MARSHALL, Texas – Heading into week two of the 2026 season, East Texas Baptist University remains the No. 4 program in the country for women's volleyball in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) weekly poll. ETBU has now been ranked for 29 straight weeks, with the last 13 polls in the top five.
ETBU earned 1,565 points with a 2-1 record for the No. 4 ranking. Other teams in the AVCA poll that ETBU has on their schedule is No. 2 Trinity (Texas), No. 16 Washingont-St. Louis, No. 17 Emory University, and No. 18 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. ETBU plays Wash U, Emory, and CMS this weekend in Atlanta.
Matches this weekend will be at Emory University in the East-West Classic in Atlanta, Ga. The biggest test of the year for ETBU will be this Friday and Saturday against three nationally ranked teams.
Below are the rankings from the AVCA.
Sept. 8 AVCA-Taraflex Division III WVB Poll
|
Rank
|
School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)
|
Total Points Adjusted
|
Record
|
Previous Week
|
|
1
|
Wisconsin-Oshkosh [71]
|
1,895
|
4-0
|
1
|
|
2
|
Trinity (Texas) [5]
|
1,825
|
4-0
|
2
|
|
3
|
Illinois Wesleyan
|
1,687
|
5-0
|
8
|
|
4
|
East Texas Baptist
|
1.565
|
2-1
|
4
|
|
5
|
Berry
|
1.485
|
2-1
|
3
|
|
6
|
Wisconsin-Eau Claire
|
1.438
|
2-1
|
7
|
|
7
|
MIT
|
1.370
|
3-0
|
10
|
|
8
|
Colby
|
1,311
|
0-0
|
5
|
|
9
|
Johns Hopkins
|
1,282
|
3-0
|
11
|
|
10
|
Juniata
|
1,149
|
2-1
|
12
|
|
11
|
La Verne
|
1,034
|
2-1
|
6
|
|
12
|
Ithaca
|
981
|
4-1
|
18
|
|
13
|
Carnegie-Mellon
|
900
|
4-0
|
20
|
|
14
|
Wesleyan (Conn.)
|
795
|
3-0
|
15
|
|
15
|
Calvin
|
755
|
2-1
|
9
|
|
16
|
Washington-St. Louis
|
728
|
3-1
|
14
|
|
17
|
Emory
|
691
|
3-0
|
21
|
|
18
|
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
|
614
|
3-0
|
23
|
|
19
|
Batten (formerly Va. Wesleyan)
|
572
|
4-0
|
22
|
|
20
|
Wisconsin-Whitewater
|
437
|
2-1
|
16
|
|
21
|
Tufts
|
385
|
1-3
|
13
|
|
22
|
Christopher Newport
|
333
|
1-2
|
19
|
|
23
|
Hope
|
286
|
1-2
|
17
|
|
24
|
St. Olaf
|
200
|
3-1
|
RV
|
|
25
|
NYU
|
166
|
2-2
|
25
|
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Dubuque 121; Otterbein 107; Chicago 97; Centre 74; Lynchburg 61; Babson 55; Pacific Lutheran 46; Salisbury 41; Azusa Pacific 36; Gustavus Adolphus 32; Lawrence 23; William Smith 22; Aurora 19; Williams 8; Northwestern (Minn.) 7; Albion 6; Westminster (Mo.) 5; Wittenberg 3
