Texas Tech University Athletics
AVCA Releases Preseason Volleyball Poll
August 12, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 12, 1999
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech volleyball will begin its 1999 season ranked 27th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason volleyball coaches poll released Thursday by the AVCA. The Red Raiders received 89 total points in the poll and were one of seven Big 12 Conference schools who earned votes. Other Big 12 schools with votes include Nebraska (3rd), Texas (13th), Texas A&M (16th), Colorado (19th), Kansas State (23rd) and Baylor (16 votes).
The 27th national ranking is the highest Texas Tech will begin a season since 1993 when Texas Tech began is season ranked 27th.
AVCA DIVISION I COACHES TOP 25 Preseason Poll, Aug. 12, 1999Rank School (First-Place Votes) Pts 1998 W/L Final 1998 Rkng 1 Penn State (30) 1,420 35-1 2 2 Stanford (20) 1,387 27-4 9 3 Nebraska (1) 1,284 32-2 3 4 Hawai'i (3) 1,258 32-3 5 5 Long Beach State (5) 1,226 36-0 1 6 Pacific 1,196 26-6 10 7 BYU 1,186 31-4 6 8 Florida 1,169 35-3 4 9 Wisconsin 963 30-5 7 10 UCLA (1) 815 16-12 16 11 UC Santa Barbara 781 28-6 12 12 Pepperdine 722 19-11 15 13 Texas 667 27-5 8 14 Illinois 644 22-11 14 15 Arizona 621 22-7 20 16 Texas A&M 562 21-9 18 17 Ohio State 517 17-14 24 18 University of San Diego 500 24-6 19 19 Colorado 336 22-7 17 20 Arkansas 322 29-6 13 21 USC 314 24-6 11 22 Michigan State 294 23-7 22 23 Kansas State 202 19-12 23 24 Colorado State 173 24-8 NR 25 Loyola Marymount 144 18-8 NR
Others receiving votes: Louisville (95), TEXAS TECH (89), Clemson (89), Notre Dame (82), Minnesota (64), Indiana (58), Santa Clara (36), North Carolina (30), Utah (24), Sacramento State (23), Northern Iowa (22), Miami, Ohio (17), Baylor (16), Georgia Tech (15), Virginia (12), Houston (12), Washington State (10), Washington (9), Florida State (7), Arizona State (7), South Florida (5), Northern Illinois (5), San Jose State (4), South Carolina (3), Eastern Washington (3), Illinois State (3), Oral Roberts (3), Georgetown (2), Ball State (2), UNLV (1), Temple (1), Nevada (1), Ohio (1). --TTU--
