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Long Beach State strengthens hold on No. 1

ARLINGTON, Va. - Top-ranked Long Beach State solidified its hold on No. 1,
picking up 23 more first-place votes than it had a week ago. Second-ranked
Nebraska, which dropped to No. 2 last week despite receiving one more
first-place vote than the 49ers, saw its total votes for No. 1 drop from 33
to 10.

Long Beach State (11-0) received 1,615 points to Nebraska's 1,567. Last
week, Long Beach State led the Cornhuskers (13-1) by just three points in
the voting. The 49ers handed Nebraska its only loss earlier this season.
Elsewhere, none of the top seven teams changed places, with USC, Stanford,
UCLA Wisconsin and Arizona holding down spots No. 3 through No. 7. No team
moved more than three places up or down in the rankings. No. 25 Kansas State
dropped out of the poll and was replaced by Colorado (9-4), which came in at
No. 23.

USA TODAY/AVCA women's top 25

Oct. 8, 2001

School (first-place votes) Points Record Last

1. Long Beach State (55) 1615 11-0 1
2. Nebraska (10) 1567 13-1 2
3. USC 1467 10-1 3
4. Stanford 1442 13-1 4
5. UCLA 1345 9-2 5
6. Wisconsin 1303 12-2 6
7. Arizona 1186 8-3 7
8. Colorado State 1155 12-0 9
9. Florida 1141 10-1 8
10. Ohio State 988 13-1 11
11. Penn State 984 10-3 10
12. Pacific 924 13-3 12
13. Hawaii 854 10-4 13
14. BYU 765 10-2 14
15. Pepperdine 751 8-2 15
16. Northern Iowa 633 15-0 18
17. Texas A&M 542 11-2 16
18. Utah 413 9-4 19
19. South Carolina 401 10-2 17
20. Minnesota 344 10-4 21
21. Notre Dame 313 10-3 22
22. Louisville 289 11-1 23
23. Colorado 179 9-4 NR
24. UC Santa Barbara 152 6-7 20
25. Santa Clara 126 10-5 24

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Nevada (69),
Kansas State (46), North Carolina (44), Texas (43), San Diego (26), Michigan
State (11).

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AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25
Poll #7, October 9, 2001

1 West Texas A&M
2 Truman
3 Cal State-San Bernardino
4 Hawai'i Pacific
5 North Alabama
6 University of Tampa
7 Metro State
8 North Dakota State
9 South Dakota State
10 Barry
11 Regis
12 Western State, Colo.
13 Augustana, S.D.
14 Nebraska-Kearney
15 Grand Valley State
16 Cal State-Bakersfield
17 Central Missouri State
18 Northern Michigan
19 Northern Kentucky
20 UC San Diego
21 Rockhurst
22 Western Washington
23 Alabama-Huntsville
24 Montevallo
25 Northwood, Mich.

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: North Florida
(37), Findlay (28), Cameron (27),
Michigan Tech (22), Mercy (6), UC Davis (4), Seattle Pacific (2).

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AVCA Division III Coaches Top 20
Poll #4, October 10, 2001

1 Wisconsin-Whitewater
2 Mount Saint Joseph
3 Washington, Mo.
4 Emory
5 Juniata
6 Central
7 Elmhurst
8 Trinity University
9 Cal State Hayward
10 Wartburg
11 Wittenberg
12 Puget Sound
13 Nazareth
14 St. Olaf
15 Wisconsin-Stout
16 Baldwin-Wallace
17 Whitworth
18 Wisconsin-Oshkosh
19 Bethel
20 MIT

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Ohio Northern
(36), Augustana (Ill.) (17), Catholic (16), Carnegie Mellon (11), George Fox
(9), Wisconsin-Platteville (9), Ithaca (7).




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