2021 AVCA Week 1 poll: Trinity still on top

Unbeaten Trinity (Texas) remained atop the AVCA Week 1 poll after entering the season as the pollsters’ team to beat. The Tigers were followed in the Week 1 top 25 by No. 2T Emory and Johns Hopkins, No. 4 Colorado College and No. 5 Carthage. Each of the top five teams received first place votes.

Other Region VIII/IX teams in the Week 1 top 25: No. 9 Transylvania; No. 13 Wisconsin-Eau Claire; No. 15 Millikin; No. 16 Chicago; No. 17 Northwestern; No. 18 Washington-St. Louis; No. 19 Wisconsin-Whitewater; No. 22 Augsburg; No. 24 Saint Benedict.

Region VIII/IX teams receiving votes this week: Wartburg; Illinois Wesleyan; Mount St. Joseph; Bethel; Gustavus Adolphus; Aurora; St. Olaf; Elmhurst; Cornell; Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Coe; Wisconsin-La Crosse.

-Ricky Nelson