OMAHA, Neb. — The Creighton Volleyball team is ranked 18th in the AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll, which was released on Monday, Aug. 15 This is the 11th straight season that Creighton has spent at least one week in the top-25, extending another program record.
The Bluejays return four starters and 11 letterwinners from a team that finished last year 31-4, unprecedented eighth straight regular-season BIG EAST title, and finished the season ranked 22nd in the country. Over the previous 14 seasons, 255-of-350 teams (72.9 percent) have been in both the preseason and final polls. Since 2008, all but 32 teams (of 350) named in the preseason AVCA Top 25 poll would go on to reach the NCAA Tournament (90.9 percent).
Today’s announcement marks the eighth time in the last 10 seasons that the Bluejays have earned a spot in the preseason poll, and is tied for the fourth-best preseason ranking in program history.
Creighton was one of four schools that ended last year in the top-25 despite not being in the preseason poll along with Kansas, Illinois and Miami (Fls.).
The Bluejays have now been ranked each of the last 15 polls and 92 times in program history. That figure ranks 47th-most in history. CU’s all-time best ranking in program history is No. 7, which came in the poll released on Aug. 28, 2017. Creighton is 145-35 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll.
Creighton’s BIG EAST rival, Marquette, is among those schools also receiving votes.
After closing the exhibition season on Sunday with a 2 p.m. home match vs. South Dakota, Creighton opens its regular-season on Friday, Aug. 26 with matches in Laramie, Wyo., against Iowa State (11 a.m.) and Wichita State (6 p.m.) as part of the season-opening Rumble in the Rockies.
| Year | Preseason Rank | Final W-L | Final AVCA Rank |
| 2013 | 25th | 23-9 | Not Ranked |
| 2014 | 23rd | 25-9 | Not Ranked |
| 2016 | 18th | 27-9 | 9th |
| 2017 | 9th | 26-7 | 16th |
| 2018 | 13th | 29-5 | 13th |
| 2019 | 18th | 25-6 | 16th |
| 2020* (spring 2021) | 16th | 12-4 | Not Ranked |
| 2022 | 18th | TBD | TBD |
