Creighton University Athletics
Volleyball Remains in Top 15 of AVCA Poll
9/7/2026 2:00:00 PM | Volleyball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Volleyball moved from No. 10 to No. 15Â in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll.
Creighton (4-2) went 2-1 for the second straight weekend, opening its home season with wins over Arizona (3-2) and Pepperdine (3-1) before losing a five-set match to unbeaten Tulsa (3-2) on Sunday.
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 81 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 150 times the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 158 times in program history, which ranks 37th-most all-time. Creighton is 265-56 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, Stanford and Louisville.
Creighton travels to Houston, Texas, for the Rice Invitational II this weekend. The Bluejays meet Northern Iowa (Friday, 3 pm), No. 5Â Louisville (Saturday, 1 pm) and host Rice (Sunday, 2:30 pm).
Creighton (4-2) went 2-1 for the second straight weekend, opening its home season with wins over Arizona (3-2) and Pepperdine (3-1) before losing a five-set match to unbeaten Tulsa (3-2) on Sunday.
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 81 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 150 times the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 158 times in program history, which ranks 37th-most all-time. Creighton is 265-56 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, Stanford and Louisville.
Creighton travels to Houston, Texas, for the Rice Invitational II this weekend. The Bluejays meet Northern Iowa (Friday, 3 pm), No. 5Â Louisville (Saturday, 1 pm) and host Rice (Sunday, 2:30 pm).
Sept. 7 AVCA-Taraflex Division I WVB Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Nebraska [54] |
1,565 |
4-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Pittsburgh [9] |
1,519 |
6-0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Kentucky |
1,417 |
5-1 |
4 |
|
4 |
Stanford |
1,399 |
4-0 |
3 |
|
5 |
Louisville |
1,308 |
5-1 |
6 |
|
6 |
Wisconsin |
1,251 |
3-3 |
5 |
|
7 |
Arizona State |
1,179 |
5-1 |
7 |
|
8 |
SMU |
981 |
4-1 |
8 |
|
9 |
Texas |
968 |
3-3 |
9 |
|
10 |
Florida |
946 |
4-1 |
17 |
|
11 |
TCU |
885 |
3-2 |
18 |
|
12 |
Penn State |
831 |
3-1 |
13 |
|
13 |
Minnesota |
817 |
2-2 |
11 |
|
14 |
Purdue |
753 |
2-2 |
14 |
|
15 |
Creighton |
678 |
4-2 |
10 |
|
16 |
Southern California |
602 |
2-2 |
15 |
|
17 |
Tennessee |
546 |
5-0 |
22 |
|
18 |
North Carolina |
520 |
4-0 |
19 |
|
19 |
Texas A&M |
448 |
3-4 |
12 |
|
20 |
Baylor |
357 |
4-1 |
20 |
|
21 |
Indiana |
331 |
2-2 |
21 |
|
22 |
Kansas |
272 |
1-3 |
16 |
|
23 |
Colorado |
236 |
6-0 |
23 |
|
24 |
Oregon |
207 |
5-0 |
25 |
|
25 |
BYU |
171 |
3-1 |
24 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Georgia Tech 136; Tulsa 65; UCLA 32; Florida State 12; Cal Poly 10; Ball State 6; Michigan 6; Iowa State 4
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