OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team is ranked 11th in the Associated Press preseason top-25 poll, its highest preseason AP ranking ever.
Monday's announcement marks just the fourth time in program history the writers have voted CU to the top-25 in the preseason, joining 2006-07 (No. 19), 2012-13 (No. 16) and 2016-17 (No. 22).
Creighton is one of two BIG EAST Conference schools in the poll, joining No. 3 Villanova. Gonzaga is atop the poll, just ahead of Baylor, Villanova, Virginia and Iowa.
Creighton finished last season ranked No. 7 nationally in the final AP poll released on March 18, 2020, matching the best ranking in program history done twice previously (Jan.