Oct. 2, 2000
LOGAN, Utah -
For the first time ever, Utah State's women's volleyball team is ranked in the Top-25 in the country as the Aggies are 25th in the USA Today/AVCA Division I Coaches Poll and 20th in the Volleyball Magazine Poll. The NCAA began sponsorship of women's volleyball in 1982, prior to that, volleyball was affiliated with the AIAW where USU won the National Championship in 1978 and finished second in the country in 1979.
"It's a privilege to be ranked," commented USU head coach Tom Peterson. "You always want to be ranked and I want to make sure that this makes us better because this things can go away real fast. For the most part it means that some people think we are good, and that's an honor."
Utah State is currently 12-3 on the season and alone in first-place in the Big West Conference with a 4-0 league mark. USU has two top-10 wins to its credit already this year with three-game sweeps over BYU, who was ranked 10th at the time, and UC Santa Barbara, who was ranked ninth in the country. Over the past two season, the Aggies have won 25 of its last 32 matches and have a 15-5 league mark which is second in the conference to Pacific who is 18-2.
AVCA Top-25
1. Nebraska (49) 1488 13-0
2. Hawai'i (9) 1444 12-0
3. Colorado State 1365 16-1
4. USC (2) 1325 11-0
5. Minnesota 1269 15-0
6. Pepperdine 1179 11-2
7. Arizona 1145 12-1
8. UCLA 985 10-4
9. Florida 974 11-3
10. Wisconsin 844 13-2
11. Ohio State 817 14-0
12. Penn State 787 12-4
13. BYU 766 11-4
14. Pacific 753 10-3
15. UC Santa Barbara 743 9-4
16. Utah 638 11-2
17. Santa Clara 575 13-1
18. Long Beach St. 536 9-4
19. Michigan State 397 10-3
20. Notre Dame 303 11-4
21. Stanford 258 7-6
22. Loyola Mary. 216 12-3
23. Texas A&M 198 8-4
24. Texas Tech 165 15-1
25. Utah State 138 12-3
Volleyball Magazine Top-20
1. USC 11-0
2. Hawai'i 12-0
3. Nebraska 13-0
4. Colorado St. 16-1
5. Minnesota 15-0
6. Arizona 12-1
7. Pepperdine 11-2
8. Ohio State 14-0
9. Wisconsin 13-2
10. Penn State 12-4
11. BYU 11-4
12. Pacific 10-3
13. Florida 11-3
14. UCLA 10-4
15. Long Beach St. 9-4
16. .Santa Barbara 9-4
17. Utah 11-2
18. Santa Clara 13-1
19. Stanford 7-6
20. Utah State 12-3
