University of Minnesota Athletics
VB: Minnesota Remains at No. 17 in CSTV/AVCA Poll
11/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Minnesota has been ranked in the top 25 for the past 36 weeks dating back Oct. 20, 2003. With their appearance in this week’s top 25, the Golden Gophers broke the school record of 35 straight weeks in the top 25 that was set from Oct. 13, 1999 to Oct. 29, 2001. Minnesota has been in the top 25 since Oct. 20, 2003.
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. 13 Wisconsin, No. 14 Purdue, Minnesota at No. 17 and No. 19 Ohio State.
Minnesota enters the week tied for second place in the Big Ten with Wisconsin and Purdue at 10-4 with six matches remaining on the conference schedule. The Golden Gophers face the Badgers at home this week and Purdue at home on Nov. 26.
This past week, Minnesota won a pair of four-game matches at Michigan and Michigan State. The Golden Gophers split the first two games against the Wolverines and won the final two to claim the victory. Minnesota dropped the first game at Michigan State, and rallied back to win final three games. It was only the second time on the season that Minnesota rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win a match.
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2005 Record Last Week 1 Nebraska (58) 1,498 23-0 1 2 Washington (2) 1,440 22-0 2 3 Penn State 1,382 23-2 3 4 Stanford 1,280 21-4 4 5 Florida 1,193 23-2 6 6 Arizona 1,135 17-4 8 7 Louisville 1,125 23-1 7 8 Notre Dame 1,055 22-2 5 9 Hawai'i 1,029 18-6 9 10 Santa Clara 964 22-1 11 11 Texas 860 18-3 14 12 Missouri 836 18-3 13 13 Wisconsin 777 18-5 10 14 Purdue 702 21-4 15 15 Southern California 689 13-7 16 16 Brigham Young 631 20-1 12 17 Minnesota 578 20-5 17 18 California 491 15-7 18 19 Ohio State 426 16-7 19 20 Ohio 355 24-2 20 21 UCLA 270 13-8 21 22 San Diego 219 18-5 22 23 Wichita State 166 23-2 23 24 Maryland 119 24-1 25 25 Colorado 91 13-7 NR Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Tennessee (16-7) 81, Long Beach State (19-5) 34, Kansas State (16-8) 26, Loyola Marymount (18-7) 17, UC Santa Barbara (15-8) 12, Pepperdine (14-10) 6, Marshall (20-5) 2, Saint Mary’s (15-7) 2, Utah (17-6) 2
