College volleyball rankings after Week 8: Updated AVCA Coaches Poll

The latest week of results around women's volleyball brought no changes to the top five.

That means, for another week, the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the AVCA Coaches Poll will be owned by Nebraska and Pittsburgh, respectively.

The Cornhuskers went 2-0 on the week with a sweep over Northwestern and a win over No. 13 Purdue that went into the fourth set. In that four-set match against the Boilermakers, the Cornhuskers had four players finish with at least 10 kills on offense — with Harper Murray responsible for 13. The defense held Purdue to a .133 hitting percentage and recorded 64 digs.

Pitt, after sustaining a slight setback last week, had a clean sweep of victories against Florida State and Miami. Elsewhere in the top five, Louisville extended its win streak to eight with back-to-back 3-0 victories against Duke and No. 23 North Carolina.

Outside of the top five, Oregon won a five-set thriller against No. 18 Indiana. The Ducks outscored the Hoosiers 15-19 in the fifth set. Florida and Texas met in a top-10 showdown in Austin that went the distance, with the Gators coming out with a 3-2 win. Kamryn Chaney and Alec Rothe both finished with 17 kills for Florida.

With that, here's a look at the updated AVCA poll:

College volleyball rankings for Oct. 19

First place votes in parentheses

1. Nebraska (63)
2. Pitt
3. Louisville
4. Kentucky
5. Florida
6. Wisconsin
7. SMU
8. Arizona State
9. Tennessee
10. Oregon
11. BYU
12. Purdue
13. TCU
14. Texas
15. Stanford
16. Penn State
17. Kansas
18. Indiana
19. Texas A&M
20. Minnesota
21. Washington
22. Vanderbilt
23. North Carolina
24. Baylor
25. Colorado

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan State 118; UCLA 118; Illinois 74; Colorado State 18; Georgia Tech 12; Miami (FL) 6; Utah 6; Oklahoma 3.

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