The Ellinwood Eagles, 40-0 with an 87-match winning streak (a streak reported as the longest active winning streak in the nation), are ranked No. 1 in Class 2A in the final Kansas Volleyball Association coaches poll (Week 7).
Ellinwood (47-0 in 2025) reached the 40-0 mark and 87 straight wins by winning the Class 2A Ellinwood regional on Monday. The Eagles will host a Kansas Class 3A sub-state tournament at 2 p.m. Saturday against Republic County, Phillipsburg and Smith Center.
The Eagles now hold the current longest streak in the nation, according to MaxPreps, and the fourth-longest streak in Kansas history.
Bellows Free Academy (St. Albans) ended the Essex (Vt.) High School girls volleyball team’s 97-match winning streak on Oct. 12.
Nemaha Valley won 137 consecutive matches from 1988-91, Centralia won 126 matches in a row from 1998-2001 and Concordia won 89 matches in a row from 1997-1999. The 1989-1990 Lawrence Lions are in fifth place with 82.
The second-longest current streak in Kansas is held by Mill Valley, ranked No. 1 in Class 6A with a 32-0 record.
Centralia (38-1), ranked No. 1 in Class 1A Division I, won its first 31 matches of the 2026 season. The streak was snapped by Linn, the Panthers’ Twin Valley League rival, on Oct. 17.
Centralia got revenge by defeating Linn in the TVL tournament championship match. Linn (34-2) is ranked No. 2 in Class 1A Division I.
Other area teams (and teams of interest) ranked in Kansas Class 2A are Thomas More Prep-Marian (28-10), third; Moundridge (35-4), fifth; Inman (32-7), seventh; and Conway Springs (27-9), ninth.
In Class 6A, Maize (28-8) is ranked eighth. Garden City (24-10) is ranked 10th.
In Class 5A, Maize South (27-7) is ranked third. Great Bend (32-3) is ranked fifth. Wichita Bishop Carroll (29-5) is ranked sixth. Andover Central (28-8) and Andover (27-6) are ranked ninth and 10th.
In Class 4A, Andale (30-5) is ranked fourth, McPherson (29-8) is ranked seventh, Towanda-Circle (29-7) is ranked eighth and Wellington (24-11) is ranked ninth.
In Class 3A, Hesston (32-3) is ranked second, Cheney (35-3) is fourth, Halstead (35-4) is sixth and Hoisington (31-7) is eighth.
In Class 1A Division I, Little River (31-6) is ranked third, Goessel (35-4) is fourth and St. John-Hudson (29-12) in 10th.
In Class 1A Division II, Argonia (34-4) is ranked second and Hutchinson Central Christian (28-8) is seventh.
In addition to Ellinwood, Mill Valley and Centralia, other No. 1 teams are Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas (29-4), Class 5A; Shawnee Mission Bishop Miege (35-8), Class 4A; Beloit (37-3), Class 3A; and Hanover (31-6), Class 1A Division II.
In addition to Hesston, Argonia and Linn, other No. 2-ranked teams are Blue Valley West (25-4), Class 6A; Lenexa-St. James Academy (25-9), Class 5A; Topeka Hayden (23-11), Class 4A; Jefferson County North (38-2), Class 2A
