University of Minnesota Athletics
VB: Minnesota Moves to No. 17 in CSTV/AVCA Poll
10/31/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Minnesota has been ranked in the top 25 for the past 35 weeks dating back Oct. 20, 2003. With their appearance in this week’s top 25, the Golden Gophers tied the school record of 35 straight weeks in the top 25 that was set from Oct. 13, 1999 to Oct. 29, 2001.
There were five Big Ten teams ranked in the top 25 this week. Penn State was the highest ranked team at No. 3, followed by No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 15 Purdue, Minnesota at No. 17 and No. 19 Ohio State.
This past week, Minnesota won a pair of three-game matches against Iowa and Indiana. The Golden Gophers won the Iowa match on the road and defeated Indiana in three games at Williams Arena in front of 9,671 fans, the second-largest crowd in school history.
Minnesota will hit the road in Big Ten play this week as it travels to play Michigan on Friday, Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. (CT). The Golden Gophers will also face Michigan State on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. (CT). Both matches will be webcast on gophersports.com.
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2005 Record Last Week 1 Nebraska (57) 1,497 21-0 1 2 Washington (3) 1,441 20-0 2 3 Penn State 1,381 21-2 3 4 Stanford 1,301 20-3 5 5 Notre Dame 1,237 20-1 7 6 Florida 1,099 21-2 4 7 Louisville 1,094 21-1 6 8 Arizona 1,039 16-4 9 9 Hawai'i 967 17-6 10 10 Wisconsin 912 17-4 11 11 Santa Clara 895 20-1 12 12 Brigham Young 863 20-0 13 13 Missouri 814 16-3 8 14 Texas 798 16-3 14 15 Purdue 707 20-3 16 16 Southern California 612 11-7 17 17 Minnesota 526 18-5 18 18 California 460 14-6 15 19 Ohio State 451 15-6 19 20 Ohio 346 22-2 21 21 UCLA 219 11-8 22 22 San Diego 177 16-5 20 23 Wichita State 152 21-2 25 24 Kansas State 123 15-7 24 25 Maryland 102 22-1 NR Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Tennessee (15-7) 87, Colorado (11-7) 72, Saint Mary's (15-5) 56, Long Beach State (17-5) 49, UC Santa Barbara (13 -8) 13, Loyola Marymount (16-7) 7.
