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Lincoln -- The Nebraska volleyball team jumped to No. 4 in the USA Today/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll released Monday afternoon. The Huskers, 4-0 after winning the US Bank Tournament title and defeating Oral Roberts in Lincoln, received 1,293 points and seven first-place votes.
Stanford earned 20 first-place votes and 1,383 points, taking over the top stop after preseason No. 1 UCLA lost to Colorado State in the State Farm/NACWAA Classic. Long Beach State was second, UCLA fell to third, and Penn State was fifth.
Colorado State, which fell to the Huskers in four games Saturday night at the NU Coliseum, ranks seventh.
Other Big 12 teams ranked in the top 25 include No. 18 Texas A&M, No. 19 Baylor, No. 20 Kansas State and No. 23 Texas.
The Huskers will travel to South Bend, Ind., this weekend to face three ranked teams in the Notre Dame adidas Invitational at the Edmund P. Joyce Center. Nebraska will play No. 22 Notre Dame at 4 p.m. on Friday, No. 16 Michigan State at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and third-ranked UCLA at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Tickets are free to the public.
Sept. 4 USA Today/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll
|
Rank |
School (First-Place Votes) |
Total |
2000 |
Last |
|
1 |
Stanford (20) |
1383 |
3-0 |
3 |
|
2 |
Long Beach State (17) |
1351 |
2-0 |
4 |
|
3 |
UCLA (10)* |
1333 |
3-1 |
1 |
|
4 |
Nebraska (7) |
1293 |
3-0 |
6 |
|
5 |
Penn State (2) |
1287 |
3-1 |
2 |
|
6 |
Hawai'i (3) |
1272 |
2-0 |
5 |
|
7 |
Colorado State (1)* |
1135 |
4-1 |
13 |
|
8 |
USC |
1126 |
2-0 |
7 |
|
9 |
Pepperdine |
1039 |
3-0 |
8 |
|
10 |
Minnesota |
954 |
3-0 |
11 |
|
11 |
Pacific |
894 |
3-0 |
12 |
|
12 |
Florida |
848 |
3-2 |
9 |
|
13 |
UC Santa Barbara |
741 |
2-1 |
14 |
|
14 |
Arizona |
708 |
2-1 |
10 |
|
15 |
Wisconsin |
556 |
2-1 |
16 |
|
16 |
Michigan State* |
436 |
3-0 |
20 |
|
17 |
BYU |
433 |
1-1 |
15 |
|
18 |
Texas A&M* |
411 |
1-2 |
19 |
|
19 |
Baylor* |
371 |
4-0 |
21 |
|
20 |
Kansas State* |
325 |
3-1 |
17 |
|
21 |
Loyola Marymount |
302 |
3-0 |
23 |
|
22 |
Notre Dame* |
295 |
3-0 |
NR |
|
23 |
Texas* |
260 |
0-2 |
18 |
|
24 |
San Diego |
192 |
2-1 |
NR |
|
25 |
Michigan |
127 |
2-1 |
24 |