OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's soccer team climbed to the No. 8 position in the United Soccer Coaches Poll, the organization released on Tuesday.

The Bluejays extended their winning streak to six matches and improved to 7-1-1 overall with victories against Jacksonville and Seton Hall last week.

Creighton is listed in the top 10 of the coaches poll for the second consecutive week, marking the 16th time in the past 17 seasons in which the Bluejays have been in the top 10 in at least twice during the same year. The squad ranked ninth in last week's poll.

Sven Koenig paces Creighton and the BIG EAST with six goals. The senior has tallied six of Bluejays' last eight goals scored during the past five matches.

Creighton ranks fourth in Division I with a 0.325 goals against average, as the Bluejays have held the opposition to only three goals during nine matches.

Creighton is the lone BIG EAST school listed in this week's top 25.

Wake Forest, Indiana, and North Carolina made up the top three in the poll, respectively, for the fourth consecutive week. Wake Forest is also listed at No. 1 for the sixth straight week.

The Bluejays are also No. 11 in the latest official RPI, released on Monday afternoon.

Creighton returns to the pitch tonight (Tuesday) for a top-10 matchup with No. 5 Denver (8-0-2). Kickoff between the Bluejays and Pioneers is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Morrison Stadium.

Tuesday night marks the first top-10 match at Morrison Stadium since September 21, 2013 when No. 5 Creighton hosted No. 7 St. John's during the Bluejays' first BIG EAST regular-season match.

United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I Men - National - Poll 6 - October 2, 2018

Rank	School	1st Votes	Total Points	Prev.	W-L-T
1	Wake Forest University	26	696	1	10-0-0
2	Indiana University	1	673	2	9-1-0
3	University Of North Carolina	0	643	3	7-1-0
4	University Of Kentucky	1	594	7	8-0-1
5	University Of Denver	0	566	4	8-0-2
6	University Of Louisville	0	554	6	6-1-2
7	United States Air Force Academy	0	516	8	10-1-0
8	Creighton University	0	499	9	7-1-1
9	Saint Mary's College of California	0	482	10	11-0-0
10	University Of Virginia	0	432	11	5-0-2
11	University Of Portland	0	428	13	8-0-2
12	University of North Carolina-Wilmington	0	383	14	7-1-1
13	Michigan State University	0	373	5	8-1-2
14	University Of Michigan	0	351	19	7-1-2
15	University of Notre Dame	0	296	20	5-3-1
16	University of California, Davis	0	273	17	7-1-2
17	North Carolina State University	0	221	12	7-1-1
18	Stanford University	0	201	RV	5-1-3
19	Virginia Tech	0	172	21	6-2-2
20	Colgate University	0	156	24	5-1-4
21	Fordham University	0	145	25	5-1-2
22	Wright State University	0	111	RV	8-0-1
23	Duke University	0	78	15	4-3-1
24	Cornell University	0	63	NR	7-2-0
25	Seattle University	0	47	RV	8-3-0

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