Welcome to the 2025-26 debut of the Hotline’s Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings, our weekly assessment of a conference that doesn’t exist (yet) using analytics and a dash of common sense. The power rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Most college basketball teams have completed one-third of their schedule based on the number of games played. But the portion of the regular season that shapes the postseason is close to completion. Once December comes to a close and conference play begins in full force, the NET rankings and predictive analytics that frame NCAA Tournament access will have enough data to separate contenders from pretenders....
