2015 AVCA Week 3 poll: Unbeaten Juniata ascends to top spot

Juniata moved up three spots to overtake the top spot in the 2015 AVCA Week 3 poll. The Eagles outlasted current No. 2 Christopher Newport over the weekend to remain unbeaten. Washington-St. Louis, Emory and Calvin round out the top five.

Juniata received 54 of 63 first-place votes. Washington-St. Louis nabbed three top votes, Carthage got one, Calvin and Emory somehow had two apiece, and Christopher Newport somehow received one. C’mon, people. Vote! Either that or vote better. There are several correct answers each week. There are also incorrect answers. Calvin at the top is an incorrect answer.

Other Central and Midwest teams in the top 25: No. 6 Carthage; No. 10 UW-Stevens Point; No. 11 Chicago; No. 15 UW-Whitewater; No. 16 Elmhurst; No. 19 Augsburg; No. 22 UW-Oshkosh; No. 23 Illinois Wesleyan.

Central and Midwest teams receiving votes this week: Saint Benedict; Coe; St. Thomas; Wartburg; Dominican; UW-Eau Claire; Bethel.

I was one of the people who would have voted Washington-St. Louis first. I knew I would be in the minority, but I didn’t think Calvin, Emory and CNU were in the conversation at No. 1. Let’s all agree to make it our beeswax to vote next week.

-Ricky Nelson