Volleyball ranked No. 20 in final AVCA Regular Season Poll
By Tim Glon
| AVCA Poll |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 20 in the tenth and final regular season American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, released Tuesday afternoon.
The Polar Bears (27-5 overall, 8-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) received 380 points in the poll, which is 120 less than the 500 points they received last week when they were ranked No. 18.
ONU was ranked No. 22 in the preseason poll, was No. 25 in the first weekly poll and No. 22 in the third and fourth weekly polls, No. 17 in the fifth weekly poll, were No. 21 in weeks 6 and 7, were No. 20 in the eighth poll and were No. 18 in last week's poll.
Ohio Northern went 2-1 last week, defeating Marietta and Mount Union in the OAC Tournament before falling at Otterbein in the finals.
Colorado College remained in the top spot in the poll with 1,670 points and 63 first place votes, Calvin (Mich.) is second with 1,543 points and the remaining two first place votes and Wittenberg is third with 1,151 points
The Polar Bears will return to action on Friday at 5:30 pm when they play DePauw (Ind.) in the First Round of the NCAA III Tournament at Otterbein.
A final AVCA poll will be released following the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 21.
AVCA Poll #10 - Nov. 7, 2017
| Rank | School (First Place Votes) | Points | 2017 Record |
Last Week |
| 1. | Colorado College (63) | 1670 | 31-1 | 1 |
| 2. | Calvin (Mich.) (2) | 1543 | 26-3 | 3 |
| 3. | Wittenberg | 1515 | 22-2 | 4 |
| 4. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1434 | 27-7 | 5 |
| 5. | Southwestern (Tex.) (2) | 1379 | 29-5 | 2 |
| 6. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) | 1344 | 25-5 | 6 |
| 7. | Emory (Ga.) | 1119 | 27-6 | 7 |
| 8. | Johnson & Wales (R.I.) | 1097 | 32-0 | 10 |
| 9. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1043 | 32-6 | 12 |
| 10. | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) | 1027 | 29-4 | 9 |
| 11. | Millikin (Ill.) | 947 | 28-7 | 8 |
| 12. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 836 | 24-3 | 14 |
| 13. | Washington (Mo.) | 771 | 24-9 | 19 |
| 14. | Illinois Wesleyan | 754 | 22-7 | 11 |
| 15. | Stevenson (Md.) | 725 | 32-1 | 15 |
| 16. | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) | 608 | 23-6 | 13 |
| 17. | Carthage (Wis.) | 496 | 25-8 | 24 |
| 18. | MIT | 445 | 28-2 | 21 |
| 19. | Juniata (Pa.) | 412 | 23-8 | 22 |
| 20. | Ohio Northern | 380 | 27-5 | 18 |
| 21. | Christopher Newport (Va.) | 366 | 27-3 | 23 |
| 22. | Saint Thomas (Minn.) | 326 | 25-6 | 17 |
| 23. | Chicago (Ill.) | 312 | 23-8 | 20 |
| 24. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 268 | 22-8 | 16 |
| 25. | Otterbein | 139 | 23-9 | NR |
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin-La Crosse 122; Concordia (WI.) 98; Aurora 79; Pacific Lutheran 73; Randolph-Macon 69; Wesleyan (CT) 65; Berry 55; Ithaca 38; Texas-Dallas 34; St Benedict (MN) 28; Tufts 25; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 19; La Verne 18; Stevens 16; DePauw 15; Scranton 14; Cornell (IA) 11; Wartburg 10; Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9; Augsburg 8.