Top Eight Remain The Same In Week 9 AVCA Top-25 Rankings

  0 Carly DeMarque | October 25th, 2016 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, Rankings, SEC

In week 9 of NCAA Division 1 volleyball play, the top eight AVCA Coaches Pool Top-25 teams remain in their previously held positions. No. 1 Nebraska proved they deserve the top slot with wins over No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 3 Minnesota. Penn State dropped a five setter to No. 13 Michigan who jumped three positions with the win. Western Kentucky made their way back into the top-25 at No. 23 with two road wins on the week. Previously at No. 22, Purdue drops out of the top-25 after dropping a match to un-ranked Northwestern.

Below is the full scoreboard for Week 9.

Rank School Record Weekend Match-ups Scores
1 Nebraska 18-1
Wisconsin W (25-21, 25-22, 25-15)
Minnesota W (24-26, 25-18, 26-24, 22-25, 15-8)
2 Texas 16-2
TCU W (25-23, 25-21, 25-17)
Texas Tech W (21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-28, 15-7)
3 Minnesota  15-4
Iowa W (21-25, 25-20, 20-25, 25-13, 15-11)
Nebraska L (26-24, 18-25, 24-26, 25-22, 8-15)
4 Wisconsin  16-3
Nebraska L (21-25, 22-25, 15-25)
Iowa W (25-15, 25-20, 25-23)
5 San Diego  19-2
Loyola Marymount W (25-19, 25-17, 21-25, 25-15)
Pepperdine W (25-14, 25-22, 28-30, 25-16)
6 Kansas  18-2
 TCU W ( 25-12, 25-19, 25-22)
 West Virginia  W (25-18, 25-20, 25-22)
7 Washington  18-2
 Arizona State  W (25-18, 25-21, 25-14)
 Arizona  W (26-24, 23-25, 28-26, 25-20)
8 North Carolina  18-2
 Boston College  W (25-19, 25-10, 25-14)
 Syracuse  W (25-21, 25-12, 25-21)
9 Florida 19-2
 Mississippi State W (25-12, 25-13, 25-17)
 Georgia W (25-19, 25-19, 25-8)
10 Penn State  17-4
 Ohio State W (25-21, 25-20, 25-17)
 Michigan L (23-25, 25-17, 27-29, 25-23, 9-15)
11 Florida State  16-3
 Miami W (25-12, 25-15, 25-23)
 Virginia W (27-25, 25-22, 25-16)
12 UCLA  16-4
 Stanford W (17-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-22)
California  W (26-24, 22-25, 25-15, 25-17)
13 Michigan  18-4
 Maryland  W (21-25, 21-25, 25-18, 25-14, 18-16)
 Penn State W (23-25, 25-17, 29-27, 23-25, 15-9)
14 Hawaii  14-5
 UC Irvine W (25-14, 25-21, 24-26, 25-18)
 UC Davis  W (25-16, 25-11, 25-15)
15 Michigan State  17-5
 Rutgers W (25-15, 25-13, 25-16)
 Ohio State L ( 25-21, 25-19, 25-19)
16 BYU  19-3
 Pepperdine W (25-14, 25-12, 25-20)
 Loyola Marymount  W (25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-12)
17 Stanford  12-6
 UCLA L (25-17, 17-25, 21-25, 22-25)
 USC W (25-22, 25-19, 25-21)
18 Washington State  17-5
 Arizona State  W (25-21, 25-18, 25-20)
 Arizona  W (27-25, 25-23, 25-16)
19 Ohio State  14-8
 Penn State  L (21-25, 20-25, 17-25)
 Michigan State  W (25-21, 25-19, 25-19)
20 Oregon  14-5
 Utah W (25-17, 27-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11)
 Colorado W (25-14, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21)
21 Utah  15-6
 Oregon L (27-25, 25-27, 25-22, 20-25, 11-15)
 Oregon State W (25-15, 23-25, 21-25, 27-25, 15-9)
22 Kentucky  17-5
 South Carolina W (25-11, 25-20, 31-29)
 Missouri L (21-25, 26-28, 25-16, 25-22, 12-15)
23 Western Kentucky  22-2
 UTEP W (29-27, 25-10, 25-18)
 UTSA W (28-30, 25-18, 25-18, 25-18)
24t Illinois  14-7
 Indiana W (25-18, 25-19, 25-20)
 Purdue L (25-14, 22-25, 25-19, 16-25, 15-11)
24t Southern California  14-7
 California W (25-22, 25-21, 25-18)
 Stanford L (22-25, 19-25, 21-25)

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Missouri 108; Purdue 62; Dayton 58; Creighton 42; Colorado 28; Arizona 17; Kansas State 4

Four teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 15 combined points.

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Carly DeMarque has been involved with competitive volleyball for the majority of her life, playing competitively at the club and collegiate level for 15 years and coaching club for five. Now a retired Division I volleyball athlete out of McNeese State University, she continues her volleyball enthusiasm by stepping back into …

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