Volleyball ranked No. 24 in Week 5 AVCA Poll
By Wes Mayberry
| AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Volleyball Poll – Oct. 3 |
ADA — The Ohio Northern volleyball team is ranked No. 24 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX NCAA Division III Volleyball Week 5 Poll, which was released on Tuesday.
The Polar Bears received 266 points in the poll and improved one spot from last week when they received 205 points and were ranked 25th nationally.
ONU is coming off last week's 3-0 victories over Ohio Wesleyan and Mount Union, both of which sit just outside the top 25 of this week's poll.
Defending national champion Juniata (Pa.) is the top-ranked team in this week's poll, and Wisconsin-Oshkosh is No. 2.
Hope (Mich.), Northwestern (Minn.) and Emory (Ga.) round out the top five.
The Polar Bears (11-4 overall, 1-0 OAC) return to action on Wednesday hosting OAC foe Otterbein at 7 p.m.
AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III Top 25 Poll — Week 5
Oct. 3, 2023
| Rank | School (First-place votes) | Points | Record | Last Week |
| 1. | Juniata (Pa.) (80) | 2143 | 13-0 | 1 |
| 2. | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (6) | 2059 | 20-0 | 3 |
| 3. | Hope (Mich.) | 1966 | 14-1 | 2 |
| 4. | Northwestern (Minn.) | 1809 | 11-2 | 4 |
| 5. | Emory (Ga.) | 1773 | 11-0 | 6 |
| 6. | Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) | 1680 | 10-3 | 5 |
| 7. | Calvin (Mich.) | 1586 | 13-2 | 7 |
| 8. | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 1569 | 13-2 | 8 |
| 9. | Johns Hopkins (Md.) | 1360 | 11-3 | 9 |
| 10. | NYU | 1320 | 15-2 | 11 |
| 11. | Trinity (Tex.) | 1245 | 15-3 | 10 |
| 12. | Washington (Mo.) | 1089 | 10-5 | 13 |
| 13. | Berry (Ga.) | 1041 | 11-4 | 12 |
| 14. | Wesleyan (Conn.) | 915 | 11-1 | 14 |
| 15. | Transylvania (Ky.) | 837 | 12-5 | 15 |
| 16. | Gustavus-Adolphus (Minn.) | 795 | 14-3 | 16 |
| 17. | Mount St. Joseph | 729 | 13-1 | 18 |
| 18. | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 715 | 13-3 | 17 |
| 19. | La Verne (Calif.) | 649 | 14-0 | 21 |
| 20. | North Park (Ill.) | 550 | 14-1 | 22 |
| 21. | MIT (Mass.) | 513 | 13-3 | 20 |
| 22. | Mary Washington (Va.) | 380 | 13-1 | 19 |
| 23. | Ithaca (N.Y.) | 334 | 12-3 | 24 |
| 24. | Ohio Northern | 266 | 11-4 | 25 |
| 25. | Cornell (Iowa) | 147 | 9-6 | 23 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Ohio Wesleyan 75; Babson 66; Springfield 66; Mount Union 49; Wisconsin-Platteville 29; UC Santa Cruz 26; Tufts 24; Carthage 18; Case Western 18; Williams 13; Coe 6; Wisconsin-Eau Claire 4; Christopher Newport 3; Covenant 2; Texas Lutheran 2.