Nebraska's next two matches are against teams ranked higher

The Nebraska volleyball team has quite a week ahead. In the AVCA poll released Monday, both of the Huskers' upcoming opponents were ranked inside the top five. Stanford, which will be in Lincoln on Wednesday, checked in at No.

2 and Louisville, where NU plays Sunday, is No. 4. The Huskers are No.



5 again this week after going 3-0 last week. Nebraska is 8-1 this season with wins against four teams ranked in this week's poll: Kentucky (No. 9), TCU (No.

23), Creighton (No. 9) and Arizona State (No. 14).

Nebraska received one first-place vote in the poll. SMU, which handed NU its only loss so far, broke into the poll at No. 22.

Pittsburgh (6-0) remained No. 1 in the poll, followed by, in order: Stanford, Penn State, Louisville, Nebraska, Purdue, Wisconsin, Texas, Creighton and Kansas. Nebraska and Stanford will play at 7 p.

m. Wednesday at the Devaney Sports Center. That match will be broadcast on Big Ten Network.

On Sunday, the Huskers play Louisville at 11:30 a.m. on ABC.

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