UConn has stormed back to take control of the race for the Big East Regular Season Champion. But a few surprise teams are also off to great starts.
The Huskies have been following a pattern for the past four seasons (if you include this year): they finished fourth in the Big East with a 13-7 record in 2022-23 (before winning the national title), went 18-2 and won the conference title in 2023-24 (en route to another national title), and finished third in the conference with a 14-6 record in 2024-25, indicating that UConn should bounce back and dominate the Big East this season — if the pattern holds.
So far, so good. The Huskies are off to a 7-0 start in conference play and are considered heavy favorites to win the regular-season title for the second time in three years.
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Big East Regular Season Champion Odds
Behind UConn, there are a few contenders that have taken different paths to reach the upper echelon of the league. St. John's has been extremely disappointing to start the season, but the Red Storm are still in the thick of the title race.
Villanova has surged to the top portion of the standings in its first year under Kevin Willard, losing just one conference game to Creighton. The Bluejays, one of the most consistent teams in the Big East, are once again near the top of the conference, despite a disastrous performance in non-conference play.
The biggest surprise of the contenders is Seton Hall. The Pirates were a consistent middle-of-the-pack finisher to start the 2020s before falling off a cliff and posting a 2-18 conference record last season. All of a sudden, just one year later, Seton Hall is back in contention for the Big East title.
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