Men's Basketball Moves Up To 8th in Both Polls; Now 5th in NET
12/11/2023 12:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays soar after a pair of impressive road wins
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team moved up two spots to eighth in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll, tying a season-best in the writer's rankings. It's the 100th time that the Bluejays have been ranked in the AP poll under 14th-year head coach Greg McDermott.
The Bluejays are also fifth in the NET and eighth in this week's USA Today Coaches poll.
CU improved to 8-1 overall after winning its lone game last week, a 109-64 victory over Central Michigan.
This marks the 27th time in program history that Creighton has been in the AP Top 10 at any point, with all but one of those weeks happening during McDermott's tenure. 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 128 times in program history, with 100 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 160-64 all-time as a ranked team, including a 126-52 figure under McDermott. Creighton has 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 three BIG EAST Conference schools in the top 25, joining No. 5 Connecticut and No. 7 Marquette. Arizona is atop the poll, just ahead of Kansas, Purdue and Houston.
Creighton is also one of eight schools in the country with both its men's and women's teams ranked in this week's AP Top 25, joining Baylor, Gonzaga, Marquette, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, Texas and Connecticut.
The Bluejays return to the court on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Central with a game against UNLV in Henderson, Nev. That game will be broadcast on CBS Sports Network and 1620 The Zone. Creighton also hosts Alabama, which was among the teams also receiving votes in this week's AP poll, on Saturday in a game that has been moved to 7 p.m. Central.
Associated Press Top 25
Dec. 11, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Arizona (62)Â Â Â 8-0Â Â Â 1574
2   Kansas   9-1   1461
3   Purdue   9-1   1424
4Â Â Â Houston (1)Â Â Â 10-0Â Â Â 1416
5   UConn   9-1   1344
6   Baylor   9-0   1239
7   Marquette   8-2   1221
8   Creighton   8-1   1073
9   North Carolina   7-2   992
10   Gonzaga   7-2   860
11   Oklahoma   9-0   848
12   Tennessee   6-3   835
13   Clemson   9-0   746
14   Kentucky   7-2   677
15   Florida Atlantic   7-2   622
16   Illinois   7-2   589
17   Colorado State   9-1   522
18Â Â Â BYUÂ Â Â 8-1Â Â Â 503
19   Texas   7-2   451
20   James Madison   9-0   441
21   Duke   6-3   315
22   Virginia   8-1   300
23   Wisconsin   7-3   213
24Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 7-2Â Â Â 156
25   Northwestern   7-1   147  Â
Others receiving votes:Â Colorado 116, Mississippi 86, Texas A&M 58, Auburn 57, Memphis 56, Alabama 43, Utah 25, Iowa St. 20, Ohio St. 9, Providence 7, San Diego St. 7, TCU 6, Nevada 5, South Carolina 3, New Mexico 2, Washington 2, Kansas St 1, Grand Canyon 1, Dayton 1, Saint Joseph's 1.
USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
Dec. 11, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Arizona (28)Â Â Â 8-0Â Â Â 796
2Â Â Â Kansas (1)Â Â Â 9-1Â Â Â 739
3Â Â Â Houston (3)Â Â Â 10-0Â Â Â 734
4   Purdue   9-1   712
5   UConn   9-1   675
6   Baylor   9-0   642
7   Marquette   8-2   614
8   Creighton   8-1   529
9   North Carolina   7-2   486
10   Tennessee   6-3   462
11   Clemson   9-0   426
12   Oklahoma   9-0   422
13   Gonzaga   7-2   418
14   Florida Atlantic   7-2   359
15   Kentucky   7-2   359
16   Illinois   7-2   288
17Â Â Â BYUÂ Â Â 8-1Â Â Â 261
18   Colorado State   9-1   238
19   Duke   6-3   194
20   James Madison   9-0   181
21   Virginia   8-1   160
22   Texas   7-2   148
23   Wisconsin   7-3   92
24Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 7-2Â Â Â 82
25   Ole Miss   9-0   79
Others receiving votes:Â Northwestern 68; Texas A&M 56; Auburn 32; Colorado 31; Alabama 30; Memphis 26; TCU 21; Iowa State 21; Ohio State 18; San Diego State 10; USC 8; Princeton 8; New Mexico 5; Grand Canyon 5; Utah 3; Cincinnati 2; Indiana 1; Drake 1.
