Men's Basketball Ranked For Record 18th Straight Week

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team set a program record on Monday as it was ranked in an 18th straight Associated Press poll. This week's poll has the Bluejays tabbed as the nation's No. 15 team.

The 18 straight weeks in the rankings surpasses the previous program record of 17 straight weeks, done from Feb. 27, 2012 - Feb. 4, 2013. Creighton (13-4, 9-3 BIG EAST) remains one of eight schools that have been ranked each of the past 18 AP polls (since Feb. 3, 2020), joining Baylor, Gonzaga, Houston, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee and Villanova.

Ranked 17th a week ago, the Bluejays improved two spots after picking up road wins at Seton Hall (85-81) and DePaul (69-62) last week.

This is the 107th week in program history that the Bluejays have been ranked, with 79 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 133-50 all-time as a ranked team, including a 99-38 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.

Creighton's best rank in program history is No. 7, done four times (Jan. 16, 2017, March 9, 2020, March 16, 2020 and Jan. 4, 2021).

CU is one of two BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 3 Villanova. UConn and Xavier are among those getting votes.

Creighton also ascended two spots in the Ferris Mowers Coaches Poll to 12th this week.

Creighton (13-4, 9-3 BIG EAST) has two games scheduled for this week, starting with Wednesday's 8 p.m. home contest vs. Georgetown that will be televised on FS1.

Associated Press Top 25
February 1, 2021
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (61)   17-0   1597
2   Baylor (3)   16-0   1539
3   Villanova   11-1   1458
4   Michigan   13-1   1402
5   Houston   15-1   1348
6   Texas   11-3   1228
7   Ohio State   14-4   1133
8   Iowa   12-4   1279
9   Oklahoma   11-4   966
10   Alabama   14-4   958
11   Tennessee   12-3   869
12   Illinois   11-5   850
13   Texas Tech   12-5   797
14   Virginia   11-3   752
15   Creighton   13-4   732
16   Virginia Tech   13-3   718
17   West Virginia   11-5   669
18   Missouri   11-3   589
19   Wisconsin   13-5   452
20   Florida State   10-3   393
21   UCLA   13-3   260
22   Florida   10-4   196
23   Kansas   11-6   171
24   Purdue   12-6   130
25   Drake   16-0   117
Others receiving votes: Oklahoma State 111, USC 57, Loyola Chicago 52, Minnesota 42, Xavier 25, Boise State 23, St. Bonaventure 19, Saint Louis 11, Belmont 11, Toledo 9, Oregon 8, Colorado 8, San Diego State 6, Connecticut 5, Louisville 4, North Carolina 3, Georgia Tech 2, Rutgers 1.

Ferris Mowers Top 25 Coaches Poll
February 1, 2021
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Gonzaga (28)   17-0   796
2   Baylor (4)   160   772
3   Villanova   11-1   735
4   Michigan   13-1   690
5   Houston   15-1   660
6   Texas   11-3   610
7   Alabama   14-4   495
8   Iowa   12-4   490
9   Ohio State   14-4   478
10   Tennessee   12-3   446
11   Texas Tech   12-5   422
12   Creighton   13-4   396
13   Illinois   11-5   382
14   Oklahoma   11-4   379
15   Virginia   11-3   368
16   Virginia Tech   13-3   357
17   Missouri   11-3   343
18   West Virginia   11-5   277
19   Florida State   10-3   237
20   Wisconsin   13-5   212
21   UCLA   13-3   165
22   Kansas   11-6   112
23   Florida   10-4   90
24   Oklahoma State   11-4   88
25   Drake   16-0   67
Others receiving votes: Minnesota 66; Purdue 59; Southern California 44; Loyola-Chicago 43; Oregon 39; Louisville 26; Xavier 9; St. Bonaventure 8; Colorado 8; Boise State 7; Louisiana State 6; San Diego State 5; Toledo 3; Belmont 3; Rutgers 2; North Carolina 2; Winthrop 1; Saint Louis 1; Georgia Tech 1.

Men's Basketball Ranked For Record 18th Straight Week

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