AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll #1: September 1, 2008

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Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2008 Record

Last Week

1

Penn State (60)

1500

3-0

1

2

Nebraska

1411

2-0

7

3

Stanford

1356

1-1

2

4

Texas

1325

1-1

3

5

California

1233

2-0

5

6

UCLA

1194

2-1

6

7

Southern California

1114

0-2

4

8

Florida

1071

2-0

8

9

Washington

1012

2-0

9

10

Wisconsin

897

3-0

13

11

Hawai'i

781

1-2

12

12

Minnesota

762

3-0

16

13

Oregon

618

2-1

11

14

Cal Poly

579

1-1

10

15

Middle Tennessee

551

3-0

15

16

BYU

509

3-0

20

17

Colorado State

497

3-0

17

18

Purdue

474

3-0

25

19

Illinois

456

3-0

NR

20

Kansas State

388

2-1

14

21

San Diego

326

3-0

22

22

Wichita State

257

3-0

NR

23

Long Beach State

231

3-0

24

24

LSU

187

2-1

21

25

Michigan

160

3-0

NR

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Iowa State 104; Pepperdine 97; Clemson 83; New Mexico State 52; Louisville 44; Arizona 32; Utah 32; St. John's 21; Santa Clara 15; Dayton 15; Missouri 11; Florida International 9; Ohio 7; Saint Louis 7; Tulane 7; Western Kentucky 7; Georgia Tech 5.

 

16 schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 65 points.

 

Dropped out: Iowa State (18); Clemson (19); New Mexico State (23)

 

Next poll: September 8, 2008

 

Poll conducted and distributed by the AVCA

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