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Volleyball Ranked 24th in Preseason AVCA Poll

TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona Volleyball will start the season in the AVCA Top 25, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday. The Wildcats are No. 24 in the preseason rankings.

Arizona finished 2018 tied for 25th in the final AVCA Top 25 a season ago; UA was ranked in the final 11 polls of the season.

All-time, the Wildcats have now spent 326 weeks in the AVCA Top 25, which ranks 10th in the NCAA. This marks the third time in the last five years that Arizona has been ranked in the top 25. 

Arizona is one of six Pac-12 teams in the poll, joining Stanford (#1), Oregon (#11), Washington (#13), USC (#14) and Washington State (#22). In addition to the five other Pac-12 opponents, Arizona is also scheduled to play No. 2 Nebraska (9/6).

Arizona returns all four starters and 11 total players from a 22-win team a season ago, when the Wildcats appeared in their eighth NCAA Tournament in the last 10 years. Those 11 returners are joined by four newcomers -- three freshmen and one junior transfer. 

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2019 Preseason AVCA Top 25
Rank School (First Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted
1 Stanford (62) 1598
2 Nebraska (1) 1451
3 Minnesota 1414
4 Texas 1385
5 Wisconsin 1329
6 Illinois 1258
7 Kentucky 1204
8 Penn State (1) 1182
9 BYU 1111
10 Florida 1028
11 Oregon 934
12 Pittsburgh 827
13 Washington 797
14 Southern California 664
15 Michigan 645
16 Marquette 596
17 Purdue 571
18 Creighton 457
19 Tennessee 438
20 Baylor 407
21 San Diego 313
22 Washington State 289
23 Cal Poly 213
24 Arizona 157
25 Louisville 120
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