Michigan Wolverines basketball coach Dusty May explains why the Wolverines’ dominance proves they deserve the No. 1 ranking.

With a 9-0 record and winning many of its games in blowout fashion, Dusty May's Michigan Wolverines likely couldn't have envisioned a much better start to the 2

Wildcats head coach Kevin Willard speaks up on the stout defense of Michigan following Villanova baskebtall's loss on Tuesday.

Five weeks into the college basketball season, with most of the nonconference slate already behind us, 357 of 365 Division-I teams have lost at least one game. That includes everybody from No. 5 UConn — the highest-ranked one-loss team in the country — to South Carolina State, Maine and Gardner Webb, the three remaining winless teams.

There's a new No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll after Purdue was dealt its first loss of the season in emphatic fashion.

The 7-1 Wildcats (No. 35 in the NCAA’s NET rankings) haven’t lost since a season-opening setback against BYU (No. 10 in the AP poll) in Las Vegas, 71-66. Villanova hasn’t been seriously challenged since.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/high-school as Michigan High School Girls Basketball Final Scores, Results - December 9, 2025. The 2025 Michigan girls high school basketball season continued on Tuesday, and High School On SI has a list of final scores from the night's slate of action.