OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton Volleyball team finished the season ranked 16th in the year-end American Volleyball Coaches Association poll that was released on Monday, December 23rd.

It's the fifth straight season that Creighton has been ranked in the year-end AVCA poll, something only 10 schools (BYU, Creighton, Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Stanford, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin) can claim.

Creighton has now been ranked in the year-end poll on six occasions. The Bluejays were No. 24 in 2012, No. 19 in 2015, No. 9 in 2016, No. 16 in 2017 and No. 13 last season before today's No. 16 ranking.

Creighton, which was ranked 18th in the preseason AVCA poll, is one of 17 teams that were in both the preseason and year-end poll. Over the last 12 seasons, 214-of-300 teams (71.3 percent) have been in both polls.

This week marks the 54th consecutive week the Bluejays have been ranked, the nation's 10th-longest active streak. The Bluejays have now been ranked in 68 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.

After winning a third national title in the past four seasons, Stanford ended the season atop the poll. Runner-up Wisconsin was second, with Baylor third and Minnesota fourth. Creighton's BIG EAST rival, Marquette, finished 20th.

Creighton, which earned an eighth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament this fall, finished the season with a 25-6 record. The Bluejays won a sixth straight regular-season BIG EAST title.

AVCA Division I Final Coaches Poll:
December 23, 2019

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points Adjusted	2019 Record	Previous Week
1	Stanford (64)	1600	30-4	3
2	Wisconsin	1536	27-7	5
3	Baylor	1469	29-2	1
4	Minnesota	1408	27-6	7
5	Nebraska	1318	28-5	6
6	Washington	1236	27-7	9
7	Penn State	1206	27-6	8
8	Texas	1097	23-4	4
9	Utah	1031	24-10	17
10	Florida	984	27-5	12
11	Pittsburgh	928	30-2	2
12	Kentucky	895	25-7	11
13	Purdue	835	24-8	14
14	Louisville	754	22-10	NR
15	Hawai'i	708	26-4	18
16	Creighton	610	25-6	15
17	BYU	544	26-5	13
18	Texas A&M	509	23-8	25
19	Cincinnati	475	27-7	NR
20	Marquette	402	28-6	16
21	San Diego	299	25-6	20
22	Western Kentucky	268	32-2	19
23	Colorado State	181	29-2	10
24	Rice	133	27-4	21
25	UCLA	105	19-12	24

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan 81; UC Santa Barbara 52; Missouri 43; Washington State 31; Southern California 18; Georgia Tech 8; Cal Poly 5; South Carolina 4; UCF 3

Volleyball Ranked To End Fifth Straight Season; Finishing 16th

AVCA Division I Final Coaches Poll: December 23, 2019

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AVCA Division I Final Coaches Poll:
December 23, 2019