A pair of Continental Volleyball Conference teams cracked the top ten in this week's American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Poll. Rutgers University-Newark sits at #5 in the latest poll while Stevenson University moved up to #10 in the rankings.
Rutgers-Newark received 190 points, dropping two spots to #5 after suffering their first loss of the season last week. The Scarlet Raiders are 8-1 on the year. Stevenson moved up three spots to #10, receiving 94 total points, after defeating the previously mentioned Scarlet Raiders.
Springfield is yet again #1 in the poll, with 251 points and 14 first-place votes. SUNY New Paltz received 239 points and the remaining three first-place votes to earn a #2 ranking. Carthage is ranked #3 and Nazareth is #4 to round out the top five of this week's poll.
| Rank | School | Points (1st) | 2016 Record | Previous Week |
| 1 | Springfield | 251 (14) | 10-1 | 1 |
| 2 | SUNY New Paltz |
239 (3) | 7-2 |
2 |
| 3 |
Carthage | 208 |
9-1 | 6 |
| 4 | Nazareth |
203 |
10-1 |
5 |
| 5 | Rutgers-Newark |
190 | 8-1 |
3 |
| 6 | Stevens | 175 | 7-1 | 7 |
| 7 | UC Santa Cruz |
153 | 9-2 | 4 |
| 8 | NYU | 106 | 3-4 |
8 |
| 9 | Vassar |
100 | 8-1 | 10 |
| 10 | Stevenson |
94 | 5-2 | 13 |
| 11 | Dominican | 83 |
5-2 | 12 |
| 12 | Mount St. Josph |
77 | 6-3 | 11 |
| 13 | Elmira | 72 | 8-2 |
9 |
| 14 | Hunter |
26 |
8-2 |
15 |
| 15 | MSOE | 15 |
5-4 | NR |