The Nebraska Cornhuskers have regained their throne as the undisputed #1 team in the land – a title they held for the first 5 weeks of the season – in the latest October 31st AVCA polls.

The Cornhuskers, one of only two 1-loss teams left in Division 1 (#24 Dayton being the other), has proven their mettle after a small hiccup on the first of this month against Ohio State. In the time since, the Huskers have rattled off 8 straight wins, including 24 of 27 sets they’ve played, against 5 teams ranked in the top 25. That included avenging their loss against Ohio State – this time on the road.

While Nebraska continued at #1, the top 5 saw a big shakeup after the Kansas Jayhawks won their first game against conference rivals Texas since 2003 on Saturday – bumping Kansas up 2 spots and Texas down 3. That means the Big Ten is once again 1-2-3 in the national polls.

The North Carolina Tar Heels, meanwhile, fell out of the top 10 after a 3-2 loss on the road against unranked Pitt on Sunday. That was UNC’s first loss of the 2016 ACC season.

Two new teams joined the top 25 this week – Dayton, who by win percentage has the best record in the country; enters the polls at 24th, while Creighton enters tied for 25th with USC. The Creighton women were ranked in the AVCA’s pre-season polls, but quickly fell out of favor after 6 losses in their non-conference schedule. They’ve run through Big East play at 12-0 so far, though, dropping only 3 sets in those 12 matches.

Only Illinois, after losses to #1 Michigan and unranked Iowa, fell out of this week’s top 25 (which is technically-speaking a top 26 because of the tie). The Missouri women were on the verge of breaking into the top 25, but dropped their first game of the season last Wednesday – a 3-1 road defeat to the formerly-ranked Texas A&M Aggies on the road.

RANK SCHOOL POINTS RECORD PREVIOUS 1 Nebraska (64) 1600 20-1 1 2 Minnesota 1522 17-4 3 3 Wisconsin 1461 18-3 4 4 Kansas 1400 20-2 6 5 Texas 1331 17-3 2 6 Florida 1264 21-2 9 7 San Diego 1158 19-3 5 8 Washington 1060 19-3 7 9 UCLA 1030 18-4 12 10 Florida State 989 18-3 11 11 Penn State 900 17-6 10 12 North Carolina 871 19-3 8 13 Stanford 841 14-6 17 14 BYU 829 20-3 16 15 Hawai’i 778 16-5 14 16 Michigan State 736 19-5 15 17 Michigan 456 18-6 13 18 Kentucky 418 18-5 22 19 Utah 390 16-7 21 20 Oregon 353 15-6 20 21 Western Kentucky 295 24-2 23 22 Ohio State 284 15-9 19 23 Washington State 254 17-7 18 24 Dayton 134 24-1 NR T-25 Creighton 120 18-6 NR T-25 Southern California 120 15-8 24

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Missouri 68; Purdue 50; Illinois 37; Arizona 14; Colorado 13; Iowa 9; Texas A&M 4

Seven teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 14 combined points.

Dropped Out: Illinois 24