After a busy Thanksgiving week, teams in the Big Ten will begin stepping into conference play this week. It'll be an interesting gauge to see where each team stands.

With Big Ten play beginning this week, we can finally add a head-to-head element to these theoretical comparisons. Everyone plays two league games over the next two weeks — one at home, one on the road. Those programs who have hidden from competition in the first month of the season must come out of hiding.

With that, here are the latest power rankings. What to know: The Bruins' impressive home win over South Carolina vaults them to the top spot. UCLA followed that up with wins over UT Martin and Fresno State in the Rainbow Wahine Showdown.