Big Ten Ranks 1-2-3 in Latest AVCA Women’s Volleyball Polls

  0 Braden Keith | September 19th, 2016 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, Rankings, SEC

With most of the country begininning conference play this week, the AVCA has released their final pre-conference poll of the season, and the Big Ten continues to look dominant.

The Nebraska Huskers continue to be a unanimous number won, receiving all 64 first-place votes, just as they have all season long.

The rest of the top 10 saw a big shakeup, in part because of the huge comeback win on Sunday by the Wisconsin Badgers over then-#2 Texas. That actually allowed another Big Ten team, Wisconsin’s cross-border archi-rivals rivals the Minnesota Golden Gophers, to slide up into the #2 spot, while Wisconsin jumped to #3.

The Longhorns on the loss will remain in the top 5, sliding back only 3 spots after their second loss of the season. They’re the highest-ranked two-loss team at 8-2, with San Diego ranked 7th on the same record.

Only one new team entered the poll’s top 25 this week – Western Kentucky – at 25th. The Hilltoppers are now 12-2 on the season and went 3-0 over the weekend, beating Pitt 3-2, and winning their other two matches in a sweep. They replaced Santa Clara, who at 9-0 were one of the last undefeated teams in the country before losing all e matches, to Boise State, Arizona State, and UC Davis, over the weekend.

See the full rankings below:

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2016 Record Previous Week
1 Nebraska (64) 1600 9-0 1
2 Minnesota 1498 8-1 3
3 Wisconsin 1450 8-1 6
4 Washington 1390 10-0 5
5 Texas 1350 8-2 2
6 Florida 1294 10-1 7
7 San Diego 1111 8-2 10
8 Kansas 1104 11-1 4
9 UCLA 1057 9-1 11
10 Purdue 1024 10-1 14
11 Stanford 955 6-2 12
12 North Carolina 898 8-2 8
13 BYU 846 11-1 9
14 Hawai’i 736 7-4 15
15 Florida State 723 7-2 13
16 Colorado 607 8-2 18
17 Ohio State 549 10-2 19
18 Penn State 475 8-3 20
19 Texas A&M 441 6-5 16
20 Michigan State 348 11-1 22
21 Southern California 330 8-3 21
22 Michigan 282 11-1 23
23 Kansas State 214 11-2 25
24 Oregon 174 7-2 24
25 Western Kentucky 74 12-2 NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Santa Clara 67; Marquette 60; Illinois 40; Dayton 37; Utah 16; Washington State 11; Loyola Marymount 8; Creighton 7; UNLV 6; TCU 2

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