University of Minnesota Athletics
GOPHER VOLLEYBALL ACHIEVES HIGHEST NATIONAL RANKING SINCE 1989
11/2/1999 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Minnesota is currently 19-5 overall, the second-best record in school history after 24 matches. The Gophers are 10-2 in the Big Ten and in second place, two matches behind top-ranked Penn State. Minnesota hosts Iowa on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion.
USA TODAY/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll No. 9, Nov. 1 Rank School Total Points 1999 Record Last Week 1 Penn State (58) 1495 22-1 1 2 Stanford (2) 1418 18-2 2 3 Hawai'i 1350 19-1 3 4 Florida 1294 21-2 4 5 Pacific 1251 21-2 5 6 Long Beach State 1216 19-2 6 7 UCLA 1209 21-1 7 8 UC Santa Barbara 1049 20-3 8 9 Pepperdine 997 18-2 10 10 BYU 931 19-3 11 11 Colorado State 867 20-1 12 12 Texas 850 16-4 9 13 Nebraska 799 17-5 13 14 Clemson 701 23-1 14 15 Texas A&M 689 18-4 16 16 USC 581 15-5 17 17 Kansas State 490 15-5 15 18 Northern Iowa 476 23-0 18 19 Minnesota 388 19-5 22 Arizona 388 13-8 19 21 San Diego 237 17-4 24 22 North Carolina 215 19-4 25 23 Baylor 191 20-5 NR 24 Colorado 126 13-8 20 25 Arkansas 81 20-5 21 Others receiving 30 or more points: Wisconsin (65), Cal Poly (39), Illinois (36)
