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The University of Wisconsin volleyball team accomplished a first for the program Monday, earning the No. 1 ranking in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.

The Badgers (14-1) moved up one spot after beating Rutgers and Illinois last week. While UW has never been at the top of the coaches poll, it has ranked second eight times, including three weeks this season.

Minnesota (13-2) dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 this week after a five-set loss to Penn State. The Badgers and Gophers will meet on Wednesday night at the UW Field House.

With a huge match coming up and a long season ahead, coach Kelly Sheffield isn’t too worked up about his team’s ranking.

“You better be spending very little amount of attention on that,” he said. “It’s a non-factor because of what’s in front of us. We won’t even talk about it in practice. We don’t talk when we’ve been unranked or second or 12th or whatever. We just don’t ever talk about it.”