Volleyball Stays 5th in AVCA Poll
11/25/2024 2:05:00 PM | Volleyball
This is the 33rd time overall the Bluejays have been in the Top 10. CU was also in the Top 10 for 12 consecutive weeks from Sept. 10 - Nov. 26, 2018.
Winners of 20 straight matches, during which time it has dropped just four sets, Creighton improved to 27-2 this season following road wins over DePaul (3-1) and Xavier (3-0) last weekend. The Bluejays finished 18-0 in BIG EAST play and have now won 33 consecutive contests against league foes.
The Bluejays are one of 14 schools (along with Baylor, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 60 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 129 weeks the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 137 times in program history, which ranks 39th-most all-time. Creighton is 228-47 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll. This is the 13th straight campaign that Creighton has spent at least one week in the Top 25.
Six of Creighton's 2024 opponents are ranked in this week's poll. The Bluejays have already beaten then-No. 20 (and current No. 20) USC on Sept. 5th, and lost five-set road matches at then-No. 5 (and current No. 2) Nebraska (Sept. 10) and then-No. 4 (and current No. 3) Louisville (Sept. 15). CU also went to Lawrence, Kan., where it beat then-No. 6 (and current No. 9) Purdue (Sept. 20) as well as then-No. 10 (and current No. 11) Kansas (Sept. 21). Missouri, a team Creighton swept on Aug. 31st in Omaha is ranked for a third straight week, coming in at No. 24. Marquette, whom Creighton has beaten twice, is among those teams "also receiving votes".
Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Louisville and Penn State remained in front of Creighton.
The Bluejays fell two spots to No. 6 in the eighth Monday edition this fall of the NCAA's official RPI and moved down one spot to No. 5 in the 10th VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season.
Creighton returns to the court on Friday at 2:30 p.m. with a semifinal round match in the BIG EAST Tournament against either St. John's or DePaul.
Nov. 25 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Pittsburgh [47] |
1,511 |
27-1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Nebraska [14] |
1,478 |
28-1 |
2 |
|
3 |
Louisville |
1,391 |
25-3 |
3 |
|
4 |
Penn State |
1,304 |
27-2 |
4 |
|
5 |
Creighton |
1,263 |
27-2 |
5 |
|
6 |
Stanford |
1, 208 |
23-4 |
7 |
|
7 |
Wisconsin |
1,200 |
21-6 |
6 |
|
8 |
Arizona State |
1,041 |
28-2 |
9 |
|
9 |
Purdue |
1, 031 |
23-6 |
8 |
|
10 |
SMU |
1, 003 |
23-6 |
10 |
|
11 |
Kansas |
907 |
23-3 |
11 |
|
12 |
Kentucky |
836 |
19-7 |
12 |
|
13 |
Oregon |
785 |
21-6 |
13 |
|
14 |
Texas |
776 |
16-6 |
14 |
|
15 |
Minnesota |
612 |
18-10 |
16 |
|
16 |
Baylor |
563 |
20-7 |
17 |
|
17 |
Utah |
496 |
23-5 |
19 |
|
18 |
Florida |
475 |
21-5 |
20 |
|
19 |
Georgia Tech |
383 |
20-7 |
15 |
|
20 |
Southern California |
344 |
19-9 |
21 |
|
21 |
Florida State |
331 |
20-8 |
23 |
|
22 |
TCU |
324 |
19-7 |
22 |
|
23 |
Dayton |
195 |
29-2 |
18 |
|
24 |
Missouri |
85 |
19-7 |
25 |
|
25 |
North Carolina |
75 |
20-7 |
RV |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: BYU 65; Miami (FL) 65; Marquette 30; Western Kentucky 20; Texas A&M 13; Washington 9; South Dakota State 4
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