at the Players Era Festival, while USC capitalized on a lighter Maui field to claim momentum of its own. Vanderbilt emerged from Nassau with a Battle 4 Atlantis title to validate its unbeaten start, and BYU surged through Kissimmee with a statement championship run that firmly placed the Cougars into the national conversation. Pair those storylines with Arizona quietly maintaining its top spot once again, Duke and Michigan State stacking resumé wins, and the middle tier growing more volatile by the day, and the landscape only grows tighter. With November in the books and identity-defining stretches behind us, here’s how things stand entering December’s climb toward conference showdowns:

1. Arizona (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Denver, vs. Norfolk State

Losses: None

This Week: vs. 20 Auburn (12/6)

2. Michigan (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 3-0

Wins: vs. San Diego State (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. 21 Auburn (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. 12 Gonzaga (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. Rutgers (12/6)

3. Purdue (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 1-0

Wins: vs. Eastern Illinois

Losses: None

This Week: @ Rutgers (12/2), vs. 10 Iowa State (12/6)

4. Duke (8-0)

Last Week’s Record: 1-0

Wins: vs. 22 Arkansas (in Chicago, IL)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. 15 Florida (12/2), @ 7 Michigan State (12/6)

5. Michigan State (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. East Carolina (in Fort Myers, FL), vs. 16 North Carolina (in Fort Myers, FL)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. Iowa (12/2), vs. 4 Duke (12/6)

6. UConn (6-1)

Last Week’s Record: 1-0

Wins: vs. 13 Illinois (in New York, NY)

Losses: None

This Week: @ 21 Kansas (12/2), vs. East Texas A&M (12/5)

7. Louisville (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Eastern Michigan, vs. NJIT

Losses: None

This Week: @ 25 Arkansas (12/3), vs. 22 Indiana (in Indianapolis, IN) (12/6)

8. BYU (6-1)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Miami (in Kissimmee, FL), vs. Dayton (in Kissimmee, FL)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. California Baptist (12/3)

9. Gonzaga (7-1)

Last Week’s Record: 2-1

Wins: vs. 8 Alabama (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Maryland (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: vs. 7 Michigan (in Las Vegas, NV)

This Week: @ 18 Kentucky (in Nashville, TN) (12/5), vs. North Florida (12/7)

10. Tennessee (7-1)

Last Week’s Record: 2-1

Wins: vs. Rutgers (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. 3 Houston (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: vs. Kansas (in Las Vegas, NV)

This Week: @ Syracuse (12/2), vs. 14 Illinois (in Nashville, TN) (12/6)

11. Houston (7-1)

Last Week’s Record: 2-1

Wins: vs. Syracuse (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Notre Dame (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: vs. 17 Tennessee (in Las Vegas, NV)

This Week: vs. Florida State (in Houston, TX) (12/6)

12. Iowa State (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 3-0

Wins: vs. 14 St. John’s (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Creighton (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Syracuse (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. Alcorn State (12/3), @ 1 Purdue (12/6)

13. Alabama (5-2)

Last Week’s Record: 2-1

Wins: vs. UNLV (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Maryland (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: vs. 12 Gonzaga (in Las Vegas, NV)

This Week: vs. Clemson (12/3), vs. UTSA (12/7)

14. Illinois (6-2)

Last Week’s Record: 1-1

Wins: vs. UT Rio Grande

Losses: vs. 5 UConn (in New York, NY)

This Week: vs. 13 Tennessee (in Nashville, TN) (12/6)

15. North Carolina (6-1)

Last Week’s Record: 1-1

Wins: vs. St. Bonaventure (in Fort Myers, FL)

Losses: vs. 11 Michigan State (in Fort Myers, FL)

This Week: @ 18 Kentucky (12/2), vs. Georgetown (12/7)

16. Kansas (6-2)

Last Week’s Record: 3-0

Wins: vs. Notre Dame (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Seton Hall (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. Texas (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. 5 UConn (12/2), vs. Missouri (12/7)

17. Florida (5-2)

Last Week’s Record: 1-1

Wins: vs. Providence (in San Diego, CA)

Losses: vs. TCU (in San Diego, CA)

This Week: @ 4 Duke (12/2)

18. Kentucky (5-2)

Last Week’s Record: 1-0

Wins: vs. Tennessee Tech

Losses: None

This Week: vs. 16 North Carolina (12/2), vs. 11 Gonzaga (in Nashville, TN) (12/5)

19. Texas Tech (6-2)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. New Orleans, vs. Wyoming

Losses: None

This Week: vs. LSU (in Fort Worth, TX) (12/7)

20. Auburn (6-2)

Last Week’s Record: 2-1

Wins: vs. Oregon (in Las Vegas, NV), vs. 14 St. John’s (in Las Vegas, NV)

Losses: vs. 7 Michigan (in Las Vegas, NV)

This Week: vs. NC State (12/3), @ 2 Arizona (12/6)

21. Vanderbilt (8-0)

Last Week’s Record: 3-0

Wins: vs. Western Kentucky (in Nassau, Bahamas), vs. VCU (in Nassau, Bahamas), vs. Saint Mary’s (in Nassau, Bahamas)

Losses: None

This Week: vs. SMU (12/3)

22. Nebraska (8-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Winthrop, vs. USC Upstate

Losses: None

This Week: vs. Creighton (12/7)

23. Indiana (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Kansas State, vs. Bethune-Cookman

Losses: None

This Week: @ Minnesota (12/3), vs. 6 Louisville (in Indianapolis, IN) (12/6)

24. Iowa (7-0)

Last Week’s Record: 2-0

Wins: vs. Ole Miss (in Palm Springs, CA), vs. Grand Canyon (in Palm Springs, CA)

Losses: None

This Week: @ 7 Michigan State (12/2), vs. Maryland (12/6)

25. Arkansas (5-2)

Last Week’s Record: 0-1

Wins: None

Losses: vs. 4 Duke (in Chicago, IL)

This Week: vs. 6 Louisville (12/3), vs. Fresno State (12/6)