Florida falls again in AVCA/TARAFLEX rankings after Week 3

The latest AVCA/TARAFLEX rankings for women’s college volleyball were released on Monday and the Florida Gators saw their stock drop for the second straight week — this time from No. 13 to No. 16.

The Orange and Blue split a pair of matches this past week in Atlanta, Georgia, where it fell 3-0 to the then No. 15 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday before bouncing back the next day against the Alabama State Jaguars. Mary Wise’s team is now 6-2 this season with three home matches slated during Week 3 of play.

Florida will welcome the No. 18 Florida State Seminoles to the O’Connell Center on Tuesday, Sept. 17, before hosting the North Texas Mean Green on Friday, Sept. 20, and the Buffalo Bulls on Sunday, Sept. 21.

AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll

Rank School (1st Place Votes) Points

Previous

Rank

1 Pittsburgh (33) 1,495 1

2 Stanford (24) 1,476 2

3 Penn State (3) 1,390 3

4 Louisville 1,311 4

5 Nebraska (1) 1,290 5

6 Purdue 1,194 7

7 Wisconsin 1,090 8

8 Texas 1,086 6

9 Creighton 1,032 9

10 Kansas 929 11

11 Kentucky 925 10

12 Oregon 880 12

13 Georgia Tech 756 15

14 Arizona State 637 14

15

620 16

16 Florida 529 13

17 Minnesota 523 19

18 Florida State 412 21

19 BYU 355 17

20 Baylor 346 18

21 USC 301 23

22 SMU 287 NR

23 TCU 260 25

24 Dayton 154 24

25 Arkansas 144 22

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Marquette 77; Washington 73; Auburn 69; Miami (FL) 66; UCLA 50; Arkansas State 22; Georgia 14; Houston 7; Hawai’i 5; San Diego 5; Wright State 2

Dropped out: Miami (FL)

* 4 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 11 combined points.

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