Creighton University Athletics
Volleyball Moves to 20th in AVCA Poll
9/14/2026 1:58:00 PM | Volleyball
OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton Volleyball was voted No. 20Â in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll, marking the 82nd straight week that Creighton has been ranked.
Creighton (5-4) went 1-2 last weekend at the Rice Invitational, defeating Missouri Valley Conference favorite Northern Iowa before losing four-set battles with No. 5 Louisville and preseason American Conference choice Rice.
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 82 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 151 times the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 159 times in program history, which ranks tied for 36th-most all-time. Creighton is 266-58 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, Louisville, Kentucky and SMU.
Creighton visits top-ranked Nebraska (7-0) on Wednesday before returning to Omaha to host unbeaten Kansas State (6-0) on Friday and defending national champion and No. 15 ranked Texas A&M on Sunday.
Creighton (5-4) went 1-2 last weekend at the Rice Invitational, defeating Missouri Valley Conference favorite Northern Iowa before losing four-set battles with No. 5 Louisville and preseason American Conference choice Rice.
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 82 polls. Creighton has been ranked in all but six of the past 151 times the AVCA has put out a Top 25 poll and 159 times in program history, which ranks tied for 36th-most all-time. Creighton is 266-58 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, Louisville, Kentucky and SMU.
Creighton visits top-ranked Nebraska (7-0) on Wednesday before returning to Omaha to host unbeaten Kansas State (6-0) on Friday and defending national champion and No. 15 ranked Texas A&M on Sunday.
Sept. 14 AVCA-Taraflex Division I WVB Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) |
Total Points Adjusted |
Record |
Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
Nebraska [48] |
1560 |
7-0 |
1 |
|
2 |
Pittsburgh [15] |
1527 |
10-0 |
2 |
|
3 |
Louisville |
1419 |
9-1 |
5 |
|
4 |
Kentucky |
1370 |
7-2 |
3 |
|
5 |
SMU |
1206 |
6-2 |
8 |
|
6 |
Wisconsin |
1173 |
4-4 |
6 |
|
7 |
Texas |
1064 |
4-4 |
9 |
|
8 |
Stanford |
1047 |
5-2 |
4 |
|
9 |
Penn State |
1037 |
6-1 |
12 |
|
10 |
Florida |
1007 |
7-1 |
10 |
|
11 |
Purdue |
955 |
5-2 |
14 |
|
12 |
Arizona State |
926 |
7-2 |
7 |
|
13 |
TCU |
906 |
6-2 |
11 |
|
14 |
Minnesota |
766 |
4-2 |
13 |
|
15 |
Texas A&M |
626 |
4-5 |
19 |
|
16 |
Tennessee |
571 |
6-1 |
17 |
|
17 |
Colorado |
519 |
8-0 |
23 |
|
18 |
Baylor |
443 |
6-2 |
20 |
|
19 |
Southern California |
416 |
4-3 |
16 |
|
20 |
Creighton |
379 |
5-4 |
15 |
|
21 |
Indiana |
337 |
5-2 |
21 |
|
22 |
Kansas |
308 |
4-3 |
22 |
|
23 |
Oregon |
274 |
7-1 |
24 |
|
24 |
BYU |
216 |
5-1 |
25 |
|
25 |
North Carolina |
195 |
4-2 |
18 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Georgia Tech 83; UCLA 46; Tulsa 25; Ball State 24; Vanderbilt 20; Cal Poly 12; Michigan State 7
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