The American Volleyball Coaches’ Association (AVCA) has released their week 3 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Polls, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, with a perfect 6-0 record, remain the #1 team in the nation.
They are one of 5 undefeated teams left in the top 25 rankings (#4 Kansas, #5 Washington, #9 BYU, #17 Santa Clara) as former second-ranked Wisconsin fell at the hands of North Carolina on Friday, who in turn lost to Minnesota on Saturday.
The result: the Tar Heels moved up 3 spots to #8, Minnesota jumped a pair to #3, and Wisconsin fell to #6.
Other big movers included the University of San Diego, who jumped from 15 to 10 after wins against UC Irvine, #18 Colorado, and #11 UCLA over the weekend at the USD Invitational (including Colorado in a 3-0 sweep); and Purdue, who moved from 20 to 14 after beating 12th-ranked Stanford and Cal Poly at the Stanford Invitational over the weekend.
Teams have one more week of non-conference, largely invitational-style play this week before moving into conference schedules the week after.
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nebraska (64) | 1600 | 6-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Texas | 1500 | 7-1 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 1416 | 5-1 | 5 |
| 4 | Kansas | 1389 | 9-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Washington | 1304 | 8-0 | 6 |
| 6 | Wisconsin | 1247 | 6-1 | 2 |
| 7 | Florida | 1210 | 6-1 | 8 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 1164 | 6-1 | 11 |
| 9 | BYU | 1111 | 9-0 | 10 |
| 10 | San Diego | 971 | 5-2 | 15 |
| 11 | UCLA | 941 | 7-1 | 7 |
| 12 | Stanford | 885 | 4-2 | 9 |
| 13 | Florida State | 818 | 6-1 | 13 |
| 14 | Purdue | 692 | 7-1 | 20 |
| 15 | Hawaii | 673 | 5-4 | 14 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | 617 | 6-3 | 16 |
| 17 | Santa Clara | 586 | 9-0 | 19 |
| 18 | Colorado | 518 | 5-2 | 18 |
| 19 | Ohio State | 462 | 7-2 | 12 |
| 20 | Penn State | 434 | 5-3 | 17 |
| 21 | Southern California | 207 | 6-3 | 24 |
| 22 | Michigan State | 194 | 8-1 | NR |
| 23 | Michigan | 152 | 8-1 | 22 |
| 24 | Oregon | 148 | 7-2 | NR |
| 25 | Kansas State | 110 | 7-2 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Dayton 91; Missouri State 83; Illinois 72; Western Kentucky 68; Iowa State 22; Wichita State 20; Washington State 16; Creighton 14; Pittsburgh 11; Long Beach State 10; Loyola Marymount 6; UNLV 6; Marquette 5; Lipscomb 4
Four teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 21 combined points.
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