University of Minnesota Athletics
VB: Minnesota Remains at No. 9 in /CSTV/AVCA Poll
10/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Minnesota has now been ranked in the top 10 in the last 24 polls dating back to the final 2003 poll. The Golden Gophers have also been ranked in the top 25 for 32 straight weeks, which is the second-longest span in school history.
There were five Big Ten teams ranked in the top 25 this week. Penn State was the highest ranked team at No. 4, followed by No. 8 Wisconsin, Minnesota at No. 9, Ohio State at No. 19 and Purdue at No. 21.
Minnesota swept a pair of three-game matches from Iowa on Oct. 5 and at Indiana on Oct. 7. With the victories, the Golden Gophers are currently tied for second place in the Big Ten at 5-1. Since dropping their first conference match against Wisconsin on Sept. 23, the Golden Gophers have won five straight Big Ten matches.
The Golden Gophers will head to Purdue to take on the Boilermakers on Friday, Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. Minnesota will also travel to Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. That match will be broadcast on ESPN 2 on tape-delayed basis on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1:30 p.m.
ank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points * 2005 Record Last Week 1 Nebraska (55) 1,495 15-0 1 2 Washington (5) 1,445 14-0 2 3 Stanford 1,356 16-2 3 4 Penn State 1,340 15-2 4 5 Florida 1,200 16-1 5 6 Louisville 1,172 16-0 6 7 Missouri 1,150 12-1 7 8 Wisconsin 1,066 13-2 8 9 Minnesota 1,061 15-2 9 10 Notre Dame 956 14-1 10 11 Hawai'i 842 11-6 11 12 Arizona 795 12-2 12 13 California 775 12-3 13 14 Santa Clara 710 15-1 14 15 San Diego 623 13-2 15 16 Brigham Young 615 13-0 16 17 Southern California 510 7-6 17 18 Texas 474 11-2 19 19 Ohio State 407 10-5 18 20 Kansas State 393 14-3 20 21 Purdue 320 14-3 22 22 UCLA 304 9-5 21 23 Ohio 169 16-2 24 24 Texas A&M 104 8-7 23 25 Saint Mary's (Calif.) 94 12-3 NR Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Long Beach State 51, Maryland 17, Wichita State 12, Tennessee 10, UC Santa Barbara 9, Pepperdine 6, Kansas 5, Loyola Marymount 5.
