Michigan State University Athletics
Volleyball Ranked No. 20 in AVCA Preseason Poll
8/15/2000 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Aug. 15, 2000
East Lansing, MI - The Michigan State Spartan volleyball team is ranked No. 20 in the nation, according to the preseason USA Today/AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll, released August 14. MSU, which was not ranked in the final poll of 1999, received 334 points in the poll.
The Spartans will face seven schools in the top 25 in 2000, including No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 Penn State, No. 6 Nebraska, No. 11 Minnesota, No. 16 Wisconsin, No. 24 Michigan and No. 25 Ohio State. Three other MSU opponents also received votes in the poll: Notre Dame, Illinois and San Diego. Seven of 11 Big Ten schools are recognized in the poll.
The Spartans, who open their season with the L&L/MSU Classic on Sept. 1-2, are ranked No. 12 in the Volleyball Magazine preseason poll.
USA TODAY/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points '99 Record Final 1999 Ranking 1 UCLA (23) 1399 28-4 7 2 Penn State (10) 1317 36-1 1 3 Stanford (9) 1309 31-3 2 4 Long Beach State (13) 1304 31-4 4 5 Hawai'i (2) 1224 29-2 8 6 Nebraska (1) 1055 27-6 11 7 USC (1) 1019 21-9 17 8 Pepperdine 1013 26-4 10 9 Florida 946 33-3 5 10 Arizona 906 21-11 14 11 Minnesota 892 27-9 16 12 Pacific (1) 878 32-3 3 13 Colorado State 857 30-3 12 14 UC Santa Barbara 749 29-6 6 15 BYU 722 28-5 13 16 Wisconsin 516 22-10 23 17 Kansas State 462 21-9 19 18 Texas 433 22-8 18 19 Texas A&M 432 28-6 9 20 Michigan State 334 21-13 NR 21 Baylor 254 26-9 20 22 Northern Iowa 208 30-1 15 23 Loyola Marymount 165 20-11 NR 24 Michigan 164 16-15 NR 25 Ohio State 150 17-12 NR
Others receiving 30 or more points: North Carolina (132), Clemson (97), Notre Dame (79), Illinois (61), Utah (59), San Diego (58), Arkansas (58), Colorado (35), Louisville (31).
