Marjie Ducey: World-Herald staff writer wrote:they prepare for an aggressive nonconference schedule that kicks off with No. 13 BYU on Aug. 30. It also includes No. 11 Hawaii, No. 12 UCLA, No. 20 Kansas and No. 24 Wichita State.
Creighton is one of five teams — Texas, Hawaii, Florida State and Western Kentucky are the others — that will play five ranked teams before league play starts.
Marjie Ducey: World-Herald staff writer wrote:UNK received 118 points and eight of the 12 first-place votes from league coaches. Central Missouri picked up one first-place vote and came in second with 108 points. Washburn was third with 107 points and three first-place votes. Emporia State was fourth, Pittsburg State fifth and Northwest Missouri State sixth.
1 Â Southern California (37) Â 1,451 6-0 Â 3
2  Texas           (16)  1,432 4-1  6  3  Penn State        (6)  1,386 3-1  1 4  Minnesota            1,254 7-0  4
5  Florida              1,182 5-1  8
6  Washington           1,173 4-0  5 7  Michigan             1,167 5-0  7
8  Stanford             1,097 2-2   2
9  San Diego         (1)  1,042 4-1  14
10 Hawaii              1,023 5-1   9
11 UCLA                841 5-1  10 12 Nebraska             758 4-1  13 13 Ohio State            704 6-0  23
14 Illinois               659 3-2  18
15 Michigan State         582 5-1  20
16 Florida State           529 4-2  15
17 Iowa State            517 4-2  11
18 North Carolina          434 6-0  24
19 Kentucky             352 4-2  21
20 Oregon               284 3-3  12
21 Western Kentucky       261 4-3  16 22 Purdue               253 3-2  22
23 California              220 5-0  NR 24 Creighton             180 4-1  19 25 Wisconsin             142 6-0  NR
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Colorado State 125; Arizona State 98; Oklahoma 85; Ohio 58; Louisville 43; Kansas State 31; BYU 23; Texas A&M 22; Miami (FL) 21; St. Mary's (CA) 17; Cal State Northridge 14.
1 Washington (38 ) 1,455 10-0 2
2 Southern California (12) 1,395 12-1 4
3 Florida (2) 1,355 13-1 3
4 Texas (2) 1,284 8-2 5 5 Penn State (1) 1,267 10-2 1
6 Hawaii (3) 1,233 13-1 6
7 Stanford 1,163 9-2 7 8 Minnesota 1,084 14-1 9 9 Michigan State (2) 1,037 13-1 15 10 Nebraska 931 9-2 12
11 North Carolina 843 13-0 14 12 Ohio State 804 13-1 13
13 San Diego 795 9-3 8 14 Michigan 655 10-3 10
15 Arizona State 600 12-2 16
16 UCLA 555 9-3 11
17 Colorado State 538 12-0 19
18 Florida State 526 9-4 17
19 Kentucky 497 10-3 18
20 Ohio 263 12-2 22
21 Oregon 231 8-4 21 22 Creighton 216 9-3 23 23 Wisconsin 208 13-1 NR 24 Purdue 104 9-4 20
25 Iowa State 97 7-4 25
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: BYU 66; Illinois 53; Western Kentucky 45; Duke 43; St. Mary's (CA) 33; Oklahoma 25; Texas A&M 25; Kansas State 18; California 17; Missouri 10; Kansas 9; Cal State Northridge 8; Miami (Fla) 8
1 Â Southern California (50) 1485 Â 16-1 Â Â 1
2 Â Florida (5) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1408 Â 17-1 Â Â 2
3  Texas (3)            1364  12-2   3 4  Penn State           1321  14-2   4
5 Â Michigan State (2) Â Â Â Â 1247 Â 17-1 Â Â 7
6  Washington          1224  13-1   6
7  Stanford            1157  12-3   8 8  Nebraska            1036  12-3   9
9  Hawai’i             1023  16-2   5 10 Minnesota            939  16-3  11
11 San Diego            908  13-3  12
12 Colorado State        828  15-0  13
13 North Carolina         687  16-1  10
14 Kentucky            672  13-4  15 15 Wisconsin            584  15-3  19
16 Michigan             525  12-5  17
17 Ohio State           454  14-4  14
18 Missouri             390  21-0  25
19 Florida State          381  12-5  21
20 BYU Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 365 Â 14-3 Â 24
21 Oregon              347  10-6  22
22 Arizona State         256  13-5  16
23 Kansas              139  15-4  NR
24 Duke               127  14-3  NR 25 Purdue              115  11-6  20
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Ohio 87; UCLA 77; St. Mary’s (CA) 70; Miami (FL) 63; Creighton 60; Cal State Northridge 43; California 38; Oklahoma 32; Iowa State 18; Western Kentucky 7; Illinois 5
Nebraska just stunned #3 Washington on their home court 3-1 and is now just beating an unranked BYU to make it to the final four, with at least one B1G school making it - #4 Wisconsin vs #5 Penn St.