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Little change in USA TODAY/AVCA Top 25

ARLINGTON, Va. - Long Beach State kept a firm grip on its spot at the top of
the USA TODAY/AVCA Top 25 Coaches' Poll. The 49ers received 62 out of a
possible 65 first-place votes. Nebraska placed second, receiving the
remaining three votes for first. Stanford, Arizona and Southern California
rounded out the top five. The Wildcats jumped three spots from No. 7 to No.
4. Illinois (15-5) was the lone new entrant in the poll, entering at No. 25.
Utah State fell out of the rankings from a week ago.

USA TODAY/AVCA women's top 25
Oct. 29, 2001

School (first-place votes) Points Record Last

1. Long Beach State (62) 1622 18-0 1
2. Nebraska (3) 1563 19-1 2
3. Stanford 1459 18-2 4
4. Arizona 1400 15-3 7
5. USC 1377 15-2 3
6. Colorado State 1253 19-0 8
7. Wisconsin 1221 17-3 5
8. UCLA 1194 11-5 6
9. Florida 1130 16-1 9
10. Ohio State 991 18-2 10
11. Penn State 956 16-4 13
12. Hawaii 945 17-4 11
13. Pepperdine 896 15-3 12
14. Texas A&M 780 16-3 14
15. Utah 701 16-4 15
16. BYU 623 15-4 16
17. Pacific 582 18-6 17
18. Northern Iowa 511 20-1 18
19. South Carolina 368 16-3 21-tie
20. Santa Clara 303 15-7 19
21. UC Santa Barbara 274 12-9 23
22. Colorado 205 13-7 24
23. Notre Dame 196 14-5 20
24. Minnesota 143 12-8 21-tie
25. Illinois 110 15-5 NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Kansas State
(72), Missouri (40), Cincinnati (37), Utah State (36), San Jose State (31),
North Carolina (24), Arkansas (19), San Diego (15), Michigan (12),
Washington State (10), Xavier (6).

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DII

AVCA Division II Coaches Top 25
Poll #10, October 30, 2001

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

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Cal State L.A.
(31), Findlay (27), BYU-Hawai'i (26), Ferris St. (16), Mercy (13), Northern
Michigan (12), Northern Colorado (8), Northwood (6),
Armstrong Atlantic State (5), St. Edward's (3).

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 #7, October 31, 2001

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

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Catholic (25),
Whitworth (21), Wellesley (10), DePauw (2).

Six schools listed on only one ballot representing a total of 21 points.
Catholic received one first-place vote.

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NAIA

2001 NAIA Volleyball Rating 8 - October 30

1 Columbia (Mo.) (V)
2 Dickinson State (N.D.) (III)
3 Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (II)
4 National American (S.D.) (III)
5 St. Mary (Neb.) (IV)
6 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) (II)
7 Dordt (Iowa) (IV)
8 Concordia (Ore.) (I)
9 Bellevue (Neb.) (IV)
10 Georgetown (Ky.) (XI)
11 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (II)
12 Carroll (Mont.) (I)
13 Taylor (Ind.) (VIII)
14 Westmont (Calif.) (II)
15 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (I)
16 Houston Baptist (Texas) (VI)
17 Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (VII)
18 Walsh (Ohio) (IX)
19 Graceland (Iowa) (V)
20 Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) (XIV)
21 Madonna (Mich.) (VIII)
22 Malone (Ohio) (IX)
23 Biola (Calif.) (II)
23 Lee (Tenn.) (XI)
25 Lubbock Christian (Texas) (VI)

Others Receiving Votes: King (Tenn.) (XII), 27; Rocky Mountain (Mont.) (I),
15; Concordia (Neb.) (IV), 9; Grace (Ind.) (VIII), 7; St. Francis (Ill.)
(VII), 7; Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) (IX), 5; Northwestern
(Iowa) (IV), 3; Benedictine (Kan.) (V), 2; Southern Oregon (I), 2;
Bloomfield (N.J.) (X), 1.

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