TicketsNov. 3, 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. - For the first time this season, the University of Cincinnati volleyball team received votes in the Bison/AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Monday, Nov. 3. The voting is comprised of Division I volleyball coaches across the country and the Bearcats earned four votes.
Cincinnati has a 22-5 record and a 9-2 BIG EAST mark this season and UC has won 12 straight matches.
Penn State retained the top spot in the poll, followed by Stanford at No. 2, Nebraska at No. 3, Texas at No. 4, and Washington at No. 5. Two Bearcat opponents from earlier in the season, Hawai'i and Minnesota, are ranked No. 7 and No. 17, respectively.
UAB, who UC plays in Birmingham, Ala., on Nov. 28, received 38 votes.
Cincinnati travels to West Virginia and Pittsburgh for its final conference road tests of the season. The Bearcats and Mountaineers square off at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, before the Red and Black meet Pittsburgh at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9.
Below are the rankings from this week's Bison/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll:
Bison/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll 2008 Poll #10: November 3, 2008
Rank School (First-Place Votes) 2008 Record 1 Penn State (60) 24-0 2 Stanford 19-3 3 Nebraska 21-1 4 Texas 17-3 5 Washington 17-4 6 California 19-3 7 Hawai'i 19-3 8 Oregon 19-5 9 UCLA 15-7 10 Southern California 13-7 11 Wichita State 24-0 12 Florida 19-2 13 Colorado State 19-2 14 San Diego 18-3 15 Kansas State 20-4 16 Illinois 17-5 17 Minnesota 18-6 18 Purdue 19-5 19 Kentucky 22-3 20 Michigan 18-6 21 Saint Louis 20-4 22 Santa Clara 15-6 23 Pepperdine 16-5 24 Utah 17-5 25 San Francisco 19-5
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Long Beach State 60; New Mexico State 49; UAB 38; St. Mary's (Ca.) 28; Tulane 28; Iowa State 16; Wisconsin 14; Middle Tennessee 9; Oklahoma 9; Oregon State 9; Colorado 7; North Carolina 6; Cincinnati 4; Arizona 3; Clemson 3; Northern Iowa 3; Cal Poly 2