Lewis rejoins this weeks AVCA Division I-II coaches poll top-five after posting two wins this week to #12 Ball State and Fort Wayne. The top-four have remained unchanged after last weeks play, with Ohio State still receiving all 24 first place votes.
Previous top-five, UCLA, drops to #6 after dropping two matches to ranked opponents. The Bruins returned Jake Arnitz to their line up against #2 Long Beach State after he was out with a lower body injury. The Beach were able to sweep the Bruins while then-ranked #14 CSUN took five sets to take down UCLA. With the win over a top-five team, CSUN moved up three positions to #11.
Dropping from #6 to #8 was Stanford, after splitting matches this week. The team dropped their first match to then-unranked USC in a sweep but took five sets to defeat Cal Baptist. After, the sweep over Stanford USC kept their groove going outlasting #10 Pepperdine in five, the Trojans finally crack their way into the top-15, entering in at #14.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State (24) | 360 | 15-0 | 1 | |
| 2 | Long Beach State | 335 | 13-2 | 2 | |
| 3 | BYU | 311 | 12-2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hawaii | 289 | 14-2 | 4 | |
| 5 | Lewis | 250 | 11-3 | 7 | |
| 6 | UCLA | 225 | 10-6 | 5 | |
| 7 | UC Irvine | 213 | 9-5 | 8 | |
| 8 | Stanford | 195 | 9-5 | 6 | |
| 9 | Loyola-Chicago | 177 | 9-4 | 10 | |
| 10 | Pepperdine | 136 | 6-5 | 9 | |
| 11 | CSUN | 117 | 10-5 | 14 | |
| 12 | Ball State | 97 | 11-4 | 11 | |
| 13 | UC Santa Barbara | 84 | 6-8 | 12 | |
| 14 | Southern California | 50 | 5-9 | NR | |
| 15 | Penn State | 28 | 9-6 | 13 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: UC San Diego 6; Grand Canyon 5
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