Women’s Volleyball Ranked 13th by Coaches Poll – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/11/1998 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
August 11, 1998
Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball team was ranked 13th in the USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll released today. The Buckeyes moved up two sports in the rankings from 1997 when they finished 15th in the final poll. This marks the tenth consecutive year that Ohio State has been ranked nationally.
USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll Women’s Division I Volleyball
Preseason Poll – Aug. 11, 1998 (For Immediate Release)
Rk School Total 1997 Final (First-Place Votes) Points Record 97 Rank 1 Penn State (29) 1446 34-2 2 2 Long Beach State (17) 1418 33-2 3 3 USC (5) 1279 23-6 9 4 Stanford (7) 1210 33-2 1 5 Nebraska (1) 1204 27-7 8 6 Florida 1165 34-3 4 7 Wisconsin 1143 30-3 5 8 BYU 1070 29-6 7 9 Texas (1) 1040 25-7 10 10 UC Santa Barbara 938 31-5 6 11 Pacific 886 23-9 16 12 Colorado 795 22-9 14 13 Ohio State 514 24-11 15 14 Hawai’i 508 25-8 25 15 Arkansas 494 30-6 21 16 Notre Dame 471 25-9 18 17 Michigan State 438 19-8 N/R 18 UCLA 399 16-12 N/R 19 Texas A&M 386 26-8 13 20 Loyola Marymount 381 22-7 17 21 University of San Diego 331 26-4 20 22 Washington State 330 26-7 12 23 Washington 321 20-10 11 24 Florida State 172 25-9 N/R 25 Pepperdine 149 23-6 24 Others Receiving Points: Colorado State (103), Arizona (94), Michigan (90), Maryland (88), Georgia (72), Houston (72), Illinois (67), Minnesota (64), Texas Tech (52), Kansas State (49), Oklahoma (34), Utah (34), Oral Roberts (25), Clemson (23), Northern Illinois (22), South Carolina (21), Fresno State (12), Louisville (12), Sacramento State (11), Ball State (9), Oregon State (8), San Diego State (8), Central Florida (7), Arizona State (6), South Florida (6), Illinois State (5), Temple (5), Cal Poly SLO (4), Miami (OH) (3), Auburn (2).
