Volleyball receives votes in Week 8 AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Volleyball Poll – Oct. 24 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team received votes in the AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Volleyball Poll for Week 8, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 14 points in the poll and are listed sixth among teams in the "others receiving votes category, which equates to a No. 31 ranking.
Northern received 29 points and was fourth among teams in the "others receiving votes" category in last week's poll.
The Polar Bears have been ranked as high as No. 23 in the poll this season.
ONU is coming off last week's 3-0 sweeps of Wilmington and Muskingum.
Defending national champion Juniata (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is No. 2.
Hope (Mich.), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) and Northwestern (Minn.) round out the top five.
The Polar Bears (14-7 overall, 4-3 OAC) return to action on Wednesday hosting Baldwin Wallace at 7 p.m. in the OAC Game of the Week.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Top 25 Poll — Week 8
Oct. 24, 2023
| Rank | School (First-place votes) | Points | Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Juniata (Pa.) (79) | 2143 | 22-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (7) | 2069 | 28-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) | 1968 | 20-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 1783 | 16-3 | 6 |
| 5. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1718 | 21-3 | 4 |
| 6. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1699 | 21-2 | 7 |
| 7. | Emory (Ga.) | 1671 | 16-1 | 5 |
| 8. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 1481 | 18-3 | 9 |
| 9. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1382 | 18-4 | 8 |
| 10. | NYU | 1371 | 20-4 | 10 |
| 11. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1308 | 24-3 | 11 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 1164 | 18-7 | 12 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 1103 | 18-4 | 13 |
| 14. | Mount St. Joseph | 979 | 19-1 | 15 |
| 15. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 968 | 17-1 | 14 |
| 16. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 889 | 20-5 | 16 |
| 17. | MIT (Mass.) | 678 | 24-3 | 19 |
| 18. | Gustavus-Adolphus (Minn.) | 622 | 20-6 | 20 |
| 19. | North Park (Ill.) | 534 | 19-6 | 18 |
| 20. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 524 | 19-6 | 17 |
| 21. | La Verne (Calif.) | 513 | 18-2 | 21 |
| 22. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 308 | 21-2 | 22 |
| 23. | Cornell (Iowa) | 291 | 16-6 | 24 |
| 24. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 279 | 19-4 | 23 |
| 25. | Covenant (Ga.) | 112 | 24-1 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Ohio Wesleyan 64; Millikin 61; Wisconsin-Platteville 46; Springfield 33; Babson 20; Ohio Northern 14; St Benedict (Minn.) 14; Christopher Newport 13; Mary Hardin-Baylor 13; Mount Union 13; Otterbein 13; Tufts 11; SUNY Cortland 8; Case Western 6; Middlebury 5; Carnegie-Mellon 3; Salisbury 3.