Courtesy of Alpha Media USA Lincoln.OMAHA–(CU Athletics Nov. 18)–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.