Last week’s No. 4 Penn State dropped five spots with an 0-2 Big Ten opening weekend, the Nittany Lions first such start since 2000. Penn State fell to Minnesota (VolleyMob #8/AVCA #7) on Wednesday and was stunned by Ohio State on Sunday.

That opened up a spot in the top five and Wisconsin claimed it, moving up from No. 6 to No. 5 after besting Ohio State and Rutgers.

BYU, Stanford and Nebraska held pat in the top three positions, while Texas edged up to No. 4 from No. 5.

The Cougars cruised past Pacific and also swept Saint Mary’s. The Cardinal swept Cal in their Pac-12 opener and added a four-set win over Arizona on Sunday. The Huskers handed previously undefeated Michigan its first loss on Wednesday and topped Michigan State in four sets.

Two teams – Alabama and San Diego – dropped out of the top 25. Colorado and Arizona out of the Pac-12 grabbed the open spots, joining the poll at No. 23 and No. 24 respectively.

Colorado outlasted Utah on Wednesday and was edged by USC on Sunday. Arizona swept rival Arizona State on Thursday and took a set off of No. 2 Stanford on Sunday.

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2018 Record Previous Week 1 BYU (59) 1595 12-0 1 2 Stanford (5) 1541 10-1 2 3 Nebraska 1452 11-1 3 4 Texas 1356 6-3 5 5 Wisconsin 1325 9-1 6 6 Minnesota 1302 8-2 7 7 Illinois 1242 13-0 8 8 Pittsburgh 1125 13-0 9 9 Penn State 1045 9-3 4 10 Creighton 954 10-4 10 11 Florida 909 11-3 11 12 Oregon 860 9-3 12 T-13 Southern California 820 10-3 14 T-13 Washington 820 10-2 13 15 Cal Poly 746 13-1 15 16 Purdue 646 12-1 16 17 Michigan 572 12-1 18 18 UCLA 565 6-3 17 19 Kentucky 487 7-4 20 20 Marquette 365 10-4 21 21 Baylor 302 9-4 19 22 Washington State 234 9-3 22 23 Colorado 163 9-4 NR 24 Arizona 76 12-2 NR 25 Utah 60 8-5 23

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Louisville 52; Missouri 27; Oregon State 26; Colorado State 23; Ohio State 23; Alabama 16; San Diego 14; East Tennessee State 10; Loyola Marymount 8; Texas Tech 7; Northern Iowa 6; Kansas State 5; Michigan State 4; St. Mary’s (Ca.) 4

Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 18 combined points.

Dropped Out: Alabama 25; San Diego 24