Men's Basketball Now Ranked 10th In Both Polls

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is ranked 10th in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls, it was announced on Monday. It's the first time in program history that Creighton has been a top-10 team in either poll in consecutive weeks.

This week marks the fourth time in program history CU has been tabbed a top-10 team by AP poll, which started in 1949. The Bluejays were previously ranked ninth on February 24, 2014 and 10th the week of January 20, 2003, as well as last week.

CU has now been ranked 73 weeks in program history, with 45 of those under the direction of seventh-year head coach Greg McDermott.

The Bluejays are one of four BIG EAST teams in the top-16, as Villanova ranks first, Xavier is 13th and Butler is 16th.

Creighton also jumped two spots in this week's USA Today Coaches poll to 10th, its highest mark since also being 10th on Feb. 24, 2014. In its history Creighton has been as high as ninth in the USA Today Coaches poll on January 20, 2003.

Creighton (8-0) visits Nebraska (5-3) on Wednesday in a game that tips off at 8:06 pm in Lincoln. Fans can listen to the game on KOZN (1620 The Zone) or watch the action on BTN.

Associated Press Top 25
December 5, 2016
Rk   School   W-L   Points   LW
1   Villanova (57)   8-0   1613   2
2   UCLA (2)   9-0   1478   11
3   Kansas   7-1   1458   4
4   Baylor (6)   8-0   1437   9
5   Duke   8-1   1389   5
6   Kentucky   7-1   1274   1
7   North Carolina   8-1   1234   3
8   Gonzaga   8-0   1198   8
9   Indiana   7-1   1103   13
10   Creighton   8-0   1003   10
11   Louisville   7-1   901   14
12   Saint Mary's   6-0   899   12
13   Xavier   7-1   784   7
14   Virginia   7-1   758   6
15   West Virginia   6-1   729   25
16   Butler   8-0   691   18
17   Wisconsin   7-2   655   17
18   Purdue   6-2   485   15
19   South Carolina   8-0   476   20
20   Arizona   6-2   320   16
21   Florida   7-1   285   24
22   Cincinnati   7-1   258   NR
23   Notre Dame   8-0   197   NR
24   Oregon   7-2   175   23
25   Iowa State   5-2   95   19
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 45, Southern California 43, Ohio State 40, TCU 33, Florida State 18, Virginia Tech 11, California 10, Maryland 9, Valparaiso 7, Wichita State 5, Temple 3, Michigan State 3, Minnesota 1, IPFW 1, UNC Wilmington 1.

USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
December 5, 2016
Rk   School   W-L   Points   LW
1   Villanova (28)   8-0   796   2
2   UCLA (1)   9-0   715   9
3   Kansas (1)   7-1   709   5
4   Duke (2)   8-1   700   4
5   North Carolina   8-1   636   3
6   Baylor   8-0   629   11
7   Kentucky   7-1   620   1
8   Gonzaga   8-0   607   8
9   Indiana   7-1   528   10
10   Creighton   8-0   494   12
11   Saint Mary's   6-0   434   13
12   Virginia   7-1   421   6
13   Louisville   7-1   396   14
14   Xavier   7-1   392   7
15   Butler   8-0   349   18
16   West Virginia   6-1   315   19
17   Wisconsin   7-2   270   17
18   South Carolina   8-0   261   23
19   Purdue   6-2   245   16
20   Arizona   6-2   178   15
21   Florida   7-1   121   NR
22   Notre Dame   8-0   111   NR
23   Cincinnati   7-1   107   NR
24   Oregon   7-2   91   20
25   Iowa State   5-2   64   21
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 48; Maryland 42; TCU 21; Southern California 15; Ohio State 14; Rhode Island (11; Texas A&M 8; Colorado 7; Florida State 7; Oklahoma State 7; Virginia Tech 7; Arkansas 6; California 6; Wichita State 5; Michigan State 4; Central Florida 1; IPFW 1; Valparaiso 1.

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