BATON ROUGE — After losing their first match of the season last weekend in the Iowa Challenge, the LSU volleyball team dropped three spots to No. 24 in the AVCA/CSTV Coaches poll, it was announced on Monday.
The No. 24 national ranking marks the 18th consecutive week the Tigers have been among the Top 25, the longest streak since being ranked for 52 straight weeks from 1989 through 1993. Last week, LSU fell to Iowa State in four games, before rebounding with a sweep of Drake and a five-game win over Iowa.
Florida remains the highest ranked team in the Southeastern Conference, remaining at No. 6 this week after remaining undefeated at 7-0. Following the Tigers at No. 24, two more conference teams are receiving votes in the poll. Tennessee comes in at No. 40, followed Ole Miss at No. 42.
For the season, the Tigers’ only ranked opponent remains Florida. In addition to Tennessee and Ole Miss, LSU is scheduled to face Notre Dame and Tulane, which are also among the programs receiving votes. The Tigers will take on the Fighting Irish in a non-conference match at home on Oct. 23 and the Green Wave in a non-conference match on Nov. 24.
The Tigers open SEC play on the road next week as LSU takes on Ole Miss in Oxford on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Tigers then travel to perennial power Arkansas for a match on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. LSU’s next home match is Sept. 21 against South Carolina in the Maravich Center at 7 p.m. Fans wearing gold to the match against the Gamecocks will get in FREE and the match will also serve as the first to two student-point games. The first 200 fans in attendance will receive free LSU volleyball t-shirts.
2007 CSTV/AVCA Top 25 Poll
Rank
School (1st-Place Votes)
Points
Record
Last Week
1.
Nebraska (56)
1496
7-0
1
2.
Stanford (4)
1444
7-0
2
3.
Penn State
1364
6-1
3
4.
Southern California
1303
8-0
4
5.
UCLA
1242
7-1
5
6.
Florida
1207
7-0
6
7.
Texas
1160
4-2
7
8.
Washington
1091
8-0
8
9.
Wisconsin
970
8-1
10
10.
Michigan
870
8-0
14
11.
California
844
8-1
15
12.
BYU
785
6-2
9
13.
Minnesota
705
4-3
12
14.
Cal Poly
697
5-4
17
15.
Hawai’i
636
6-3
16
16.
Duke
595
5-3
11
17.
Ohio
567
6-2
13
18.
San Diego
535
5-3
18
19.
Kansas State
372
8-2
22
20.
Ohio State
367
5-1
20
21.
Dayton
290
10-0
23
22.
Santa Clara
196
6-3
19
23.
St. John’s
136
10-2
24
24.
LSU
111
8-1
21
25.
Texas A&M
104
10-0
NR
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballot : New Mexico State 91; Oregon 73; Wichita State 36; Middle Tennessee 33; Louisville 32; Colorado State 30; Purdue 18; Long Beach State 16; Pepperdine 14; Missouri State 9; Tulane 9; Utah 9; Notre Dame 8; Oklahoma 7; Tennessee 7; Loyola Marymount 6; Ole Miss 6.