AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll: August 19, 2008

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Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2007 Record

2007 Final Rank

1

Penn State (59)

1498

34-2

1

2

Stanford

1431

32-3

2

3

Texas

1360

27-4

6

4

Southern California

1229

29-5

3

5

California

1214

26-8

4

6

UCLA

1188

23-11

7

7

Nebraska (1)

1161

30-2

5

8

Florida

1025

29-3

8

9

Washington

944

27-4

10

10

Cal Poly

849

23-8

11

11

Oregon

797

22-11

9

12

Hawai'i

781

27-6

18

13

Wisconsin

765

26-5

14

14

Kansas State

665

23-9

16

15

Middle Tennessee

479

35-3

15

16

Minnesota

446

18-13

NR

17

Colorado State

363

23-8

NR

18

Iowa State

328

19-14

17

19

Clemson

303

29-4

22

20

BYU

292

24-8

12

21

LSU

276

25-8

NR

22

San Diego

271

21-8

25

23

New Mexico State

229

26-6

21

24

Long Beach State

220

26-7

23

25

Purdue

190

19-14

NR

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: St. John's 180; Michigan 177; Pepperdine 113; Dayton 98; Michigan State 80; Louisville 66; Santa Clara 65; Ohio 62; Texas A&M 55; Utah 45; Illinois 44; Missouri 42; Tulane 38; Arizona 31; Duke 18; Kentucky 16; Oklahoma 15; Wichita State 14; Georgia Tech 8; Western Kentucky 6.


Nine schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 23 points.

Next poll: September 1, 2008

 

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