Florida Volleyball Opens November Play Ranked No. 22 in Newest AVCA/TARAFLEX Top-25 Poll

The Gators have been ranked inside the American Volleyball Coaches’ Association Top-25 poll for 528 consecutive weeks.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – After posting two conference wins against Arkansas on Oct. 30 and Ole Miss on Nov. 3 to bump their win-streak to five, the Florida volleyball team moves to No. 22 in the newest 2024 Division I women’s volleyball poll, released by the organization on Monday.

After dropping the opening set, the No. 24 Florida volleyball team fought back to earn a 3-1 comeback win on Wednesday, Oct. 30, defeating Arkansas 3-1 (11-25, 25-19, 25-21, 25-23) inside Barnhill Arena. The Gators tallied their second win of the week on Sunday, Nov. 3 after coming away with a 3-1 win (25-22, 19-25, 25-22, 25-18) against Ole Miss inside the Stephen C. O’Connell Center.

The Gators have played against four teams who are mentioned in Monday’s poll: No. 13 Kentucky, No. 15 Texas, No. 16 Georgia Tech and No. 24 Florida State. Of their remaining seven regular-season matches, Florida is scheduled to play against Missouri who received votes this week.

Nov. 4 AVCA/TARAFLEX Division I WVB Poll

Rank

School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)

Total Points Adjusted

Previous Week

1

Pittsburgh [49]

1511

1

2

Nebraska [11]

1470

2

3

Penn State [1]

1400

3

4

Louisville

1343

4

5

Creighton

1260

6

6

Stanford

1154

5

7

Wisconsin

1149

7

8

Kansas

1137

8

9

Purdue

996

11

10

SMU

934

12

11

Arizona State

899

13

12

Oregon

853

10

13

Kentucky

771

14

14

Minnesota

737

15

15

Texas

718

9

16

Georgia Tech

591

16

17

Baylor

475

17

18

TCU

411

18

19

Dayton

355

19

20

Southern California

341

21

21

BYU

302

20

22

Florida

229

24

23

Utah

221

22

24

Florida State

194

23

25

North Carolina

116

25

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Missouri 102; Washington 39; Texas A&M 27; Arkansas 23; Marquette 23; Miami (FL) 15; South Dakota State 13
Dropped out: None
5 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 16 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

Oct. 14

No. 23

Oct. 21

No. 24

Oct. 28

No. 24

Nov. 4

No. 22

Up Next

The Gators homestand continues with back-to-back matches inside the O’Dome on Friday, Nov. 8 against Auburn and Sunday, Nov. 10 against Alabama. Friday’s matchup with the Tigers is slated for 7 p.m. and will be streamed on SEC Network+. Additionally, fans can listen on ESPN 98.1FM/850AM WRUF or follow @GatorsVB on socials for match updates. Fans can purchase single-game tickets for the remaining matches. To purchase, click here<https://am.ticketmaster.com/gators/buy?id=NzEx>. For more information on volleyball tickets, call the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683<tel:3523754683>.

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