Men's Basketball Returns to Top 25; Soars to 21st in AP Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- Fresh off Saturday's 76-61 win at Villanova, the Creighton men's basketball team returned to the national rankings on Monday, February 3rd. The Bluejays are 21st in this week's Associated Press poll, and 22nd in the USA Today/Coaches poll.

Creighton (17-5, 6-3 BIG EAST), which was 25th in the AP poll on January 13th, has now been ranked in the AP poll in 90 weeks in program history, with 62 of those under the direction of Greg McDermott. Creighton is 113-44 all-time as a ranked team, including a 79-32 mark under McDermott. Creighton has been ranked at least one week in seven of McDermott's 10 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.

This week's ranking is the best mark for Creighton in the AP poll since being 20th on Feb. 13, 2017. Creighton's highest all-time ranking was No. 7 during the week of Jan. 16, 2017.

The Bluejays return to action on Wednesday with a 6 p.m. Central game at Providence. Ironically enough, Creighton's last game as a ranked team came on January 18, 2020, when it also met Providence.
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The Bluejays are one of four BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 10 Villanova and No. 12 Seton Hall and No. 19 Butler.

Associated Press Top 25
February 3, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Baylor (49)   19-1   1608
2   Gonzaga (15)   23-1   1567
3   Kansas (1)   18-3   1472
4   San Diego State   23-0   1447
5   Louisville   19-3   1352
6   Dayton   20-2   1271
7   Duke   18-3   1242
8   Florida State   18-3   1188
9   Maryland   17-4   999
10   Villanova   17-4   959
11   Auburn   19-2   926
12   Seton Hall   16-5   900
13   West Virginia   17-4   827
14   Oregon   18-5   758
15   Kentucky   16-5   660
16   Michigan State   16-6   624
17   Iowa   16-6   604
18   LSU   17-4   572
19   Butler   17-5   437
20   Illinois   16-6   373
21   Creighton   17-5   372
22   Penn State   16-5   356
23   Arizona   15-6   164
24   Colorado   17-5   134
25   Houston   17-5   85
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 66, Marquette 31, Ohio State 19, Tulsa 19, Rhode Island 18, Northern Iowa 17, Wichita State 17, BYU 14, Rutgers 12, Stanford 7, Stephen F. Austin 3, Yale 1, Winthrop 1, Michigan 1, Virginia 1, Bowling Green 1.

USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
February 3, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Baylor (19)   19-1   762
2   Gonzaga (12)   23-1   750
3   Kansas   18-3   694
4   San Diego State   23-0   690
5   Louisville   19-3   651
6   Dayton   20-2   616
7   Duke   18-3   592
8   Florida State   18-3   520
9   Maryland   17-4   492
10   Auburn   19-2   452
11   West Virginia   17-4   421
12   Villanova   17-4   404
13   Seton Hall   16-5   392
14   Oregon   18-5   329
15   Michigan State   16-6   324
16   Kentucky   16-5   320
17   Iowa   16-6   300
18   LSU   17-4   245
19   Penn State   16-5   197
20   Butler   17-5   193
21   Illinois   16-6   171
22   Creighton   17-5   157
23   Arizona   15-6   110
24   Colorado   17-5   83
25   Houston   17-5   55
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 31; Rutgers 21; Wichita State 20; Marquette 18; Tulsa 12; Yale 10; Ohio St. 9; St. Mary's 8; Rhode Island 8; Stanford 4; Northern Iowa 4; Wisconsin 3; Virginia 3; Indiana 2; Brigham Young 2.

Men's Basketball Returns to Top 25; Soars to 21st in AP Poll

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