Last season, Marquette got two early wins over ranked squads and spent most of the season in the top 20. This year, they haven't had those ranked team wins, and thus they've only been ranked for one week. That moved to two weeks on Monday morning, as the Golden Eagles are #17 in the brand new Cascade/Maverik media top 20. Marquette's previous week in the top 20 this season was also spent at #17.
The Golden Eagles are just one spot higher than the Villanova squad that was ranked #6 on Saturday when Marquette earned the 11-3 win over the Wildcats.