2020 (2021) AVCA Week 8 poll: Carthage climbs to No. 3

Colorado College and Trinity (Texas) remain the top two teams in the AVCA Week 8 poll, but Carthage, fresh off its AVCA tourney win, jumped two spots to No. 3. Mary Hardin-Baylor and Berry round out this week’s top five.

Other Central and Midwest region teams in the Week 8 top 25: No. 6 Millikin; No. 8 Elmhurst; No. 11 Northwestern; No. 13 Coe; No. 19 Aurora; No. 20 Greenville; No. 22 Cornell; No. 24 Westminster (Mo.); No. 25 Wartburg.

Central and Midwest region teams receiving votes this week: Illinois Wesleyan; Saint Benedict.

-Ricky Nelson