Until which point Marquette volleyball beats a top 25 team, they’re going to be subject to the whims of the AVCA top 25 poll voters.
That was proved to be the case on Monday, when the new poll came out and the Golden Eagles had fallen backwards from where they were a week ago. Last week, it was 34 points and a standing as the unofficial #27 team in the country. This week, with two wins over sub-75 RPI teams, it’s unofficially #30 on just 23 points worth of votes. Part of the drop in the ranking is the mere fact that the voters broke up the 25th place tie that existed last week, but the drop is more than just one spot.