Top 25 Roundup – No.1 Texas, No. 5 Nebraska Fall on Friday

  0 Wendy Mayer | August 26th, 2017 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, SEC, WCC

Two top five teams went down on opening day as No. 1 Texas and No. 5 Nebraska fell. No. 12 Florida edged the Longhorns in four sets, while No. 18 Oregon bested a Kelly Hunter-less Nebraska side.

No. 16 Michigan also suffered its first loss of the season as the Wolverines were defeated by USC in a late-night match in Hawaii. The host No. 20 Rainbow Wahine also were shocked Friday night, falling to Marquette in five sets.

Other upsets on Friday included three vote getters in Dayton, Colorado State and SMU. The Flyers fell via sweep to Cal Poly, the Rams were edged by Duke in five sets and SMU dropped matches to Mississippi State and Rice.

There are 46 matches involving Top 25 and other teams receiving votes in the AVCA Preseason Poll on Saturday, including five head-to-head Top 25 matchups.

Friday’s Top 25 results are below.

Winner Loser Result
No. 12 Florida No. 1 Texas 3-1 (25-16, 25-23, 18-25, 25-21)
No. 2 Stanford Long Beach State 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-13)
No. 3 Washington Pittsburgh 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-16)
No. 4 Minnesota No. 11 North Carolina 3-0 (25-16, 25-7, 25-20)
No. 18 Oregon No. 5 Nebraska 3-1 (25-20, 25-21, 24-26, 25-23)
No. 6 Penn State UT Martin 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-8)
No. 7 Wisconsin Louisville 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 26-24)
No. 8 Kansas NC State 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 23-25, 26-24)
No. 9 Creighton Saint Mary’s (Calif.)  3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-20)
No. 10 BYU Saint Louis 3-0 (25-12, 26-24, 25-20)
No. 10 BYU UT Rio Grande  3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-16)
No. 13 UCLA No. 22 San Diego 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-22)
No. 14 Kentucky Arkansas State 3-0 (25-23, 25-15, 25-19)
No. 14 Kentucky No. 23 Utah 3-2 (25-23, 29-27, 13-25, 20-25, 15-12)
No. 15 Florida State Baylor 3-1 (25-20, 12-25, 25-21, 25-22)
No. 16 Michigan Albany 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-20)
USC (RV) No. 16 Michigan 3-1 (25-22 25-19, 28-30, 25-16)
No. 17 Michigan State Furman 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-11)
No. 19 Missouri Marshall 3-2 (17-25, 25-15, 21-25, 25-22, 15-9)
No. 19 Missouri Middle Tennessee 3-0 (25-7, 25-13, 25-20)
No. 21 Ohio State UT Rio Grande 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-15)
No. 21 Ohio State Saint Louis 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-17, 25-13)
No. 23 Utah Cincinnati 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-17)
No. 25 Purdue Oral Roberts 3-0 (25-15, 25-13, 25-18)
No. 25 Purdue Cleveland State 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-18)
USC (RV) Loyola Marymount 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 25-11)
Western Kentucky (RV) Southern Illinois 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-17)
Western Kentucky (RV) Miami (Ohio) 3-1 (25-22, 25-20, 25-27, 25-19)
Cal Poly Dayton (RV) 3-0 (25-19, 28-26, 25-18)
Dayton (RV) Northern Illinois 3-1 (20-25, 25-18, 25-12, 25-14)
Iowa State (RV) Kent State 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-18)
Duke Colorado State (RV) 3-2 (27-25, 20-25, 30-32, 25-20, 20-18)
Kansas State (RV) Pacific 3-1 (15-25, 28-26, 25-13, 31-29)
Boise State (RV) North Dakota State 3-0 (25-15, 27-25, 25-23)
Texas A&M (RV) Sam Houston State 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22)
Mississippi State SMU (RV) 3-2 (20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 27-25)
Rice SMU (RV) 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-19)

 

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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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