Volleyball ranked No. 25 in Week 6 AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Volleyball Poll – Oct. 10 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 25 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Volleyball Week 6 Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 120 points in the poll and dropped one spot from last week when they received 266 points and were ranked 24th nationally.
ONU is coming off last week's 1-1 showing, falling 3-0 to Otterbein before rebounding for a 3-0 victory at Capital.
Defending national champion Juniata (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is No. 2.
Hope (Mich.), Northwestern (Minn.) and Emory (Ga.) round out the top five.
The Polar Bears (12-5 overall, 2-1 OAC) return to action on Wednesday at OAC foe Heidelberg at 7 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Top 25 Poll — Week 6
Oct. 10, 2023
| Rank | School (First-place votes) | Points | Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Juniata (Pa.) (80) | 2143 | 15-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6) | 2065 | 21-0 | 2 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) | 1963 | 15-1 | 3 |
| 4. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1836 | 16-2 | 4 |
| 5. | Emory (Ga.) | 1815 | 14-0 | 5 |
| 6. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 1680 | 13-3 | 6 |
| 7. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1587 | 15-2 | 8 |
| 8. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1548 | 13-3 | 7 |
| 9. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 1381 | 14-3 | 9 |
| 10. | NYU | 1302 | 16-3 | 10 |
| 11. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1254 | 17-3 | 11 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 1161 | 14-5 | 12 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 1023 | 13-4 | 13 |
| 14. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 951 | 13-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Mount St. Joseph | 862 | 14-1 | 17 |
| 16. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 841 | 14-5 | 15 |
| 17. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 779 | 15-3 | 18 |
| 18. | North Park (Ill.) | 590 | 16-2 | 20 |
| 19. | Gustavus-Adolphus (Minn.) | 565 | 16-4 | 16 |
| 20. | MIT (Mass.) | 522 | 17-3 | 21 |
| 21. | La Verne (Calif.) | 468 | 15-2 | 19 |
| 22. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 416 | 16-1 | 22 |
| 23. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 367 | 14-3 | 23 |
| 24. | Cornell (Iowa) | 161 | 11-6 | 25 |
| 25. | Ohio Northern | 120 | 12-5 | 24 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Springfield 91; Babson 79; Ohio Wesleyan 76; Wisconsin-Platteville 69; Mount Union 40; Texas Lutheran 16; Case Western 15; Tufts 14; Covenant 13; UC Santa Cruz 13; Williams 11; Christopher Newport 8; SUNY Cortland 6; Otterbein 4.