http://www.avca.org/collegiate/dipoll/dipoll8-8-06.asp

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points
2005 Record
2005 Final Rank

1 Nebraska (14)
1431
33-2
2

2 Penn State (17)
1407
31-3
5

3 Washington (16)
1357
32-1
1

4 Stanford (13)
1287
26-6
13

5 Florida
1181
33-3
3

6 Santa Clara
1115
27-5
4

7 Hawai’i
1067
27-7
9

8 Texas
1066
24-5
16

9 Wisconsin
896
26-7
10

10 UCLA
837
20-11
15

11 Tennessee
779
25-9
6

12 Louisville
751
31-3
11

13 Missouri
732
25-5
8

14 Southern California
642
17-11
19

15 Ohio
593
33-3
14

16 Purdue
545
25-9
17

17 California
528
19-11
20

18 Arizona
491
25-6
7

19 Pepperdine
484
19-12
18

20 San Diego
413
23-6
22

21 Notre Dame
411
30-4
12

22 Minnesota
393
25-8
21

23 Ohio State
346
22-9
23

24 Utah
202
23-9
T-25

25 Kansas State
162
21-11
24



Others Receiving Votes: Brigham Young 74; Long Beach State 64; Colorado 35; UC-Santa Barbara 33; LSU 32; New Mexico State 25; Duke 22; Loyola Marymount 18; Northwestern 14; Texas A&M 11; Maryland 7; Marshall 6; Saint Mary's (CA) 6; Wichita State 6; Northern Iowa 5; San Francisco 5; Colorado State 4; Virginia 3; Albany 2; Sacramento State 2; Cincinnati 2; Dayton 2; Georgia Tech 2; Western Kentucky 2; College of Charleston 1; South Carolina 1.

#8 Texas just beat #3 Washington and it was sweet!! Texas is a team to look out for this year for the National Title..

UCLA just won a tournament and swept Florida and Hawaii. They're a big team to watch out for. Nellie Spicer is an awesome setter for them

Go Herd!

I just recently witness #8 Texas be defeated by unranked Oklahoma in Norman. 3 games to 2 and it was sweet! OU is now 11-3 overall and like 4-1 in conference!!

New Mexico State last night ended Hawaii's remarkable 114-match WAC winning streak, defeating the Wahine 22-30, 30-28, 27-30, 30-24, 15-13. Hawaii hadn't lost a league match since 1998. New Mexico State improved to 21-1 overall this season.

That is so awesome for New Mexico State Univ. Didn't realize they were an up and coming team?

New Mexico State is really good... certainly better than their #25 ranking. They've been good for a couple of years now. Last year, they finished 20-7 overall and in 2nd place in the WAC just behind Hawaii but were passed over for an NCAA bid. The NCAA committee selected 3 WAC teams (Hawaii, 3rd-place Utah State and 4th-place Nevada) but NOT the Aggies. It was very unfair to be passed over and see two teams that finished below you make the tourney. Twice last season, NMSU took Hawaii to 5 games before losing.

With NMSU's arena undergoing renovation, the Aggies haven't even played a true home match all year either. They've been playing their matches at a local high school. That makes the 22-1 record even more impressive.

I'm stupid when it comes to volleyball-can't remember basics from high school gym

114 matches-that's not complete games is it?

Yep! I usually know Hawaii from the WAC but its nice to see other teams challenge them.

#2 Penn State's 41 Big Ten match winning streak is at an end. Wisconsin swept them last night in Madison.

Nittany Lions should still win the conference title though.

omg..I can't believe Penn State lost but hats off to the Badgers. They deserved the win and a 3-0 sweep really impresses me.

Go Badgers! As a former Madison student, i was giddy watching them sweep Penn State. It was shocking to see Hodge have such an all around terrible match. She had all the special video clip hype before the match and really seemed to drag her team down. Maybe the fans got to her? I remember sitting in the stands there listening to the fans jeer players on the away teams. Pretty ruthless, but mostly in fun.

But you have to give credit to Wisconsin hitting well over .300 against one of the best blocking teams in the country.

This loss could hurt Penn State's seeding going into the tourney.

Yeah great win for Wisconsin. I know the new rankings just came out. OU is now #17 in the country!!