Florida Volleyball Opens AVCA/TARAFLEX October Rankings at No. 19

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida volleyball team remains ranked in the top-20, sitting No. 19 in the newest 2024 Division I women’s volleyball poll, released by the organization on Monday.

The Gators had only one match last week and fell in three (23-25,18-25,14-25) to No. 7 Texas on Oct. 6.

Of their remaining 14 regular-season matches, Florida is set to face four opponents that are either ranked or receiving votes in the current poll.

Oct. 7 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll

Rank

Institution (First Place Votes)

Points

Record

Previous

Rank

1

Pittsburgh [61]

1,525

14-0

1

2

Nebraska

1,457

14-1

2

3

Penn State

1,393

14-1

4

4

Louisville

1,345

12-2

5

5

Stanford

1,259

11-2

3

6

Creighton

1,220

13-2

6

7

Texas

1,140

9-3

8

8

Kansas

1,076

12-1

9

9

Wisconsin

1,034

9-4

7

10

Purdue

971

12-3

10

11

Oregon

897

11-2

11

12

Kentucky

770

9-6

13

13

Arizona State

714

14-2

15

14

Minnesota

658

9-5

12

15

SMU

603

12-3

17

16

USC

560

11-3

21

17

TCU

525

11-3

22

18

Baylor

509

10-4

14

19

Florida

482

10-4

18

20

Georgia Tech

435

9-4

19

21

Florida State

338

11-3

16

22

Dayton

255

14-1

23

23

BYU

184

9-5

20

24

Washington

165

13-1

25

25

Auburn

101

13-2

24

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Arkansas 63; Utah 48; Texas A&M 45; Marquette 21; Virginia 10; Tennessee 7; Miami (FL) 5; South Dakota State 2 Dropped Out: None

5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 8 combined points
UF 2024 Week-By-Week Rankings
Week

AVCA Ranking

Aug. 19

No. 11

Sept. 2

No. 10

Sept. 9

No. 13

Sept. 16

No. 16

Sept. 23

No. 15

Sept. 30

No. 18

Oct. 7

No. 19

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