The first in-season Associated Press poll of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season came out on Monday, and it contained good news for Marquette.
As was the case when the preseason AP poll came out, the Golden Eagles are once again holding their best ranking since the 1977-78 season. Monday’s poll has MU at #4 in the country, which surpasses the preseason ranking of #5 as the program’s best ranking since a #3 spot on March 6, 1978.
Marquette snagged 1,311 points in the polling, which has them behind the 1,356 accrued by #3 Arizona following their road win over then-#2 Duke, but ahead of the 1,301 that Connecticut picked up at #5 in the country this week, one spot better than they were in the preseason poll.