Men's Basketball Ranked 23rd in Both Polls

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team moved to 23rd in the February 6th Associated Press and USA Today Coaches polls, it was announced on Monday.

Creighton (20-4, 7-4 BIG EAST) dropped one spot in both rankings after a 1-1 week in which it won at then-No. 16 (and current No. 22) Butler and lost to new No. 24 Xavier.

The Bluejays have now been ranked 82 weeks in program history, including all 14 polls this winter, with 54 of those under the direction of seventh-year head coach Greg McDermott.

The Bluejays are one of four BIG EAST teams in the Associated Press top-25, as Villanova ranks second, Butler 22nd and Xavier 24th. Villanova is also second in the USA Today Coaches poll, with Butler 21st and Xavier 25th.

Creighton is 16th in the official NCAA RPI rankings that were published on Monday, down one spot from this time a week ago. Villanova is second, with Xavier ninth and Butler 13th.

CU plays just one game this week, visiting DePaul on Saturday for a 1:01 pm tip on FS1.

Associated Press Poll

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Gonzaga (59)	24-0	1,619	1
2	Villanova (6)	22-2	1,565	4
3	Kansas	20-3	1,446	3
4	Louisville	19-4	1,411	6
5	Oregon	21-3	1,263	13
6	Baylor	20-3	1,255	2
7	Wisconsin	20-3	1,232	10
8	North Carolina	21-4	1,145	12
9	Arizona	21-3	1,136	5
10	UCLA	21-3	1,115	11
11	Cincinnati	21-2	876	14
12	Virginia	17-5	875	9
13	West Virginia	18-5	861	7
14	Florida State	20-4	839	15
15	Kentucky	18-5	741	8
16	Purdue	19-5	537	23
17	Florida	18-5	530	24
18	Duke	18-5	514	21
19	South Carolina	19-4	493	19
20	Saint Mary's (Calif.)	21-2	468	18
21	Maryland	20-3	326	17
22	Butler	18-5	285	16
23	Creighton	20-4	207	22
24	Xavier	17-6	144	NR
25	SMU	20-4	107	NR

USA Today Coaches poll

RANK	SCHOOL	RECORD	POINTS	PREVIOUS
1	Gonzaga (28)	24-0	789	1
2	Villanova (4)	22-2	766	4
3	Kansas	20-3	685	2
4	Louisville	19-4	669	7
5	Wisconsin	20-3	627	9
6	Oregon	21-3	589	13
7	North Carolina	21-4	581	10
8	Baylor	20-3	574	3
9	UCLA	21-3	562	8
10	Arizona	21-3	552	5
11	Cincinnati	21-2	463	14
12	Kentucky	18-5	443	6
13	Virginia	17-5	385	11
14	West Virginia	18-5	349	12
15	Florida State	20-4	335	16
16	South Carolina	19-4	285	20
17	Florida	18-5	283	23
18	Purdue	19-5	257	24
19	Duke	18-5	253	21
20	St. Mary's (Calif.)	21-2	248	19
21	Butler	18-5	162	15
22	Maryland	20-3	159	17
23	Creighton	20-4	90	22
24	Notre Dame	17-7	84	18
25	Xavier	17-6	75	25

Others receiving votes: SMU 41; Southern California 33; Northwestern 20; Wichita State 9; New Mexico State 7; Kansas State 7; Iowa State 5; Miami (Fla.) 4; UNC-Wilmington 3; Oklahoma State 2; Akron 2; Dayton 1; Middle Tennessee 1

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