In the 10th edition of the season, No. 20 UO stood as the sixth-highest of seven Pac-10 teams sighted, and overall has been ranked between 11th and 20th in 2010.
Compared to last week, No. 2 California (20-1), No. 3 Stanford (18-2), No. 7 USC (19-3) and No. 10 UCLA (17-5) all improved a position; No. 11 Washington and No. 20 Oregon dropped four and two spots, respectively; and No. 23 Arizona remained the same.
Among other poll notes, No. 1 Florida (18-1) remained atop the rankings for the fourth straight week. The former second-ranked team, No. 5 Nebraska (20-2), lost at No. 8 Texas in four sets and swept No. 12 Iowa State at home; and the former fifth-ranked squad, No. 4 Hawai’i, swept Boise State and New Mexico State at home.
The Ducks have been ranked consecutively for more than three seasons, a stretch that has included 14 combined top-10 appearances in 2007, ’08 and ’09, and an all-time high position of sixth.
Before the arrival of sixth-year head coach Jim Moore, Oregon’s previous longest poll streak was a 28-week run from 1986-88 (with a previous program high of 11th three times in that span).
A complete listing of the Ducks' string of top-25 rankings under Moore follows: 2010: Preseason – 20th, 8/30 – 18th; 9/6 – 19th; 9/13 – 16th; 9/20 – 15th; 9/27 – 11th; 10/4 – 13th; 10/11 – 17th; 10/18 – 16th; 10/25 – 18th; 11/1 – 20th. 2009: Preseason - 14th, 8/31 - 14th, 9/7 - 12th, 9/14 - 14th; 9/21 - 7th; 9/28 – 7th; 10/5 – 11th; 10/12 - 15th; 10/19 – 12th; 10/26 – 15th; 11/2 – 14th; 11/9 – 16th; 11/16 – 18th; 11/23 – 18th; 11/30 – 17th; 12/22 – 18th. 2008: Preseason - 11th; 9/2 - 13th; 9/9 - 12th; 9/17 - 12th; 9/24 - 11th; 9/30 - 11th; 10/6 - 7th; 10/13 - 6th; 10/20 - 7th; 10/27 - 7th; 11/3 - 8th; 11/10 - 8th; 11/17 - 8th; 11/24 - 8th; 12/1 - 7th; 12/23 - 9th. 2007: 9/18 24th; 9/25 21st; 10/1 – 19th; 10/8 – 19th; 10/15 – 19th; 10/22 – 19th; 10/29 - 19th; 11/5 – 20th; 11/12 - 14th; 11/19 - 13th; 11/26 - 13th; 12/3 - ninth; 12/10 - ninth.
Before that run, UO was also ranked 24th twice the season in 2006 – Moore’s second campaign in Eugene – in late October and early November.
More information on the AVCA and its polls is available at the www.AVCA.org website at the http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/polls URL address.
This weekend, No. 20 Oregon opens the final month of the regular season in the desert against two other rivals that are separated by less than two matches in the Pac-10 standings. UO first faces No. 23 Arizona (16-7, 5-5) on Friday, November 5, then travels to Arizona State (10-13, 4-6), Saturday, November 6, and both matches start at 7 p.m.
UO has won seven of the last nine vs. the Sun Devils, and sports a 4-5 record against the Wildcats the last five seasons.
Last weekend in Tempe, Arizona topped ASU by a 3-1 score to end a three-match losing streak. In comparison, Oregon dropped only its second and third home matches of the season by 3-0 scores to No. 2 California and No. 3 Stanford.
Freshman setter Lauren Plum logged her fifth double-double of the season against the Golden Bears (38 assists, 11 digs) and led the team in the latter category for the second time. Oregon logged its third-highest hitting mark in league play (.278) against Cal, the nation’s second best blocking team. Two starters posted +.400 hitting marks – redshirt sophomore Alaina Bergsma (.444, 11 kills) and freshman Ariana Williams (.462, 6 kills).
The night before, the Cardinal was held to its second-lowest hitting total of the season (.242), and its kill average (11.33 p/s) was also noticeably lower than its second-best mark nationally (15.41). The balanced Duck attack featured three hitters who logged between 6-9 kills and digs – Meyers (9K/7D), Fischer (9K/7D), Bergsma (8K/6D).
AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll #10 (11/1)
Rk School (1st Place Vts) Points W-L Prev
1 Florida (47) 1480 20-1 1
*2 California (12) 1436 20-1 3
*3 Stanford 1360 18-2 4
4 Hawai'i (1) 1311 21-1 5
5 Nebraska 1254 20-2 2
6 Illinois 1194 19-3 6
*7 Southern California 1130 19-3 8
8 Texas 1063 16-5 10
9 Penn State 1044 19-4 9
*10 UCLA 972 17-5 11
*11 Washington 885 16-5 7
12 Iowa State 770 16-5 12
13 Northern Iowa 736 22-2 13
14 Colorado State 712 20-2 14
15 Michigan 616 20-4 15
16 LSU 598 20-2 16
17 Dayton 537 20-3 17
18 San Diego 486 19-4 19
19 Minnesota 399 17-7 20
^20 Oregon 378 16-7 18
21 Cincinnati 285 22-4 21
22 Tennessee 245 19-5 22
*23 Arizona 154 16-7 23
24 Northwestern 107 16-7 24
25 Tulsa 65 23-2 NR
* = Duck opponents in 2010
Others Receiving Votes (and appearing on two or more ballots): St. Mary's (Calif.) 50; Long Beach State 44; Oklahoma 33; Duke 29; Cal State Fullerton 28; Purdue 23; Ohio State 19; North Carolina 16; Pepperdine 10; Indiana 7; Ole Miss 5; Florida State 2. Dropped Out: Florida State (25)
Next poll: November 8, 2010
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