The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Illinois Fighting Illini tangle in a top-25 showdown Saturday in Champaign, Illinois (4 p.m. ET).

This article was originally published on www.si.com as College Basketball AP Top 25: Nebraska Cornhuskers Soar in Rankings Amid 11–0 Start.

No. 23 Nebraska Cornhuskers notched a massive upset win on Saturday, inserting themselves into the conversation for Big Ten's best.

Fred Hoiberg has his Nebraska team off to its best start in program history, owning the nation's longest winning streak and armed with its best AP Top 25 ranking in more than three decades.

The Wisconsin Badgers and No. 22 Nebraska Cornhuskers meet Wednesday. Tip-off from the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, is at 9 p.m. ET.

We will have a couple of guests as CN volleyball writer Mylie K. joins to close the early curtain on a 33-1 Husker season. And, just to double down on nepotism, her brother Drew, who you may know better as mustang6197, will hop in later as well. There may be others. Who knows who might drop in??

Matt Norlander's college hoops insider notebook also has scoop on Mick Cronin's new contract and good news for the lone remaining undefeated mid-major.

NU's honorees included a conference-high 81 football players, along with 13 cross country runners, 14 soccer players and nine volleyball players.

For the third straight year, four Nebraska players earned All-American honors from the AVCA. Middle blocker Andi Jackson, outside hitter Harper Murray and setter Bergen Reilly, all juniors, were named to the first team on Wednesday, while senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick earned second-team honors.