Volleyball Ranked Ninth Nationally by USA Today/AVCA Poll – Ohio State Buckeyes
8/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 13, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s volleyball team is ranked ninth in the 2002 preseason USA TODAY/American Volleyball Coaches Association Poll announced Monday. The Buckeyes are the highest-ranked squad in the Big Ten and is of five conference teams ranked in the Top 25, leading all conferences.
This season Ohio State will face a total of seven teams currently ranked in the Top 25 Poll. The Buckeyes will open the season against No. 5 Hawaii, No. 21 Colorado and No. 11 UCLA in Hawaii at the 15th Annual Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic, Aug. 30-Sept. 1. OSU also will face four Big Ten squads ranked in the Top 25. These include No. 10 Wisconsin, No. 15 Michigan State, No. 16 Penn State and No. 19 Illinois. Non-league opponent Texas and conference foes Minnesota and Michigan are listed under others in the poll.
OSU’s No. 9 ranking marks the third time the Buckeyes have begun the season in the Top 10. OSU was ranked fifth in the opening poll in 1994 and 10th in 1995.
USA TODAY/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll, August 12, 2002
Rk School Total 2001 Final (First-Place Votes) Points Record 2001 1 Stanford (54) 1610 33-2 1 2 Nebraska (4) 1502 31-2 3 3 Southern California (2) 1445 25-4 5 4 *Hawai’i (5) 1349 29-5 13 5 Long Beach State 1300 33-1 2 6 Arizona 1282 25-5 4 7 Florida 1255 28-2 6 8 Pepperdine 1188 23-4 8 9 Ohio State 1064 27-4 12 10 *Wisconsin 967 27-4 7 11 *UCLA 912 21-9 9 12 Pacific 778 28-8 14 13 Utah 654 25-7 15 14 Northern Iowa 645 31-2 16 15 *Michigan State 629 21-8 19 16 *Penn State 620 22-8 17 17 Texas A&M 482 26-6 11 18 Colorado State 411 29-4 10 19 *Illinois 385 21-9 20 20 UC Santa Barbara 346 17-14 NR 21 *Colorado 308 19-11 23 22 Kansas State 232 20-8 18 23 Brigham Young 203 20-9 22 24 Santa Clara 195 19-10 NR 25 Notre Dame 191 22-7 NR
Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: South Carolina (161), North Carolina (155), *Texas (117), Louisville (105), San Diego (97), Washington State (81), San Jose State (67), *Minnesota (66), Missouri (58), Arkansas (53), Utah State (47), Duke (36), Baylor (26), Cincinnati (12), Georgia Tech (10), Loyola Marymount (10), *Michigan (10), Texas Tech (9), Cal Poly (7), Eastern Washington (7), Oregon State (7), South Florida (4), Alabama (3), Southwest Missouri State (3).
Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 21 combined points
*Indicates Ohio State opponent
