OMAHA, Neb. -- A 2-0 week that helped Creighton men's basketball earn a share of its first BIG EAST title helped the Bluejays surge from 11th to a season-best seventh in this week's Associated Press poll.
The ranking matches Creighton's best ever, tying the No. 7 rank on Jan. 16, 2017.
This marks the seventh time this season that Creighton has been ranked, and sixth consecutive week.
Creighton (24-7, 13-5 BIG EAST) has now been ranked 95 times in program history, with 67 of those under the direction of Greg McDermott. Creighton is 120-46 all-time as a ranked team, including an 86-34 mark under McDermott.