Ricky Nelson’s 2021 Week 7 top 10

The AVCA poll comes out Tuesday.

My rank, (My Week 6 rank, AVCA Week 6 rank), record, key results last week1 (1, 1). Johns Hopkins 22-0 [None]. 2 (2, 2). Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 18-0 [None]. 3 (4, 5). Wartburg 22-0 [None]. 4 (5, 4). Hope 18-2 [None]. 5 (6, 3). Trinity (Texas) 23-2 W: Southwestern. 6 (7, 12). Wisconsin-Eau Claire 22-3 W: Wisconsin-La Crosse. 7 (8, 9). Wisconsin-Whitewater 20-1 W: Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 8 (9, 6). Calvin 20-2 [None]. 9 (10, 11). Juniata 20-1 W: Christopher Newport. 10 (NR, 7). Colorado College 22-3 W: UC Santa Cruz. Dropped out: No. 3 NYU (17-1).

NYU’s loss today leaves five teams still vying for the title of 2021’s Last Team Standing.

-Ricky Nelson