Men's Basketball Ranked 25th in AP Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is ranked 25th in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll, joining the poll for the first time since the week of January 8, 2018.

This year marks the seventh time in Greg McDermott's 10 seasons on The Hilltop that Creighton has cracked the top-25 at least once, after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.

Creighton has now been ranked in the AP poll in 89 weeks in program history, with 61 of those under the direction of 10th-year head coach Greg McDermott. Creighton is 113-43 all-time as a ranked team.

Each of the last four times Creighton has been ranked, the Bluejays have been exactly 25th. Creighton's highest all-time ranking was No. 7 the week of Jan. 16, 2017.

The Bluejays are one of four BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 5 Butler, No. 14 Villanova and No. 18 Seton Hall.

Creighton is also 27th in the NCAA's official NET rating today and the top team among those "also receiving votes" in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll.

Creighton returns to the court on Wednesday with a 6:05 p.m. Central game at Georgetown. The game will air on 1620 AM, as well as CBS Sports Network. The Bluejays will also host Providence on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

Associated Press Top 25
January 13, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (30)   18-1   1574
2   Baylor (31)   13-1   1567
3   Duke (4)    15-1   1529
4   Auburn   15-0   1359
5   Butler   15-1   1299
6   Kansas   12-3   1286
7   San Diego State   17-0   1266
8   Oregon   14-3   1163
9   Florida State   14-2   1093
10   Kentucky   12-3   960
11   Louisville   13-3   943
12   West Virginia   13-2   911
13   Dayton   14-2   842
14   Villanova   12-3   822
15   Michigan State   13-4   735
16   Wichita State   15-1   629
17   Maryland   13-3   616
18   Seton Hall   12-4   496
19   Michigan   11-5   358
20   Colorado   13-3   345
21   Ohio State   11-5   270
22   Memphis   13-3   232
23   Texas Tech   10-5   111
24   Illinois   12-5   109
25   Creighton   13-4   97
Others receiving votes: Iowa 88, Stanford 77, Arkansas 65, Indiana 50, Virginia 41, Penn State 36, LSU 30, Arizona 20, Wisconsin 19, Liberty 11, Northern Iowa 10, Purdue 10, Duquesne 9, Washington 9, TCU 8, Rutgers 8, Virginia Tech 5, Oregon State 4, Houston 4, BYU 3, East Tennessee State 2, Saint Mary's 1, Harvard 1, Akron 1, USC 1.

USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
January 13, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (16)   18-1   775
2   Baylor (10)   13-1   764
3   Duke (6)   15-1   757
4   Auburn   15-0   685
5   Butler   15-1   660
6   San Diego State   17-0   622
7   Kansas   12-3   586
8   Oregon   14-3   543
9   Florida State   14-2   508
10   Louisville   13-3   469
11   Dayton   14-2   452
12   Kentucky   12-3   449
13   West Virginia   13-2   432
14   Michigan State   13-4   391
15   Villanova   12-3   356
16   Wichita State   15-1   309
17   Maryland   13-3   301
18   Seton Hall   12-4   279
19   Ohio State   11-5   137
20   Michigan   11-5   131
21   Colorado   13-3   120
22   Memphis   13-3   73
23   Texas Tech   10-5   72
24   Iowa   11-5   60
25   Stanford   14-2   59
Others receiving votes: Creighton 53; Virginia 51; Arkansas 44; Indiana 38; Arizona 37; Illinois 33; Penn St. 23; Louisiana State 22; Rutgers 19; Houston 18; Wisconsin 17; Purdue 15; Northern Iowa 10; Texas Christian 7; St. Mary's 6; Marquette 6; Xavier 4; New Mexico 3; Liberty 2; Yale 1; Providence 1.

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