Pac-12 MBB power rankings: Utah State on top (again) as Gonzaga’s resume takes a hit, courtesy of the Big Ten

Welcome to the latest installment of the Hotline’s Pac-12 men’s basketball power rankings, our weekly assessment of the reconstituted conference using results, analytics and a dash of common sense. The power rankings will be published each Monday through the end of the regular season. Here is last week’s edition, which compared the quality of play new Pac-12 to that of the old Pac-12.

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