Men's Basketball Stays 8th in AP Poll; Moves Up To 7th in Coaches Poll
11/13/2023 12:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays host Iowa on Tuesday
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is ranked eighth in today's Associated Press Top 25 poll, holding steady following a pair of lopsided home wins to open the season. Creighton is also seventh in this week's USA Today Coaches poll, up one spot from the preseason rankings.
This marks the 24th time in program history that Creighton has been in the AP Top 10 at any point, with all but one of those weeks happening under head coach Greg McDermott. Creighton's best AP ranking in program history is seventh, done five times (Jan. 16, 2017, March 10, 2020, March 18, 2020, Jan. 7, 2021 and Nov. 28, 2022).
Including today's ranking, Creighton has now been ranked by the AP 124 times in program history, with 96 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 154-63 all-time as a ranked team, including a 120-51 figure under McDermott. Creighton has now been ranked at least one week in 10 of McDermott's 14 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.
Creighton is one of four BIG EAST Conference schools in the poll, joining No. 4 Marquette, No. 5 Connecticut and No. 21 Villanova. Kansas is atop the poll, just ahead of Purdue, Arizona, Marquette and UConn.
In other Creighton news from Monday, senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner was named a Preseason Third Team All-American by Sporting News.
The Bluejays have a pair of home games this week, starting with Tuesday night's 9 p.m. Gavitt Tipoff Games contest vs. Iowa. CU also hosts Texas Southern at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
Associated Press Top 25
Nov. 13, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Kansas (51)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 1530
2Â Â Â Purdue (7)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 1464
3Â Â Â Arizona (3)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 1356
4   Marquette   2-0   1311
5   UConn   2-0   1301
6   Houston   2-0   1180
7   Tennessee   2-0   1146
8   Creighton   2-0   1130
9   Duke   1-1   1088
10   Florida Atlantic   1-0   1004
11   Gonzaga   1-0   825
12Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 778
13Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 728
14   Arkansas   2-0   719
15   Baylor   3-0   578
16Â Â Â USCÂ Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 573
17   Kentucky   2-0   549
18   Michigan State   1-1   516
19   Texas   2-0   513
20   North Carolina   2-0   501
21   Villanova   2-0   406
22   Alabama   2-0   264
23   Illinois   2-0   170
24   James Madison   3-0   91
25   Colorado   2-0   78
Others receiving votes:Â Memphis 53, Virginia 49, St. John's 47, UCLA 36, TCU 34, San Diego St. 33, BYU 32, Saint Mary's 20, Mississippi St. 19, Iowa St. 10, Wisconsin 6, Auburn 5, Michigan 2, Weber St. 2, Drake 1, Boise St. 1, Clemson 1.
USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
Nov. 13, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Kansas (25)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 765
2Â Â Â Purdue (3)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 737
3Â Â Â Arizona (3)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 682
4   UConn   2-0   648
5   Marquette   2-0   616
6   Houston   2-0   603
7   Creighton   2-0   574
8   Tennessee   2-0   560
9   Duke   1-1   528
10   Florida Atlantic   1-0   465
11Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 366
12   Gonzaga   1-0   363
13   Baylor   3-0   344
14   Arkansas   2-0   341
15Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 334
16   Kentucky   2-0   274
17   Texas   2-0   252
18   North Carolina   2-0   234
19   Michigan State   1-1   227
20Â Â Â USCÂ Â Â 2-0Â Â Â 224
21   Villanova   2-0   220
22   Alabama   2-0   91
23   Illinois   2-0   91
24   Saint Mary's   2-1   59
25   Virginia   2-0   47
   UCLA   2-0   47
Others receiving votes:Â Colorado 46; Memphis 40; San Diego State 35; Michigan 25; James Madison 25; TCU 19; Mississippi State 17; Iowa State 16; Xavier 13; BYU 6; Auburn 6; St. John's 5; Princeton 4; Clemson 4; Wisconsin 3; Oregon 2; North Carolina State 1; Iowa 1; Boise State 1.
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