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OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton Volleyball team moved into the top 10 of the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll for the first time this fall in the rankings released on Monday, October 21, coming in right at No. 10. The Bluejays also moved to 16th in the third official RPI listings released by the NCAA on Monday.

Creighton has now been ranked in the top 10 of the AVCA poll 18 times in program history, including 12 straight weeks last year from Sept. 10 to Nov. 26. This week's poll makes Creighton one of just nine programs to have spent at least one week in the AVCA Top 10 in each of the last four seasons, a list that consists of BYU, Creighton, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin.

The Bluejays improved to 15-3 after picking up 3-0 wins last weekend vs. Butler (Friday) and Xavier (Sunday). The Bluejays are now 8-0 in BIG EAST play and have won 31 consecutive matches against teams from the league.

No. 1 Baylor (16-0), No. 5 Nebraska (15-2) and No. 9 Washington (15-3) are the lone teams to beat the Bluejays thus far and have combined for a 46-5 record.

This week marks the 47th consecutive week the Bluejays have been ranked, the nation's 10th-longest active streak. The Bluejays have now been ranked in 61 all-time polls, and every poll since Oct. 31, 2016. CU's all-time best ranking in program history is No. 7, which came in the poll released on Aug. 28, 2017.

Baylor remained in the top spot in the poll, earning 61-of-64 first place votes. Stanford, Pitt, Texas and Nebraska remain second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Creighton's BIG EAST rival, Marquette, moved up a spot from 12th to 11th after No. 9 BYU lost at home to previously unranked San Diego.

Despite its two lopsided victories last weekend, Creighton plummeted from the No. 10 to No. 16 spot in the RPI rankings announced by the NCAA. It's still four spots better than the RPI ranking at this time a year ago, when CU ended up with the No. 9 national seed. The three teams to beat Creighton so far are also highly-regarded in the RPI, with No. 1 Baylor, No. 5 Nebraska and No. 6 Washington all in the top-6.

Creighton is 102-25 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll, including a 33-11 mark on the road, where the Jays will be this weekend. The Bluejays play at Providence at 5 p.m. Central on both Friday and Saturday nights.

AVCA Division I Week #8 Coaches Poll:
October 21, 2019

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2019 Record	Previous Week
1	Baylor (61)	1596	16-0	1
2	Stanford (2)	1513	13-3	2
3	Pittsburgh (1)	1466	19-1	3
4	Texas	1388	12-2	4
5	Nebraska	1333	15-2	5
6	Wisconsin	1308	12-4	6
7	Minnesota	1204	13-3	7
8	Penn State	1165	14-3	8
9	Washington	1062	15-3	10
10	Creighton	1000	15-3	11
11	Marquette	924	17-3	12
12	BYU	875	16-3	9
13	Florida	802	15-3	13
14	Colorado State	762	18-1	14
15	California	742	17-1	15
16	Kentucky	639	13-5	16
17	Illinois	512	9-8	17
18	Utah	486	13-6	18
19	Rice	466	18-1	19
20	Purdue	382	12-5	20
21	Hawai'i	266	16-3	22
22	San Diego	219	15-4	NR
23	Western Kentucky	207	21-1	24
24	Washington State	140	16-4	21
25	Missouri	122	12-4	25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Florida State 43; Louisville 35; Stephen F Austin 35; Michigan 26; Southern California 22; UC Santa Barbara 18; Georgia 12; Texas A&M 9; UCLA 6; Notre Dame 3; Cal Poly 2

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AVCA Division I Week #8 Coaches Poll: October 21, 2019

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AVCA Division I Week #8 Coaches Poll:
October 21, 2019