The Nebraska volleyball team is now 4-0 in Big 12 play. In the past, those four wins might have been sweeps. It's different this year. The Huskers have won all four of their Big 12 matches 3-1.

The Huskers were in danger at Iowa State Saturday. The Cyclones very nearly won the third set to take a 2-1 lead. Who knows what would have happened if Christy Johnosn's team had done that. We might now be talking about the Huskers' first loss of the season.

But Nebraska held on. This year's team is nothing if not resilient. Next up Wednesday is a road match at cellar-dweller Texas Tech and a match Saturday at the NU Coliseum against Colorado. We may see a sweep or maybe even two this week.

Former Husker All-American Tracy Stalls is helping out this season. Stalls is still finishing her degree, so NCAA rules say she's eligible to work with the Huskers as a student coach. Her job is to tutor freshman middle blocker Allison McNeal.

“Her main role is to mentor Allison McNeal,” NU coach John Cook said. “I just say, ‘Allison, here’s Tracy. Do what she does. Follow her around.’

“So she mentors her and then she’s great support to be around the girls as part of our support system. She’ll pull players aside. She’s been through the wars. She knows what it takes and she has a great perspective. They have a lot of respect for her.”

The second CBS Sports/AVCA Coaches poll is out and the Huskers are still No. 2 behind Penn State. Penn State got all 60 of the first-place votes. The Huskers, who won three matches at the Cal Poly Invitational over the weekend, received 1,427 points in the poll after getting 1,411 a week ago.

Here's a look at the latest ratings:

CBS College Sports/AVCA Top 25

Team Pts W-L

1. Penn State (60) 1,500 6-0

2. Nebraska 1,427 6-0

3. Texas 1,365 3-1

4. California 1,309 5-0

5. UCLA 1,242 5-1

6. Southern Cal 1,147 3-2

7. Stanford 1,126 4-2

8. Florida 1,110 4-0

9. Washington 1,056 4-0

10. Hawaii 932 4-2

11. Minnesota 774 5-1

12. Oregon 733 5-1

13. Middle Tennessee 653 6-0

14. Wisconsin 641 5-1

15. Purdue 585 6-0

16. Cal Poly 545 4-2

17. Illinois 505 5-1

18. Wichita St. 421 8-0

19. Kansas St. 401 6-1

20. San Diego 369 5-1

21. Colorado St. 293 5-1

22. Long Beach St. 227 5-1

23. BYU 241 5-1

24. Pepperdine 189 6-0

25. Michigan 172 6-0

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: LSU 141; Saint Louis 134; Iowa State 43; Utah 34; Miami (OH) 25; New Mexico State 25; St. John's 24; Santa Clara 22; Western Kentucky 12; Clemson 9; Georgia Tech 3; Arizona 3.