Men's Basketball Ranked 4th in NET; 10th in AP Poll
12/4/2023 12:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Bluejays soar after a pair of impressive road wins
OMAHA, Neb. -- Two dominant road wins catapulted the Creighton men's basketball team to 10th in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll. The Bluejays are also 11th in this week's USA Today Coaches poll, and fourth in the NCAA's initial NET rankings of the winter.
The improvement from 15th in the AP poll and 14th in the Coaches poll came after Creighton won 79-65 at Oklahoma State on Thursday and 89-60 at Nebraska on Sunday. The win over the Cowboys was OSU's second-largest margin in a non-conference home loss since 1978, while Sunday's triumph was NU's largest non-conference home loss since 1938.
The Bluejays are now 7-1 overall.
This marks the 26th 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 127 times in program history, with 99 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 159-64 all-time as a ranked team, including a 125-52 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. 8 Marquette. Arizona is atop the poll, just ahead of Kansas and Houston.
The Bluejays will focus on final exams this week before taking the floor on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Central Michigan. That game will be broadcast on FS2 and 1620 The Zone.
USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
Dec. 4, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Arizona (26)Â Â Â 7-0Â Â Â 792
2Â Â Â Houston (5)Â Â Â 8-0Â Â Â 742
3Â Â Â Kansas (1)Â Â Â 7-1Â Â Â 738
4   Purdue   7-1   706
5   Connecticut   7-1   668
6   Baylor   8-0   630
7   Marquette   6-2   583
8   Gonzaga   6-1   579
9   Florida Atlantic   7-1   477
10   North Carolina   7-1   476
11   Creighton   7-1   475
12   Colorado State   8-0   376
13   Tennessee   4-3   352
   BYU   7-0   352
15Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 6-1Â Â Â 263
16   Texas   6-1   252
17   Kentucky   6-2   229
18   Illinois   6-1   207
19Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 6-2Â Â Â 194
20   Clemson   7-0   180
21   Duke   5-3   175
22   Oklahoma   7-0   136
23   Virginia   7-1   134
24   James Madison   8-0   132
25   Ohio State   7-1   101  Â
Others receiving votes:Â Wisconsin (6-2) 66; Alabama (5-2) 55; TCU (7-0) 53; Michigan State (4-3) 42; Princeton (8-0) 38; San Diego State (7-1) 34; Northwestern (6-1) 24; Iowa State (6-2) 23; Mississippi (7-0) 23; Auburn (5-2) 21; UCLA (5-2) 17; Nevada (6-0) 13; Memphis (5-2) 9; Cincinnati (7-0) 8; Florida State (4-3) 8; Southern California (5-3) 5; Utah (5-2) 5; Villanova (6-3) 5; Mississippi State (6-2) 2.
Associated Press Top 25
Dec. 4, 2023
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1Â Â Â Arizona (59)Â Â Â 7-0Â Â Â 1571
2Â Â Â Kansas (1)Â Â Â 7-1Â Â Â 1460
3Â Â Â Houston (3)Â Â Â 8-0Â Â Â 1432
4   Purdue   7-1   1407
5   Connecticut   7-1   1340
6   Baylor   8-0   1234
7   Gonzaga   6-1   1146
8   Marquette   6-2   1134
9   North Carolina   7-1   1004
10   Creighton   7-1   921
11   Florida Atlantic   7-1   901
12   Texas   6-1   763
13   Colorado State   8-0   755
14Â Â Â BYUÂ Â Â 7-0Â Â Â 732
15Â Â Â Miami (Fla.)Â Â Â 6-1Â Â Â 638
16   Kentucky   6-2   544
17   Tennessee   4-3   509
18   James Madison   8-0   381
19   Oklahoma   7-0   355
20   Illinois   6-1   322
21Â Â Â Texas A&MÂ Â Â 6-2Â Â Â 306
22   Duke   5-3   296
23   Wisconsin   6-2   245
24   Clemson   7-0   227
25   San Diego State   7-1   168
Others receiving votes:Â Virginia 148, Ohio State 122, TCU 87, Northwestern 77, Alabama 50, Michigan State 46, Princeton 35, UCLA 23, Cincinnati 21, Mississippi 15, Arkansas 14, Providence 13, South Carolina 9, Villanova 8, Colorado 5, Memphis 5, Nevada 4, Georgia Tech 2.
