2024 AVCA Week 1 poll: Gustavus moves into top 10

With a weekend’s worth of results for most teams, the top five in the AVCA Week 1 poll are No. 1 Juniata, No. 2 Hope, No. 3 NYU, No. 4 Johns Hopkins and Trinity (Texas).

Rounding out the top 10 are No. 6 Emory, No. 7 Wisconsin-Whitewater, No. 8 Wisconsin-Oshkosh, No. 9 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Gustavus Adolphus.

Other Region VIII/IX teams in the Week 1 top 25: No. 12 Northwestern; No. 15 North Park; No. 16 Washington-St. Louis; No. 17 Millikin; No. 19 Transylvania; No. 22 Cornell.

Region VIII/IX programs also receiving votes this week: Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Mount St. Joseph; Wisconsin-Platteville; Carthage; Coe; Chicago; Aurora.

-Ricky Nelson