At the halfway point of the conference season, here is the latest edition of our Mountain West power rankings. All times listed are Mountain Standard Time. 1. Utah State. Last res

After a slow start to Big 12 play, dropping 4 of 6 games, the Cougars have won three straight games and are in the NCAA Tournament picture.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

Midweek games played since Sunday will be reflected on next week’s Power Rankings. At this moment in the Big 12 Men's Basketball season, there are the top five teams, and then there is everyone else.

Stailee Heard and the Oklahoma State Cowgirls take over the top spot in the Big 12 women's basketball power rankings.

Here's a look at how the ACC's 18 men's basketball programs stack up heading into Saturday's Duke-North Carolina game:

Midweek games played since Sunday will be reflected on next week’s Power Rankings. When we published the weekly Power Rankings last week, the TCU women's basketball team had just suffered their first conference loss at Oklahoma State.