Creighton University Athletics
Volleyball Ranked for 83rd Straight Week
9/21/2026 8:27:00 PM | Volleyball
The Bluejays, who were 20th a week ago, remained in the polls despite losses to No. 1 Nebraska, unbeaten Kansas State and then-No. 15 Texas A&M last week.
Creighton is 6-0 all-time during the three previous weeks when ranked exactly 25th, though it hadn't happened since October. 31, 2016.
The Bluejays are one of 10 schools (along with Baylor, Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 83 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 152 times the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 160 times in program history, which ranks 36th-most all-time. Creighton is 266-61 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll.
Including 2026, Creighton has spent at least one week in the Top 25 each of the last 15 seasons. CU's all-time best AVCA ranking in program history is No. 5, which came four straight weeks in November of 2024 (Nov. 4, Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Nov. 25, 2024).
 The top five teams in this week's poll consists of Nebraska, Pittsburgh, Kentucky, Louisville and SMU.
Creighton (5-7) opens BIG EAST play this weekend with road matches at Seton Hall (4 p.m. on Friday) and St. John's (6 p.m. on Saturday).
Sept. 21 AVCA-Taraflex Division I WVB Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Nebraska [48] |
1,560 |
10-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Pittsburgh [15] |
1,527 |
10-0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Kentucky |
1,440 |
8-2 |
4 |
|
4 |
Louisville |
1,373 |
10-2 |
3 |
|
5 |
SMU |
1,279 |
8-2 |
5 |
|
6 |
Wisconsin |
1,186 |
6-4 |
6 |
|
7 |
Texas |
1,093 |
4-4 |
7 |
|
8 |
Florida |
1,084 |
8-1 |
10 |
|
9 |
Arizona State |
1,054 |
9-2 |
12 |
|
10 |
Purdue |
978 |
7-2 |
11 |
|
11 |
TCU |
955 |
9-2 |
13 |
|
12 |
Stanford |
900 |
7-3 |
8 |
|
13 |
Tennessee |
829 |
9-1 |
16 |
|
14 |
Penn State |
809 |
8-2 |
9 |
|
15 |
Minnesota |
760 |
6-2 |
14 |
|
16 |
Texas A&M |
650 |
6-5 |
15 |
|
17 |
Baylor |
511 |
8-2 |
18 |
|
18 |
Indiana |
401 |
7-2 |
21 |
|
19 |
Kansas |
371 |
7-3 |
22 |
|
20 |
Oregon |
353 |
9-1 |
23 |
|
21 |
Colorado |
329 |
9-1 |
17 |
|
22 |
BYU |
253 |
8-1 |
24 |
|
23 |
Southern California |
201 |
6-4 |
19 |
|
24 |
North Carolina |
178 |
5-3 |
25 |
|
25 |
Creighton |
87 |
5-7 |
20 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots:Â Vanderbilt 74; UCLA 61; Kansas State 49; Michigan State 44; Georgia Tech 37; Washington 11; Colorado State 7; Ball State 3
