Women’s Volleyball 17th in Coaches Preseason Poll – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/13/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
August 13, 1999
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball squad opens the 1999 season ranked 17th in the USA TODAY/AVCA Coaches Preseason Poll released Thursday. The Buckeyes, ranked 24th at the end of the 1998 season, return all six starters from last season and 10 of 11 letterwinners. Big Ten opponent Penn State is ranked No. 1 while five other conference opponents received votes. Wisconsin is ninth, Illinois 14th, Michigan State 22nd, Minnesota 30th and Indiana 31st.
Ohio State opens the 1999 season Sept. 1 at Dayton.
AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll, Aug. 12, 1999 Rank School Total 1998 Final (First-Place Votes) Points Record 1998 Ranking 1 Penn State (30) 1,420 35- 1 2 2 Stanford (20) 1,387 27- 4 9 3 Nebraska (1) 1,284 32- 2 3 4 Hawai’i (3) 1,258 32- 3 5 5 Long Beach St (5) 1,226 36- 0 1 6 Pacific 1,196 26- 6 10 7 BYU 1,186 31- 4 6 8 Florida 1,169 35- 3 4 9 Wisconsin 963 30- 5 7 10 UCLA (1) 815 16-12 16 11 UC Santa Barbara 781 28- 6 12 12 Pepperdine 722 19-11 15 13 Texas 667 27- 5 8 14 Illinois 644 22-11 14 15 Arizona 621 22- 7 20 16 Texas A&M 562 21- 9 18 17 Ohio State 517 17-14 24 18 Univ of San Diego 500 24- 6 19 19 Colorado 336 22- 7 17 20 Arkansas 322 29- 6 13 21 Southern California 314 24- 6 11 22 Michigan State 294 23- 7 22 23 Kansas State 202 19-12 23 24 Colorado State 173 24- 8 NR 25 Loyola Marymount 144 18- 8 NR
Others receiving votes: Louisville (95), Texas Tech (89), Clemson (89), Notre Dame (82), Minnesota (64), Indiana (58), Santa Clara (36), North Carolina (30), Utah (24), Sacramento State (23), Northern Iowa (22), Miami, Ohio (17), Baylor (16), Georgia Tech (15), Virginia (12), Houston (12), Washington State (10), Washington (9), Florida State (7), Arizona State (7), South Florida (5), Northern Illinois (5), San Jose State (4), South Carolina (3), Eastern Washington (3), Illinois State (3), Oral Roberts (3), Georgetown (2), BallState (2), UNLV (1), Temple (1), Nevada (1), Ohio (1).
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