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Hawai?i Ranked No. 5 in AVCA Preseason Poll
Complete AVCA Division I Preseason Coaches Poll

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Hawai‘i is ranked No. 5 in the preseason American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I Coaches Poll, as announced by the organization Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, New Mexico State received votes in the poll.

The Rainbow Wahine received 1,166 points. Last season, Hawai‘i finished ranked No. 3 in the final AVCA poll, posting a 32-3 record and advancing to the national semifinals, where it fell to eventual national champion Penn State.

WAC teams play 15 non-conference matches against teams ranked in the Top 25 and 13 against teams that are receiving votes in the poll. Four of Hawai‘i's opponents are ranked in the Top 25 and five other opponents are receiving votes. Meanwhile, the Aggies face three teams ranked in the Top 25 and three teams that are receiving votes in the poll.

The complete poll is listed below.

AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Preseason Poll

Rank

School
(First-Place Votes) 

 Total Points  '09
Record 		 '09 Final Rank
1 Penn State (40) 1456 38-0 1
2 Nebraska (16) 1384 26-7  5
3 Texas (4) 1352 29-2 2
4 Stanford 1296 23-8 7
5 Hawai'i 1166 32-3 3
T-6 Illinois 1149 31-3 10
T-6 Minnesota 1149 28-9 4
8 Washington 1061 24-6 13
9 Iowa State 1005 27-5 6
10 USC 947 22-10 16
11 California 848 21-11 8
12 Michigan 793 27-10 9
13 Florida 722 25-6 15
14 Kentucky 678 29-5 12
15 Florida State 671 31-3 11
16 UCLA 462 24-9 14
17 Colorado State 436 25-6 17
18 Arizona 325 19-11 NR
19 Tennessee 310 27-8 24
20 Oregon 282 20-10 18
21 Dayton 266 30-4 25
22 San Diego 225 18-7 NR
23 LSU 203 25-7 19
24 Northern Iowa 195 31-3 23
25 Saint Mary's 156 23-5 22

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  Long Beach State 132; Baylor 122; Ohio State 120; Texas A&M 117; Oklahoma 69; Duke 63; Cincinnati 53; UC Santa Barbara 51; Utah 34; Pepperdine 24; UC Irvine 24; Notre Dame 21; Ohio 18; Saint Louis 18; New Mexico 15; New Mexico State 14; San Diego State 14; Georgia Tech 13; Rice 8; Michigan State 5; Santa Clara 5; Wisconsin 5; Wichita State 4; Florida International 3; Missouri State 2