Creighton men's basketball moves to 10th in AP Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is ranked 10th in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll.

The Bluejays, who were ranked ninth in the preseason AP poll, picked up double-digit victories over St. Thomas (72-60) and North Dakota (96-61) to open the season 2-0 for the 12th time in the last 13 seasons.

Monday's announcement is the 20th time in program history that Creighton has been in the top-10 at any point, with all but one of those weeks happening under head coach Greg McDermott. Creighton's best ranking in program history is seventh, done four times (Jan. 16, 2017, March 10, 2020, March 18, 2020 and Jan. 7, 2021).

Including today's ranking, Creighton has now been ranked 115 times in program history, with 87 of those under the direction of McDermott. Creighton is 144-55 all-time as a ranked team, including a 110-43 mark under McDermott. Creighton has been ranked at least one week in nine of McDermott's 13 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.

Creighton and No. 25 UConn are the only BIG EAST Conference schools in the poll. North Carolina is atop the poll, just ahead of Gonzaga, Houston and Kentucky.

Creighton has a pair of games this week, starting with tonight's 8 p.m. contest against Holy Cross that will be televised on CBS Sports Network and can be heard on 1620 The Zone and 101.9 The Keg.

Associated Press Top 25
Nov. 14, 2022
Rk School W-L PTS
1. North Carolina (44) 2-0 1543
2. Gonzaga (14) 2-0 1497
3. Houston (2) 2-0 1439
4. Kentucky (3) 2-0 1394
5. Baylor 2-0 1253
6. Kansas 2-0 1218
7. Duke 2-0 1216
8. UCLA 2-0 1138
9. Arkansas 2-0 1059
10. Creighton 2-0 1036
11. Texas 2-0 932
12. Indiana 2-0 867
13. Auburn 2-0 724
14. Arizona 2-0 694
15. TCU 2-0 630
16. Virginia 2-0 590
17. San Diego State 2-0 524
18. Alabama 2-0 436
19. Illinois 2-0 316
20. Michigan 2-0 308
21. Dayton 2-0 280
22. Tennessee 1-1 264
23. Texas Tech 2-0 190
24. Texas A&M 2-0 131
25. Connecticut 2-0 124
Others receiving votes: Michigan State 119, Purdue 104, Villanova 96, Miami (Fla.) 61, Saint Louis 47, Xavier 44, Ohio State 36, Oregon 36, Iowa 36, Memphis 20, Virginia Tech 13, Colorado 11, Arizona State 9, Toledo 8, Rutgers 8, Saint Mary’s 7, Florida 5, UC Irvine 4, Grambling State 4, Seton Hall 3, Penn State 1.