University of Minnesota Athletics

MINNESOTA RANKED 17TH IN LATEST USA TODAY/AVCA POLL

9/10/2001 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball

plThe Minnesota volleyball team is ranked 17th in this week's USA Today/ AVCA Division I Poll, released Monday. The Gophers (6-2) drop three spots from last week's ranking of 14th.

Minnesota will play two nationally ranked teams this week. The Gophers will play 24th-ranked Northern Iowa (6-0) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Century High School in Rochester. The Panthers are coming off of a five-game upset of then-No. 3 Wisconsin in Madison last Saturday. The Gophers will host No. 20 Santa Clara (7-1) to open the Diet Coke Classic on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion.

USA TODAY/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll #2, September 10, 2001 Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Points Record Last Week 1 Nebraska (38) 1595 6-1 1 2 Long Beach State (26) 1581 5-0 2 3 Arizona (1) 1434 5-0 5 4 Stanford 1379 6-0 9 5 USC 1316 4-1 6 6 Penn State 1254 6-1 4 7 Pacific 1240 8-1 8 8 UCLA 1232 5-1 7 9 Wisconsin 1180 6-2 3 10 Florida 1015 4-1 11 11 Colorado State 982 6-0 12 12 Hawai'i 875 4-4 10 13-tie Pepperdine 724 4-2 15 13-tie BYU 724 5-1 16 15 Ohio State 670 7-0 17 16 Texas A&M 627 6-1 18 17 Minnesota 538 6-2 14 18 UC Santa Barbara 516 2-3 13 19 South Carolina 451 6-0 21 20 Santa Clara 400 7-1 24 21 Utah 278 4-2 19 22 Kansas State 257 4-2 22 23 Notre Dame 225 3-3 20 24 Northern Iowa 187 6-0 NR 25 Texas 133 5-1 25 Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Louisville (111), Colorado (83), Michigan State (56), Baylor (18), Missouri (13), Washington State (12).

Highlights: Gophers 3, Iowa 0
Sunday, November 16
Highlights: Gophers 3, Penn State 0
Friday, November 14
Highlights: Gophers 0, Nebraska 3
Saturday, November 08
Highlights: Gophers 1, Wisconsin 3
Wednesday, November 05