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College volleyball rankings after Week 9: Updated AVCA Coaches Poll

With Halloween approaching this week, the push for the postseason in women’s volleyball is well and truly on.

Opportunities are beginning to come at a premium.

Nebraska remains the top-ranked team in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll after moving to 21-0 on the season following back-to-back sweeps of the Big Ten’s Los Angeles programs, Southern California and UCLA. Outside hitter Andi Jackson ranks third in the nation with a .479 hitting percentage, while setter Bergen Reilly is fourth in the nation with 11.24 assists per set.

Olivia Babcock and No. 2 Pitt won both of their road matches on the week at Georgia Tech and Clemson. The Panthers hit a .700 scoring percentage in the third without an attack error against Clemson on Sunday, ending the day with a .475 attack percentage: their second-highest of the year. 

Outside of the top five, Tennessee had a big week by boosting its NCAA Tournament resume with a pair of ranked wins. The Vols began the week with a five-set reverse-sweep win over then-No. 4 Kentucky — which featured three players recording double-doubles, with Kennedi Rogers posting 13 kills and a career-high 13 digs — and a sweep over then-No. 22 Vanderbilt. 

Wisconsin saw its brief two-game win streak come to an end with a five-set loss to then-No. 21 Washington, the Badgers' first loss to an opponent outside of the top 10 this season. In that loss, the Badgers finished with eight reception errors, their most in a single game this season. Kelly Sheffield’s squad got back on track on Sunday with a clean sweep over Michigan. 

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

College volleyball rankings for Oct. 26

First-place votes in parentheses

  1. Nebraska (63)

  2. Pitt

  3. Louisville

  4. Florida

  5. SMU

  6. Tennessee

  7. Kentucky

  8. Wisconsin

  9. BYU

  10. Purdue

  11. Oregon

  12. Penn State

  13. Texas

  14. Kansas

  15. TCU

  16. Texas A&M

  17. Stanford

  18. Indiana

  19. Washington

  20. Minnesota

  21. North Carolina

  22. Vanderbilt

  23. Baylor

  24. Michigan State

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