OMAHA, Neb. — The Creighton men’s basketball team held steady in both major polls on Monday, remaining 13th in the USA Today Coaches poll and 14th in the Associated Press poll released on Monday.
Creighton (4-0) has been ranked in each of the last 15 AP polls dating to last season. 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 29 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 144 times in program history, with 117 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 179-73 all-time as a ranked team, including a 145-61 figure under McDermott. Creighton has been ranked at least one week in 11 of McDermott’s 15 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 AP Top 25, joining No. 2 Connecticut, No. 15 Marquette and No. 22 St. John’s. The top five teams in the AP poll are Kansas, UConn, Gonzaga, Auburn and Iowa State.
Creighton has just one game this week, as it will host Nebraska (3-1) on Friday at 7 p.m.
Associated Press Top 25
Nov. 18, 2024
Rk School W-L PTS
1 Kansas (49) 4-0 1509
2 UConn (7) 3-0 1416
3 Gonzaga (2) 3-0 1397
4 Auburn (3) 3-0 1370
5 Iowa State 2-0 1184
6 Purdue 4-0 1172
7 Houston 2-1 1091
8 Alabama 3-1 1084
9 Kentucky 3-0 1009
10 North Carolina 2-1 969
11 Tennessee 4-0 942
12 Duke 3-1 914
13 Baylor 3-1 765
14 Creighton 4-0 722
15 Marquette 4-0 630
16 Indiana 3-0 573
17 Arizona 2-1 437
18 Cincinnati 3-0 412
19 Wisconsin 4-0 370
20 Arkansas 2-1 313
21 Florida 4-0 302
22 St. John’s 4-0 270
23 Texas A&M 3-1 233
24 Rutgers 3-0 143
25 Illinois 3-0 116
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 109, Mississippi 103, Xavier 89, BYU 27, UCF 21, Texas 17, VCU 17, Michigan State 16, Mississippi State 15, Ohio State 13, Miami 10, Pittsburgh 9, Oregon 7, Memphis 6, Penn State 4, Providence 4, Utah State 3, Kansas State 3, Clemson 2, Furman 2, Arizona State 2, Michigan 1, Hofstra 1, Maryland 1.
USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
Nov. 18, 2024
Rk School W-L PTS
1 Kansas (21) 4-0 665
2 UConn (3) 3-0 632
3 Auburn (2) 3-0 608
4 Gonzaga (1) 3-0 599
5 Iowa State 2-0 516
6 Purdue 4-0 513
7 Houston 2-1 470
Alabama 3-1 470
9 Tennessee 4-0 462
10 Duke 3-1 421
11 Kentucky 3-0 381
12 North Carolina 2-1 377
13 Creighton 4-0 348
14 Marquette 4-0 319
15 Baylor 3-1 313
16 Cincinnati 3-0 229
17 Arizona 2-1 228
18 Indiana 3-0 208
19 Florida 4-0 168
20 Illinois 3-0 133
21 St. John’s 4-0 119
22 Texas Tech 3-0 95
23 Texas A&M 3-1 94
24 Arkansas 2-1 82
25 Wisconsin 4-0 75
Others receiving votes: Rutgers 56; Xavier 43; Ole Miss 39; BYU 28; Saint Mary’s 18; Pittsburgh 18; Texas 14; Michigan State 9; Mississippi State 5; Oregon 4; Nevada 4; Ohio State 3; Dayton 3; Wake Forest 2; VCU 2; UCF 2.
