Undefeated Florida Remains No. 1 in AVCA Coaches Poll

  0 Wendy Mayer | October 02nd, 2017 | ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, College - Women's Indoor, Division I Mid-Major, News, Pac 12, Rankings, SEC, WCC

The Florida Gators are the No. 1 team in the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll for the second straight week. The Gators are 11-0, and the only undefeated team remaining in the country, after posting home sweeps of Tennessee and LSU over the weekend. Next up for the top-ranked squad are Texas A&M (4-6, 1-2 SEC) on Wednesday and Georgia (11-6, 1-3) on Sunday.

Stanford, Penn State, Nebraska and Texas round out the Top 5. Nebraska jumped four spots to No. 4 after sweeping then No. 3 Minnesota and edging No. 7 Wisconsin in five sets last weekend.

For the loss, Minnesota dropped from three to six. Other big movers in the poll, included Washington, which dropped from six to nine, after falling to USC. The then 20th-ranked Trojans climbed five spots with the victory. Oregon, which was No. 12 last week, dropped to 16 after falling to Colorado. The Buffs moved from unranked to No. 25 with the win.

No. 21 Florida State dropped out of the Top 25 after road losses to Louisville and Notre Dame.

 

AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll – Oct. 2, 2017

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2017 Record Previous Week
1 Florida (60) 1596 11-0 1
2 Stanford (2) 1476 11-2 2
3 Penn State (2) 1469 13-1 3
4 Nebraska 1385 11-3 8
5 Texas 1378 11-2 5
6 Minnesota 1271 13-2 3
7 Wisconsin 1165 11-2 7
8 BYU 1128 15-1 9
9 Washington 1042 13-2 6
10 Kentucky 1024 12-2 10
11 Kansas 940 14-2 11
12 Creighton 791 11-4 14
13 UCLA 778 9-4 13
14 Michigan State 724 11-2 16
15 Southern California 700 12-3 20
16 Oregon 688 9-3 12
17 Utah 595 12-3 15
18 Purdue 527 13-2 19
19 San Diego 509 10-4 17
20 Iowa State 433 11-2 18
21 Northern Iowa 284 14-4 22
22 Michigan 229 12-4 23
23 Colorado State 188 14-2 24
24 Wichita State 132 12-3 25
25 Colorado 121 12-3 NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Cal Poly 54; Western Kentucky 53; Florida State 24; Illinois 24; Baylor 19; Ohio State 9; Notre Dame 5

Five teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 33 combined points.

Dropped Out: Florida State 21

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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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