The American Volleyball Coaches Association released the preseason Top 25 Wednesday afternoon. The Creighton Volleyball program is ranked No. 9 in this years Top 25 poll.
This marks the fourth time in five seasons that the bluejays have earned a spot in the preseason poll. Creighton has spent 20 previous weeks in the top-25 of the rankings during the course of the past five seasons. Last year's squad was ranked eight different weeks.
Last season the Bluejays advanced to the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Top returners include Lydia Dimke, Taryn Kloth, Jaali Winter and Brittany Witt.
Creighton is also ranked eighth nationally in the Prep Volleyball preseason poll.
Rank School
(1st place votes) Total
Points 2016
Record 2016
Final Rank
1 Texas (25) 1547 27-5 2
2 Stanford (35) 1533 27-7 1
3 Washington (2) 1370 29-5 7
4 Minnesota (2) 1349 29-5 3
5 Nebraska 1313 31-3 4
6 Penn State 1249 24-10 10
7 Wisconsin 1145 28-5 5
8 Kansas 1085 27-3 12
9 Creighton 1007 29-7 9
10 BYU 975 29-4 8
11 North Carolina 939 29-4 11
12 Florida 925 27-4 15
13 UCLA 866 27-7 6
14 Kentucky 654 23-8 23
15 Florida State 641 26-6 13
16 Michigan 615 24-11 14
17 Michigan State 523 25-9 19
18 Oregon 498 21-10 21
19 Missouri 424 27-6 16
20 Hawai'i 343 23-6 17
21 Ohio State 332 22-13 18
22 San Diego 287 24-6 22
23 Utah 203 20-12 25
24 Arizona 174 20-15 20
25 Purdue 147 19-14 RV
