Men's Basketball Ranked 8th in AP Poll; 6th In Coaches Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- A pair of double-digit BIG EAST wins wasn't enough to maintain Creighton's place in the national rankings released on Monday, Jan. 11th. The Bluejays dropped one spot to No. 8 in the Associated Press poll following a week where the nation's top-11 teams went a combined 18-0. CU also dropped a spot in the Ferris Mowers Coaches poll to sixth.

The No. 8 mark is one spot shy of Creighton's best AP ranking in school history. The Bluejays had previously been ranked seventh on Jan. 16, 2017, March 9, 2020, March 16, 2020 and Jan. 4, 2021.

This is the 18th time that Creighton has earned a top-10 ranking in program history, with all but one of those weeks during Greg McDermott's tenure.

Creighton (10-2, 6-1 BIG EAST) remains one of nine schools that have been ranked each of the past 15 AP polls (since Feb. 3, 2020), joining Baylor, Duke, Gonzaga, Houston, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee and Villanova.

It's the 104th week in program history that the Bluejays have been ranked, with 76 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 130-48 all-time as a ranked team, including a 96-36 mark under McDermott. Creighton has been ranked at least one week in eight of McDermott's 11 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.

CU is one of three BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 3 Villanova and No. 25 Connecticut. Xavier also received votes.

In the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll, Creighton also dropped a spot into the No. 6 position. That's the second-best mark in program history, one spot behind last week's No. 5 ranking. Villanova is third in this week's coaches poll. UConn and Xavier are receiving votes.

Creighton has just one game this week, a 3 p.m. Central contest at Butler on Saturday. That game can be heard on 1620 The Zone and viewed on FS1.

Associated Press Top 25
January 11, 2021
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (63)   12-0   1599
2   Baylor (1)   11-0   1536
3   Villanova   8-1   1436
4   Texas   10-1   1422
5   Iowa   11-2   1322
6   Kansas   10-2   1220
7   Michigan   10-0   1161
8   Creighton   10-2   1151
9   Wisconsin   10-2   1110
10   Tennessee   9-1   1093
11   Houston   10-1   993
12   Clemson   9-1   747
13   West Virginia   9-4   701
14   Illinois   9-4   694
15   Texas Tech   10-3   689
16   Louisville   8-1   464
17   Missouri   7-2   436
18   Virginia   7-2   403
19   Duke   5-2   397
20   Virginia Tech   9-2   286
21   Ohio State   9-3   280
22   Oregon   9-2   264
23   Minnesota   10-4   233
24   Saint Louis   7-1   220
25   Connecticut   6-1   181
Others receiving votes: Alabama 173, UCLA 137, Colorado 96, Florida State 74, USC 48, Rutgers 46, Drake 42, Michigan State 34, Oklahoma State 28, Arkansas 24, San Diego State 10, Boise State 8, Florida 7, Xavier 7, LSU 7, Northwestern 6, Tulsa 5, North Carolina State 5, Indiana 2, Winthrop 2, Belmont 1.

Ferris Mowers Top 25 Coaches Poll
January 11, 2021
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (29)   12-0   797
2   Baylor (3)   11-0   771
3   Villanova   8-1   722
4   Texas   10-1   703
5   Michigan   10-0   599
6   Creighton   10-2   597
7   Kansas   10-2   587
8   Iowa   11-2   586
9   Wisconsin   10-2   556
10   Tennessee   9-1   535
11   Houston   10-1   496
12   Clemson   9-1   374
13   Illinois   9-4   347
14   West Virginia   9-4   272
15   Texas Tech   10-3   255
16   Missouri   7-2   243
17   Oregon   9-2   205
18   Louisville   8-1   192
19   Minnesota   10-4   166
20   Virginia Tech   9-2   162
21   UCLA   9-2   148
22   Virginia   7-2   147
23   Duke   5-2   125
24   Saint Louis   7-1   114
   Alabama   9-3   114
Others receiving votes: Ohio State 112, Connecticut 91, Rutgers 68, Florida State 67, Southern California 44, Colorado 37, Xavier 31, Drake 29, Boise State 29, San Diego State 22, Stanford 18, Oklahoma State 16, Michigan State 13, Arkansas 8, Richmond 2.

Men's Basketball Ranked 8th in AP Poll; 6th In Coaches Poll

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