* Complete season/career stats are updated via the link above.
EUGENE – Looking ahead to its biggest home weekend of the regular season, the No. 2 University of Oregon volleyball team (20-1, 11-1) equaled its school-record ranking for the third time in Monday's 10th AVCA Coaches Poll of the season.
UO climbed one position this week after it swept Colorado and Utah on the road last weekend, and also logged 20 wins for the fifth time under head coach Jim Moore.
Oregon was one of five Pac-12 schools spotted in the top eight overall with No. 1 Stanford, No. 5 UCLA, No. 6 USC and No. 8 Washington.
Among those five teams, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA and USC all improved one position this week, and Washington dropped three spots.
Two other Duck foes stood top 25 – No. 15 Ohio State and No. 25 St. Mary’s – and California, Kentucky and Oregon State have picked up votes in current or previous editions.
For comparison’s sake, last week’s Pac-12 rankings follow: No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 Washington, No. 6 UCLA and No. 7 USC.
Overall during head coach Jim Moore’s eight-year tenure, Oregon has now been ranked top 25 for 85 editions (2012-11; 2011-14; ’10-13; ’09-16; ’08-16; ’07-13; ’06-2), including 49 in the top 15, and all 22 of the team’s ever top-10 honors. UO has also scored five , top-three rankings since mid-September with its No. 2 rankings in the fifth and sixth editions of the year, and third-place pollings the last two weeks.
Among other poll news:
- No. 1 Stanford made its first appearance atop the poll after it beat Arizona and Arizona State at home by 3-0 and 3-1 scores.
- The former No. 1 – now No. 3 Penn State – won 3-0 at Iowa and lost 3-2 at No. 4 Nebraska.
- The Huskers held steady at No. 4 after it also lost 3-1 to then-No. 20 Ohio State at home.
- No. 5 UCLA and No. 6 USC both swept Washington State, and scored 3-1 and 3-2 home wins over then-No. 5 Washington, respectively.
The complete poll follows at the bottom of this article, and is also available at the AVCA website at the http://www.avca.org/divisions/division-one-women/polls/ URL address.
This weekend, UO will host No. 1 Stanford (20-2, 12-0) in its first-ever battle between the nation’s top teams at Matthew Knight Arena on Sunday, November 4, at 1 p.m. Two nights before, Oregon welcomes California (11-11, 5-7) on Friday, November 2 at 6 p.m.
Friday’s Spike For the Cure match vs. the Bears means that fans that wear pink get a G.A. ticket for $3, and UO faculty get in free with a current staff ID.
Sunday’s Bi-Mart Family Day ticket deal vs. Stanford offers a $12 G.A. ticket plan for two adults and unlimited kids, and a free youth clinic will be held immediately after.
Duck fans can also watch both of those matches live on the Pac-12 Oregon TV Network.
AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll
Week #10: October 29, 2012
Rank School (1st-Place Votes) Points W-L Prev.
*1 Stanford (50) 1489 20-2 2
>2 Oregon (9) 1433 20-1 3
3 Penn State (1) 1359 21-2 1
4 Nebraska 1300 18-3 4
*5 UCLA 1257 17-4 6
*6 USC 1225 21-3 7
7 Texas 1115 18-3 8
*8 Washington 1084 17-4 5
9 Hawai’i 1026 19-2 9
10 Minnesota 976 19-4 10
11 Florida State 911 21-2 12
12 Louisville 796 21-3 13
13 Florida 784 18-3 11
14 Dayton 632 19-4 15
*15 Ohio State 581 17-7 20
16 Kansas State 568 20-3 16
17 BYU 540 21-2 18
18 San Diego 447 17-4 14
19 Western Kentucky 433 26-3 19
20 Kansas 357 19-4 17
21 Iowa State 320 13-7 22
22 Purdue 249 16-7 21
23 Miami (FL) 200 20-3 24
24 Pepperdine 189 17-7 23
25 St. Mary’s (CA) 102 13-9 25
Others Receiving Votes (and appearing on two or more ballots): *Kentucky 32; Creighton 31; Marquette 30; North Carolina 17; Tennessee 9; Texas A&M 6
Next poll: November 5, 2012
*NOTE: A complete listing of the Ducks' string of top-25 rankings under Moore follows: *2012: Preseason – 20th; 8/27 – 17th; 9/4 -13th; 9/10 – 9th; 9/17 – 8th; 9/23 – 2nd; 10/2 – 2nd; 10/9 – 5th; 10/16 – 3rd; 10/22 – 3rd; 10/29 2nd; 2011 (13 weeks): 8/29 – 16th; 9/5 – 16th; 9/12 – 16th; 9/19 – 15th; 9/26 – 15th; 10/3 – 15th; 10/10 – 16th; 10/17 – 18th; 10/24 – 16th; 10/31 – 20th; 11/7 – 20th; 11/14 - 15th; 11/21 – 13th; 12/20 – 24th. *2010 (13): 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; 11/15 – 23rd; 11/22 – 24th. *2009 (16): 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 (16): 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 (13): 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. *2006 (2): 10/30 24th; 11/6 24th.
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