Post’s Top 25: Wiggins leads well-balanced Kansas

If the first 10 days of the college basketball season were any indication, the rest of the year is going to be exceptional.

Shocking upsets, exceptional performances, nail-biters — we’ve seen it all already. Which is why this is the perfect time to introduce you to The Post’s weekly college basketball power rankings and stock updates.

1. Kansas (2-0): Lost amid the Andrew Wiggins hype is Kansas has arguably the most well-balanced team in the nation, a deep, versatile bunch that wore down Duke in the Champions Classic last week.

2. Michigan State (3-0): Adreian Payne is a typical Tom Izzo success story, a raw big man who has improved every season in East Lansing, and is a potential lottery pick come June.

3. Kentucky (3-1): We learned how tough, talented and strong-willed the young Wildcats are after their 78-74 loss to Michigan State last week, a game in which they trailed by as many as 13 points in the second half.

4. Duke (2-1): Jabari Parker — Carmelo Anthony 2.0, according to many pundits — has been the talk of the first 10 days of the season.

5. Louisville (3-0): It’s a small sample size, so Brooklyn product Russ Smith’s five assists per game should be taken with a carton — not a grain — of salt, but the senior guard is distributing the ball well.

6. Arizona (3-0): While everyone has raved about Parker, Wiggins and Julius Randle, Aaron Gordon — Arizona’s less-hyped freshmen — has quietly gotten off to a fast start, averaging 14 points, nine rebounds and two blocks per game.

7. Oklahoma State (3-0): The all-sophomore backcourt of Marcus Smart and Phil Forte is as lethal as any duo in the country.

8. Ohio State (3-0): The Buckeyes showed their well-documented defensive chops in Saturday’s 52-35 manhandling of Marquette, allowing as many points as their highly ranked football team did against Illinois (though they did not score as many).

9. VCU (3-0): Get used to seeing Shaka Smart’s on-the-rise program in the top 10 — the Rams aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

10. Syracuse (3-0): Fordham, Colgate, St. Francis (N.Y.) … Jim Boeheim really compiled a murderer’s row of non-league opponents out of the gate, didn’t he?

11. Michigan (2-1): Mitch McGary (back) made his debut in Sunday’s loss at Iowa State, a far more important turn of events than the result. Ames is one of the toughest places to play in the country.

12. Wisconsin (3-0): Nobody plays a tougher non-league schedule than Bo Ryan, whose Badgers already have defeated St. John’s and Florida, and will meet NCAA tournament hopefuls Notre Dame, Virginia and Marquette in the next few weeks.

13. Memphis (1-0): The young Tigers jump into the deep end of the pool Tuesday against Smart and Oklahoma State in their second game of the season.

14. UConn (4-0): Shabazz Napier has gotten off to an All-American start, averaging nearly a triple double for the unbeaten Huskies.

15. Gonzaga (3-0): Before Butler, VCU and Wichita State made mid-major programs nationwide proud, there was Gonzaga defying the odds by beating up on the country’s blue bloods. Mark Few’s Zags are still going strong all these years later.

16. Wichita State (4-0)

17. Creighton (3-0)

18. Oregon (2-0)

19. Florida (2-1)

20. New Mexico (2-0)

21. UCLA (2-0)

22. Iowa State (3-0)

23. Virginia (2-1)

24. North Carolina (2-1)

25. Harvard (3-0)

Stock Watch – Up

Mid-Majors

We’ve already seen a handful of upsets from mid-major programs, such as Belmont taking down North Carolina, St. Francis (N.Y.) upsetting Miami, Indiana State shocking Notre Dame and Illinois State topping Northwestern. And then we have the big boys, ranked programs like VCU, Gonzaga, Wichita State and Harvard. This may be the year of the freshmen, but the second storyline revolves around the many capable mid-majors.

Perry Ellis, Kansas

The Kansas freshmen, Wiggins, Joel Emblid and Wayne Selden, will draw most of the attention, but Ellis looks like a different player from the unsure freshman he was a year ago. Confident in his abilities, the 6-foot-8 Ellis has gotten off to a fast start and will be an invaluable piece for the Jayhawks moving forward.

Stock Watch – Down

Big East

Creighton’s come-from-behind win at St. Joseph’s saved the conference from a dreadful Saturday, as Seton Hall fell to Mercer and Marquette was crushed by Ohio State. It doesn’t look as if the revamped league has any elite teams, a far cry from recent glory days when Big East teams were littered among the top 25.

New Rules

The games are hard to watch. Expect adjustments to be made — by officials, coaches and players — regarding the new hand-check rules, yet so far, too many ticky-tack fouls are being called, ruining the flow of games. Nobody goes to gyms or tunes in on TV to see a parade to the free-throw line.