The Associated Press always releases their final college basketball rankings before the NCAA tournament starts. I presume that’s because they want the poll to look like the actual opinion of the voters as opposed to be dictated by the outcomes of the win-or-go-home single elimination event.
In any case, the final AP poll of the year came out on Monday, and YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles are at #6 in the country to wrap up the season. Marquette is the only team in the top seven to stay stable from last week, although they did earn 1,244 points, up from the 1,218 they had last week.