BYU Holds Down No. 1 Spot in AVCA Poll for Second Straight Week

  0 Wendy Mayer | September 17th, 2018 | ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Conference USA, Missouri Valley Conference, Mountain West, News, Pac 12, Rankings, SEC, WCC

The top five teams remained in tact in the Week 4 AVCA poll, with BYU and Stanford at the top and dividing the first place votes (58 to 6).

Nebraska and Penn State each climbed a spot to No. 3 and 4, taking advantage of a pair of Texas losses to Stanford (3-0, 3-1), which dropped the Longhorns from No. 3 to No. 5.

No. 6 through 13 remained in order. USC was the first mover outside of the top five, climbing two spots to No. 14 from tied for 16th with Friday wins over Louisiana and No. 24 San Diego at the SDSU/USD Challenge. That move bumped Cal Poly, Purdue and UCLA down a spot to 15, 16 and 17 respectively.

Michigan moved up one place to No. 18 remaining among the ranks of the undefeated at 11-0. Baylor dropped one place to No. 19, while the remainder of the Top 25 kept their rankings.

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2018 Record Previous Week
1 BYU (58) 1594 10-0 1
2 Stanford (6) 1540 8-1 2
3 Nebraska 1417 9-1 4
4 Penn State 1372 9-1 5
5 Texas 1353 5-3 3
6 Wisconsin 1262 7-1 6
7 Minnesota 1214 6-2 7
8 Illinois 1205 11-0 8
9 Pittsburgh 1074 11-0 9
10 Creighton 880 8-4 10
11 Florida 869 9-3 11
12 Oregon 841 7-3 12
13 Washington 755 8-2 13
14 Southern California 727 8-3 T-16
15 Cal Poly 717 10-1 14
16 Purdue 676 11-0 15
17 UCLA 624 5-2 T-16
18 Michigan 549 11-0 19
19 Baylor 536 8-3 18
20 Kentucky 447 6-4 20
21 Marquette 381 9-3 21
22 Washington State 207 9-1 22
23 Utah 145 8-3 23
24 San Diego 79 3-6 24
25 Alabama 61 12-1 25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan State 52; Kansas State 46; Loyola Marymount 30; Oregon State 30; Colorado 23; Arizona 19; Portland 15; Louisville 12; Northern Iowa 11; Georgia 9; East Tennessee State 8; Cincinnati 5; Colorado State 5; Tennessee 2

Two teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of eight combined points.

 

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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