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NCAA DIVISION I, II, III POLLS

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Little change in USA TODAY/AVCA Top 25

ARLINGTON, Va. - Long Beach State was a nearly unanimous choice for No. 1 in
the latest USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches' Poll. The 49ers received 61 first-place
votes while No. 2 Nebraska received four. Southern California was No. 3
while Stanford was fourth. Wisconsin moved up one spot to No. 5 from No. 6,
swapping places with UCLA. There were no other changes among the nation's
top 10 teams.
North Carolina dropped out of the rankings and was replaced by
No. 25 Utah State, which is coming off of a string of upsets against ranked
opponents.

USA TODAY/AVCA women's top 25

Oct. 22, 2001

School (first-place votes) Points Record Last

1. Long Beach State (61) 1621 15-0 1
2. Nebraska (4) 1559 17-1 2
3. USC 1498 14-1 3
4. Stanford 1417 16-2 4
5. Wisconsin 1317 16-2 6
6. UCLA 1315 10-4 5
7. Arizona 1211 13-3 7
8. Colorado State 1194 16-0 8
9. Florida 1121 14-1 9
10. Ohio State 1047 17-1 10
11. Hawaii 959 15-4 12
12. Pepperdine 869 12-3 14
13. Penn State 815 14-4 11
14. Texas A&M 761 14-3 17
15. Utah 700 13-4 18
16. BYU 570 12-4 13
17. Pacific 553 17-5 15
18. Northern Iowa 505 18-1 16
19. Santa Clara 386 13-6 24
20. Notre Dame 336 12-4 19
21. Minnesota 288 11-7 21
22. South Carolina 288 14-3 22
23. UC Santa Barbara 178 10-8 23
24. Colorado 176 11-6 20
25. Utah State 160 11-4 NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Kansas State
(86), North Carolina (43), Missouri (31), San Diego (22), Michigan (17),
Arkansas (14), San Jose State (14), Cincinnati (13), Duke (13), Texas (7),
Nevada (7), Illinois (3).

Three teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 11 combined points.

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DII

AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25
Poll #9, October 23, 2001

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

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Montevallo (35),
Findlay (31), BYU-Hawai'i (22), Mercy (22), Cal State L.A. (7), Ferris State
(4), Michigan Tech (4).

Three schools listed on only one ballot representing a total of eight
points.

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DIII

AVCA Division III Coaches Top 20
Poll #6, October 24, 2001

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

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Cal Lutheran
(19), Carnegie Mellon (17), Wellesley (13), Baldwin-Wallace (7), George Fox
(7).

Three schools listed on only one ballot representing a total of 15 points.



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