rankeThe University of Minnesota volleyball team is ranked 14th in this week's edition of the USA Today/AVCA Division I volleyball poll. The Golden Gophers move up one spot from 15th, where they were ranked in the preseason poll.

Minnesota was 2-1 in the opening weekend of the 2001 season, defeating Radford and Virginia while losing to Stanford in the Jefferson Cup Invitational in Charlottesville, Va. The Cardinal is ranked ninth in this week's poll. Nebraska, despite having its 37-match winning streak stopped by Long Beach State last Saturday, remains the top team in the poll, followed by the 49ers. Other Big Ten teams that are ranked besides the Gophers are Wisconsin (3rd), Penn State (4th) and Ohio State (17th).

The Golden Gophers open their 2001 home season with a match against Marquette (2-1) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion.

USA TODAY/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll #1, September 3, 2001 Rank School (First-Place Votes) Points Record Last Week 1 Nebraska (24) 1562 3-1 1 2 Long Beach State (28) 1527 2-0 8 3 Wisconsin (4) 1430 4-1 4 4 Penn State (7) 1391 3-0 3 5 Arizona (1) 1335 3-0 6 6 USC (1) 1328 1-1 2 7 UCLA 1224 3-0 7 8 Pacific 1211 5-1 12 9 Stanford 1143 3-0 10 10 Hawai'i 1022 2-3 5 11 Florida 988 2-1 9 12 Colorado State 891 3-0 14 13 UC Santa Barbara 744 0-2 13 14 Minnesota 682 2-1 15 15 Pepperdine 673 3-0 17 16 BYU 654 2-1 11 17 Ohio State 644 3-0 16 18 Texas A&M 588 4-0 18 19 Utah 399 3-0 21 20 Notre Dame 371 3-0 20 21 South Carolina 358 3-0 23 22 Kansas State 265 1-2 19 23 Colorado 166 3-0 NR 24 Santa Clara 136 3-1 22 25 Texas 116 3-0 NR Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Washington State (60), Michigan State (60), Georgia Tech (41), Louisville (35), North Carolina (27), Loyola Marymount (23), Northern Iowa (10), Baylor (6), San Jose State (6), Missouri (6), Cal Poly (3).