When Marquette women’s basketball earned just one 20th place vote last week in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, it seemed that Wednesday’s contest against #2 Notre Dame would be a pivotal moment for the team and their AP votes. Win, and you probably jump back into the top 25. Lose, and that will likely cost you your lone vote.
Marquette pushed the Irish to overtime before eventually taking the L, and as expected, MU lost the faith of the voter who had them in 20th place. However, Michelle Smith of ESPNW must have liked what she saw from Carolyn Kieger’s team, as she installed Marquette as her 25th place team in the brand new AP poll.