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College volleyball rankings after Week 8: Updated AVCA Coaches Poll

The latest week of results around women's volleyball brought no changes to the top five.

That means, for another week, the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the AVCA Coaches Poll will be owned by Nebraska and Pittsburgh, respectively.

The Cornhuskers went 2-0 on the week with a sweep over Northwestern and a win over No. 13 Purdue that went into the fourth set. In that four-set match against the Boilermakers, the Cornhuskers had four players finish with at least 10 kills on offense — with Harper Murray responsible for 13. The defense held Purdue to a .133 hitting percentage and recorded 64 digs.

Pitt, after sustaining a slight setback last week, had a clean sweep of victories against Florida State and Miami. Elsewhere in the top five, Louisville extended its win streak to eight with back-to-back 3-0 victories against Duke and No. 23 North Carolina.

Outside of the top five, Oregon won a five-set thriller against No. 18 Indiana. The Ducks outscored the Hoosiers 15-19 in the fifth set. Florida and Texas met in a top-10 showdown in Austin that went the distance, with the Gators coming out with a 3-2 win. Kamryn Chaney and Alec Rothe both finished with 17 kills for Florida.

With that, here's a look at the updated AVCA poll:

College volleyball rankings for Oct. 19

First place votes in parentheses

  1. Nebraska (63)

  2. Pitt

  3. Louisville

  4. Kentucky

  5. Florida

  6. Wisconsin

  7. SMU

  8. Tennessee

  9. Oregon

  10. BYU

  11. Purdue

  12. TCU

  13. Texas

  14. Stanford

  15. Penn State

  16. Kansas

  17. Indiana

  18. Texas A&M

  19. Minnesota

  20. Washington

  21. Vanderbilt

  22. North Carolina

  23. Colorado

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