OMAHA, Neb. — The Creighton Volleyball team moved up one spot to 15th in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Top 25 poll released on Monday. The Bluejays are also 17th in the NCAA’s first official RPI release of the season.
Creighton (12-3, 3-1 BIG EAST) swept both St. John’s and Seton Hall last week and ha now won seven of its past eight matches, all without 2022 BIG EAST Player of the Year Norah Sis.
The Bluejays are one of 17 schools (along with Baylor, BYU, Florida, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Pitt, Purdue, Stanford, Texas and Wisconsin) to have been ranked each of the last 37 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 106 weeks the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 114 times in program history, which is tied with Loyola Marymount for 40th-most all-time. Creighton is 184-43 all-time when playing as a ranked team in the AVCA poll, including 15 straight regular-season home wins.
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.
The top five of the poll features Wisconsin, Nebraska, Stanford, Washington State and Oregon. Creighton owns three wins over current top-25 teams, having defeated No. 16 Minnesota (3-2 on Sept. 16) and No. 19 Purdue (3-0 on Aug. 26) and No. 25 Iowa State (3-1 on Sept. 10).
Creighton is back in action on Friday at 7 p.m. with a road match at preseason BIG EAST favorite Marquette (8-7, 4-0 BIG EAST). The Golden Eagles, who started the season ranked No. 11 nationally, are listed among those “also receiving votes” and just outside this week’s Top 25.
Oct. 2, 2023 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) | Total Points Adjusted | Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin [60] | 1,595 | 13-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Nebraska [4] | 1,538 | 13-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Stanford | 1,473 | 11-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Washington State | 1,383 | 14-1 | 7 |
| 5 | Oregon | 1,262 | 13-2 | 6 |
| 6 | Louisville | 1,211 | 12-2 | 5 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh | 1,182 | 13-2 | 8 |
| 8 | Texas | 1,170 | 9-3 | 10 |
| 9 | Florida | 1,165 | 11-2 | 4 |
| 10 | BYU | 994 | 13-3 | 9 |
| 11 | Georgia Tech | 953 | 13-1 | 11 |
| 12 | Tennessee | 914 | 13-1 | 12 |
| 13 | Arkansas | 824 | 13-2 | 14 |
| 14 | Penn State | 798 | 10-3 | 15 |
| 15 | Creighton | 677 | 12-3 | 16 |
| 16 | Minnesota | 655 | 6-6 | 13 |
| 17 | Kansas | 550 | 12-2 | 19 |
| 18 | Baylor | 434 | 7-6 | 18 |
| 19 | Purdue | 390 | 8-5 | 17 |
| 20 | Dayton | 323 | 15-2 | 21 |
| 21 | Houston | 240 | 7-5 | 20 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 199 | 5-7 | 23 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 165 | 15-1 | 25 |
| 24 | Ohio State | 156 | 5-8 | 22 |
| 25T | Auburn | 110 | 12-3 | 24 |
| 25T | Iowa State | 110 | 12-3 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Western Kentucky 81; Southern California 56; UCF 55; James Madison 34; North Carolina State 11; Marquette 10; Rice 10; Texas A&M 8; UC Santa Barbara 8; Pepperdine 6
