MU 1 of Only 5 Teams with No AP Top 25 Votes Despite Top 50 Offense and Defense

During Marquette's spirited come-from-behind win at Creighton, announcers commented on Marquette relying on defense rather than offense this season. While www.kenpom.com actually ranks MU's offense (21st best) as still better than the defense (48th), the potential for true lockdown defense is apparent and this is certainly more balances than last year (14th best offense, 73rd best defense). 

This leaves Marquette as one of only 5 teams to rank in the top 50 in both offense and defense at www.kenpom.com, and yet still not receive any AP writers Top 25 votes. Of course, this poll was released prior to the big win at Creighton - combined with the top 10 win over Wisconsin after MU only beat one Top 10 team in the last three seasons combined. The other teams are Purdue, USC, NC State and Alabama. 

Here are the teams with both a Top 50 offense and defense, as well as the overall www.kenpom.com ratign and their current AP rating (listed 26th place as the other team receiving the most vote points, etc.).

Top 50 off & def	Conf	Off	Def	kenpom	AP
Alabama	SEC	49	46	52	NR
Arkansas	SEC	45	30	34	39
Baylor	B12	3	9	2	2
Duke	ACC	17	17	11	21
Florida	SEC	27	24	24	33
Florida St.	ACC	24	15	12	15
Gonzaga	WCC	2	16	1	1
Houston	Amer	12	21	10	6
Illinois	B10	11	31	17	13
Indiana	B10	39	11	14	32
Kansas	B12	25	7	9	5
Louisville	ACC	22	25	23	23
Marquette	BE	21	48	33	NR
Michigan	B10	7	34	13	25
Michigan St.	B10	9	41	22	4
Minnesota	B10	40	42	42	40
Missouri	SEC	32	44	38	16
N.C. State	ACC	28	47	36	NR
North Carolina	ACC	36	20	28	22
Ohio St.	B10	10	37	21	20
Oregon	P12	15	40	25	31
Purdue	B10	31	38	32	NR
Rutgers	B10	46	12	20	19
Saint Louis	A10	37	35	37	26
San Diego St.	MWC	47	19	29	18
Syracuse	ACC	30	28	27	38
Texas	B12	19	3	5	11
Texas Tech	B12	50	1	8	14
UCLA	P12	14	43	26	35
USC	P12	41	33	39	NR
Villanova	BE	4	27	3	7
Virginia Tech	ACC	43	45	47	27
West Virginia	B12	13	10	6	8
Wisconsin	B10	18	6	7	12