Since the beginning of the season, the Purdue Boilermakers have been the No. 1 ranked team in the country in the AP men’s basketball poll. Purdue started the season off at 8-0, but suffered their first loss of the season , 81-58, to the Iowa State Cyclones who remained undefeated at 9-0. With the loss, Purdue reached a couple of unfortunate historic markers .

With the blowout loss to Iowa State, it became the worst home loss for Purdue, as well as the worst non-conference loss for a No. 1 ranked team in the history of the AP poll, as per The Field of 68. In the loss, the Boilermakers were led by 11 points from Braden Smith, and 10 points apiece for Trey Kaufman-Renn and Oscar Cluff.

Purdue came into the 2025-26 season with national championship aspirations, and the loss to Iowa Sta

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