Men's Basketball Ranked 22nd in AP Poll; 13th in NET
12/25/2023 12:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays visit #10 Marquette on Saturday
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team was voted 22nd in this week's Associated Press poll. That's in addition to the program's No. 13 NET ranking. The USA Today did not release a Coaches Poll on Monday due to the Christmas holiday.
CU lost its lone game last week, 68-66 in overtime, to Villanova. That moved the Bluejays to 9-3 overall and 0-1 in league play.
 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). CU owns 27 weeks in the AP Top 10 in its history, with all but one of those recognitions coming during Greg McDermott's tenure.
Including today's ranking, Creighton has now been ranked by the AP 130 times in program history, with 102 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 161-66 all-time as a ranked team, including a 127-54 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 four BIG EAST Conference schools in the top 25, joining No. 5 Connecticut and No. 10 Marquette and No. 25 Providence. Purdue is atop the poll, just ahead of Kansas, Houston and Arizona.
Creighton is also one of seven 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, North Carolina, Texas and Connecticut.
The Bluejays return to the court on Saturday at 1 p.m. when it visits No. 10 Marquette in a game that will be televised on CBS.
Associated Press Top 25
Dec. 25 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Purdue (46)Â Â Â 11-1Â Â Â 1486
2Â Â Â Kansas (5)Â Â Â 111-1Â Â Â 1424
3Â Â Â Houston (9)Â Â Â 12-0Â Â Â 1408
4   Arizona   9-2   1191
5   Connecticut   11-2   1150
6   Tennessee   9-3   1124
7   Florida Atlantic   10-2   1089
8   Kentucky   9-2   1074
9   North Carolina   8-3   954
10   Marquette   10-3   928
11   Illinois   9-2   902
12   Oklahoma   10-1   778
13   Gonzaga   9-3   577
14Â Â Â BYUÂ Â Â 11-1Â Â Â 575
15   Colorado State   11-1   573
16   Duke   8-3   551
17   Baylor   10-2   532
18   Clemson   10-1   513
19   Memphis   10-2   493
20   James Madison   12-0   417
21   Texas   9-2   342
22   Creighton   9-3   340
23   Wisconsin   9-3   287
24   Ole Miss   12-0   243
25   Providence   11-2   128  Â
Others receiving votes:Â Auburn 121, Colorado 64, Miami 51, Utah 45, Virginia 40, Iowa St. 21, Nevada 13, Ohio St. 10, Texas A&M 9, San Diego St. 8, Michigan St. 8, Villanova 6, New Mexico 6, Northwestern 5, Dayton 4, Grand Canyon 3, South Carolina 2, Mississippi St. 2, Alabama 2, Princeton 1.
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