MARSHALL, Texas – East Texas Baptist University has earned a national ranking from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for 35 straight weeks, landing at No. 21 in the October 20 poll. ETBU has earned 425 points with a 16-5 record.
In the latest NPI ranking, ETBU is 47
th with 58.929 points. Teams ETBU has played that are ranked are No. 6 Washington-St. Louis, No. 17 Trinity (TX), and No. 20 Emory.
Below is the newest AVCA Poll.
Oct. 20 AVCA-Taraflex Division III WVB Poll
|
Rank
|
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)
|
Total Points Adjusted
|
Record
|
Previous Week
|
|
1
|
Illinois Wesleyan [65]
|
1,889
|
20-1
|
1
|
|
2
|
Centre [10]
|
1,747
|
19-1
|
5
|
|
3
|
Wisconsin-Oshkosh [1]
|
1,726
|
21-3
|
2
|
|
4
|
Colby
|
1,508
|
15-2
|
7
|
|
5
|
Carnegie Mellon
|
1,467
|
19-3
|
6
|
|
6
|
Washington-St. Louis
|
1,413
|
15-3
|
8
|
|
7
|
MIT
|
1,379
|
15-2
|
3
|
|
8
|
Ithaca
|
1,361
|
18-3
|
9
|
|
9
|
Berry
|
1,219
|
17-4
|
10
|
|
10
|
Juniata
|
1,149
|
14-4
|
11
|
|
11
|
NYU
|
1,034
|
17-4
|
14
|
|
12
|
Calvin
|
986
|
16-2
|
13
|
|
13
|
Wesleyan (Conn.)
|
965
|
14-2
|
12
|
|
14
|
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
|
926
|
13-6
|
4
|
|
15
|
Dubuque
|
810
|
19-4
|
17
|
|
16
|
Otterbein
|
640
|
19-3
|
19
|
|
17
|
Trinity (Texas)
|
577
|
14-7
|
16
|
|
18
|
Chicago
|
556
|
18-4
|
15
|
|
19
|
Smith
|
498
|
21-1
|
21
|
|
20
|
Emory
|
464
|
12-5
|
18
|
|
21
|
East Texas Baptist
|
425
|
16-5
|
20
|
|
22
|
Colorado College
|
278
|
15-2
|
RV
|
|
23
|
Batten [formerly Virginia Wesleyan]
|
264
|
19-4
|
22
|
|
24
|
Stevens
|
238
|
19-2
|
RV
|
|
25
|
Babson
|
210
|
15-4
|
24
|
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: St. Olaf 137; Northwestern (Minn.) 129; Bridgewater (Va.) 104; Hope 90; Bethel (Minn.) 70; Aurora 65; Wisconsin-Platteville 45; Whittier 36; Johns Hopkins 32; Washington & Lee 30; Wisconsin-Whitewater 30; Swarthmore 28; Rowan 27; Azusa Pacific 23; William Smith College 22; Pacific Lutheran 19; UC Santa Cruz 16; Whitworth 10; Albion 9; Lynchburg 9; Tufts 8; Springfield 2
