Volleyball Rankings Shakeup -- TUESDAY CARDINAL COUPLE

Wild Start to Rankings Changes

Upsets and surprise results have been plentiful in the first couple weeks of the season. Last week, we saw Louisville volleyball go on the road to then-#7 Penn State and get swept. They responded by winning nine of 10 sets in the NKU Invitational. Louisville was not the only team scratching their head at a loss last week.

Former #1 Texas is 2-2 on the season and recently lost in five sets to Miami. The Longhorns fell to #6 in the latest poll.

Nebraska was #2 before going on the road to get swept by unranked SMU. The Cornhuskers are 5-1 but dropped down to #5.

Pitt was #3 but has remained undefeated onto a 4-0 start to the year. They did sweep a ranked Oregon team recently and have propelled themselves to #1.

Louisville was at #4 last week and stayed put in that spot. The wins against Wisconsin and Tennessee to open the season seem to be helping the Cards' resume right now.

Stanford was ranked #5 last week but shot up to #2 thanks to a 4-0 start. They have wins over ranked/RV Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Marquette.

Other teams off to surprising starts are #8 Wisconsin (2-3 record), #16 Tennessee (2-2), #19 Minnesota (1-3), and #21 Florida State (4-1). The Seminoles fell to Auburn over the weekend.

The ACC has plenty of teams in the Top 25 right now: #1 Pitt, #2 Stanford, #4 Louisville, #15 Georgia Tech, #20 Miami, and #21 Florida State. New ACC foe SMU is in the receiving votes category.

Other Louisville opponents on the schedule this year in the rankings include #3 Penn State, #5 Nebraska, #8 Wisconsin, #9 Creighton, and #10 Kentucky.

#1 Pitt

#2 Stanford

#3 Penn State

#4 Louisville

#5 Nebraska

#6 Texas

#7 Purdue

#8 Wisconsin

#9 Creighton

#10 Kentucky

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#15 Georgia Tech

#16 Tennessee

#20 Miami

#21 Florida State

Louisville returns to action this coming weekend against Northern Iowa on Saturday and Creighton on Sunday.

Happy Tuesday and Go Cards!

Jared