2014 AVCA Week 4 poll: Hope is unanimous

Undefeated Hope is (finally) the unanimous No. 1 team in the AVCA Week 4 poll. No 2 Cal Lutheran, No. 3 Emory, No. 4 Washington-St. Louis and Calvin round out the top five.

No. 25 Millikin reentered the poll, taking the place of Cornell.

Other Central and Midwest teams in the Week 4 top 25: No. 11 Elmhurst; No. 12 UW-Stevens Point; No. 17 St. Thomas; No. 18 Saint Benedict; No. 21 Nebraska Wesleyan; No. 22 Coe; and No. 24 Augsburg.

Central and Midwest team receiving votes this week: Cornell; Carthage; Chicago; UW Oshkosh; Wartburg; UW-Whitewater.

A few quibbles, but nothing I didn’t expect or struggle with myself.

-Ricky Nelson