Nebraska volleyball team was rated No. 7 in the preseason CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Top 25 poll released on Tuesday.

Defending national champion Penn State, with six starters returning, was a runaway No. 1 pick as it received 59 of the 60 first-place votes. Nebraska received the other first-place vote.


Stanford, Nebraska's season-opening opponent and NCAA runner-up the past two years, is No. 2 with Texas No. 3. Southern Cal, another final four team last year that is NU's second opponent on Aug. 30, is fourth with California fifth and UCLA sixth.

CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Top 25

Team Pts. 2007 rec.

1. Penn State (59) 1,498 34-2

2. Stanford 1,431 32-3

3. Texas 1,360 27-4

4. Southern Cal 1,229 29-5

5.California 1,214 26-8

6. UCLA 1,188 23-11

7. Nebraska (1) 1,161 30-2

8. Forida 1,025 29-3

9. Washington 944 27-4

10. Cal Poly 849 23-8

11. Oregon 797 22-11

12. Hawaii 781 27-6

13. Wisconsin 765 26-5

14. Kansas St. 655 23-9

15. Mid. Tennessee 479 35-3

16. Minnesota 446 18-13

17. Colorado St. 363 23-8

18. Iowa State 327 19-14

19. Clemson 303 29-4

20. BYU 292 24-8

21. LSU 276 25-8

22. San Diego 271 21-8

23. New Mexico St. 229 26-6

24. Long Beach St. 220 26-7

25. Purdue 190 19-14.

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: St. John's 180; Michigan 177; Pepperdine 113; Dayton 98; Michigan State 80; Louisville 66; Santa Clara 65; Ohio 62; Texas A&M 55; Utah 45; Illinois 44; Missouri 42; Tulane 38; Arizona 31; Duke 18; Kentucky 16; Oklahoma 15; Wichita State 14; Georgia Tech 8; Western Kentucky 6.