Heading into December, the B12 has done pretty well in the non-conference games to date - probably better than expected given the graduation losses from some of the top teams a year ago.
Indeed, the league as a whole has several quality Ws and really no bad Ls.
The quality wins include Duke, Oregon, VCU, Mich. St., Louisville, Washington, Miami, UConn, Georgetown, Clemson and Illinois. The "worst" losses are probably UNI (OU) and Northwestern (TX).
Baylor clearly has the best group of quality wins thus far. Texas is the only real underachiever - no quality Ws and losses to NW and Colorado. While KSU and TTU don't have any wins of note, they've each lost just one game to decent opponents - Maryland and Auburn, respectively (by 1 and 2 pts).
Several big games in December (and the UK in the B12-SEC Challenge), so we'll see if this pace can be maintained. But, if so, the B12 will again be at or near the top of the conference power rankings. And, the conference slate could turn out to be tougher than we might have expected....
