Volleyball Ranked 20th in AVCA Poll
8/28/2023 2:26:00 PM | Volleyball
Bluejays won tournament at Purdue last weekend
The Bluejays are one of 18 schools (along with Baylor, BYU, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas, Western Kentucky and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 32 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 101 weeks the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 109 times in program history, which ranks 43rd-most all-time. Creighton is 174-41 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll.
CU's all-time best ranking in program history is No. 7, which came in the poll released on Aug. 28, 2017. This is the 12th straight season that Creighton has spent at least one week in the top-25, extending another program record.
After losing its season-opener to unranked Long Beach State, Texas dropped from the No. 1 spot to No. 7 this week. Taking over the top five spots in the poll are Wisconsin, Stanford, Louisville, Nebraska and Minnesota. Creighton's BIG EAST rival, Marquette, fell from No. 12 to No. 19.
Creighton will host the Bluejay Invitational next weekend, facing Ball State (Friday, 6 pm), LSU (Saturday, 5 pm) and Northern Iowa (Sunday, 2:30 pm). LSU received XX points in this week's poll and are among those schools "also receiving votes".
Aug. 28, 2023 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Wisconsin [50] |
1582 |
2-0 |
2 |
|
2 |
Stanford [11] |
1513 |
2-0 |
3 |
|
3 |
Louisville [2] |
1468 |
3-0 |
4 |
|
4 |
Nebraska |
1379 |
3-0 |
T5 |
|
5 |
Minnesota |
1291 |
2-0 |
7 |
|
6 |
Oregon |
1253 |
3-0 |
9 |
|
7 |
Texas [1] |
1235 |
1-1 |
1 |
|
8 |
Florida |
1109 |
2-0 |
11 |
|
9 |
BYU |
1078 |
3-0 |
17 |
|
10 |
Pittsburgh |
1006 |
2-1 |
T5 |
|
11 |
Georgia Tech |
876 |
2-0 |
20 |
|
12 |
Ohio State |
821 |
3-0 |
14 |
|
13 |
Houston |
742 |
3-0 |
19 |
|
14 |
Penn State |
630 |
0-2 |
8 |
|
15 |
Kentucky |
609 |
1-1 |
10 |
|
16 |
Baylor |
580 |
0-2 |
15 |
|
17 |
Washington State |
483 |
2-1 |
21 |
|
18 |
Rice |
457 |
2-0 |
22 |
|
19 |
Marquette |
428 |
2-1 |
13 |
|
20 |
Creighton |
416 |
2-1 |
18 |
|
21 |
Arkansas |
294 |
2-0 |
25 |
|
22 |
Western Kentucky |
256 |
2-1 |
24 |
|
23 |
Kansas |
199 |
2-0 |
NR |
|
24 |
Tennessee |
181 |
3-0 |
NR |
|
25 |
Purdue |
177 |
1-2 |
16 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:?Hawai'i 162; Colorado State 82; San Diego 82; Auburn 56; Florida State 56; Miami (FL) 49; Dayton 34; UCF 32; Long Beach State 29; Iowa State 25; Loyola (Ill.) 23; Loyola Marymount 20; LSU 13; Southern California 13; Washington 6; Duke 3
