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Week three of Pac-12 play saw No. 3 Stanford extend its league winning streak to 24 straight dating back to last season after finishing out its weekend road slate with a hard-fought top-five win at No. 4 Washington State. Despite the loss by the Cougars, the top five of the AVCA Poll remained unchanged with Stanford staying at No. 3, Washington State at No. 4 and Oregon at No. 5, marking the latest in the season the Pac-12 has had three top-five teams since 2014. Meanwhile the Sun Devils, who are just one of six teams in the country with one or fewer losses, moved into the top 20 in the poll after ASU's first weekend sweep of the LA schools since 2010. No. 19 Arizona State will travel to the Pacific Northwest for matches at Oregon State and the league's lone ranked matchup of week four, a Sunday showdown at No. 5 Oregon live on Pac-12 Oregon at 12 p.m. PT.

LAST WEEK

• With the wins at Washington and No. 4 Washington State last weekend, the Cardinal not only extended a Pac-12 winning streak to 24, which dates back to last season when they fell to Oregon on the first weekend of conference play on Sept. 25, 2022, they also kept their road record on the season perfect at 9-0. Stanford swept the Pac-12 Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week awards after the big weekend. Senior Caitie Baird earned her fourth career offensive honor after hitting .486 with 18 kills on 35 swings with just one error in the win over the Cougars, while senior Elena Oglivie picked up her seventh career defensive nod with a season-high 27 digs - one off her career high - at WSU.
• Prior to the tough loss to the Cardinal, No. 4 Washington State had started the weekend with a dominant 3-0 sweep against California, extending its winning streak to 14 before that came to an end against Stanford. While the Cardinal ultimately won 3-1, the match was much closer than the score would indicate as the first two sets went to 31-29 and 29-27, respectively with only a matter of points ultimately deciding the match. At 15-2, WSU's only two losses this season have been against top-three ranked foes.
• No. 5 Oregon took care of business at the Mountain schools, dispatching Colorado (3-0) and Utah (3-1) to improve the Ducks' road record to 7-0 in 2023.
• Then-No. 23 Arizona State put an end to USC's nine-match winning streak, taking down the Trojans in a thrilling five-setter in Tempe to open the weekend. The Sun Devils followed it up with a 3-0 sweep over the Bruins, their first sweep over UCLA since 2009, to mark just the third time in program history ASU had beat both LA schools on the same weekend (first since 2010). The performances helped Arizona State climb four spots in the rankings to No. 19, its highest ranking since 2015.
• Washington split the weekend with a loss to No. 3 Stanford and a win over the Bears. UW's Kierstyn Barton garnered her first Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors after averaging 3.67 kills per set on .250 hitting and 4.0 points per set across the two matches, which included leading all Huskies with 15 kills on .294 hitting against the Cardinal.
• Arizona, Colorado, Utah and USC all managed to split their weekends as well. The Buffs and Utes each picked up their wins over Oregon State to go along with their defeats to the Ducks, while Arizona notched its first Pac-12 win after taking down UCLA to start the weekend and USC bounced back from its loss to ASU to best Arizona. 
• Oregon State, California and UCLA were the three Pac-12 squads to come up empty on the weekend.

THIS WEEK

• Week four of Pac-12 action will feature another six contests on Friday, October 13 and six more on Sunday, October 15 with 10 of 12 matchups airing across Pac-12 Networks.
• No. 4 Washington State hosts Utah Friday at 6 p.m. PT to kick off the weekend slate. The Cougars will end the weekend in Pullman against Colorado at 12 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Mountain. Washington and Colorado will meet Friday at 7 p.m. in Seattle on Pac-12 Insider and the Huskies will host Utah on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Washington.
• No. 19 Arizona State travels north to take on Oregon State on Friday at 7 p.m. before the big top-20 matchup with Oregon on Sunday at 12 p.m. on Pac-12 Oregon. Arizona will begin the weekend Friday against the Ducks at 7 p.m. PT in Eugene on Pac-12 Arizona and Oregon and finish out the road trip at Oregon State on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Arizona. 
• UCLA and USC will face in-state foes in week four as they head to the Bay Area. UCLA will be at California on Friday at 7 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Los Angeles, while USC and No. 3 Stanford will square off at Maples Pavilion in the nightcap Friday at 8 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Network. The Cardinal will conclude the weekend hosting UCLA on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT on Pac-12 Bay Area and Los Angeles, while USC and California will meet for a 2 p.m. PT showdown live on Pac-12 Network.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)

RPI REVEAL

• In the second RPI update of the 2023 season on October 9, three Pac-12 teams rank in the top eight and four are in the top 13.
• For a second consecutive week, the three in the top-10 and the four squads in the top 15 are the most of any conference in the nation.
• Stanford moved up to No. 2 after the win in Pullman, with Washington State at No. 5, Oregon at No. 8 and Arizona State at No. 13. 
• Washington is the next highest Pac-12 team at No. 30 with USC and California close behind at No. 40 and No. 42, respectively.
• UCLA sits at No. 59, Colorado at No. 64, Utah at No. 74, Arizona at No. 88 and Oregon State at No. 191.

FOUR IN LATEST AVCA TOP 25

• For the third straight week, four Pac-12 teams appeared in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 poll with all four in the top 20 now. The three in the top-five remained unchanged - No. 3 Stanford, No. 4 Washington State and No. 5 Oregon - while Arizona State moved up four spots to No. 19, the Sun Devils' third straight week in the poll after entering the top 25 for the first time since 2018. 
• The three top-10 teams for the Pac-12 are the most of any conference in the nation.
• The Pac-12 has three teams in the top five for the second straight week. This is the latest in the season three Pac-12 teams have appeared in the top five since Oregon was 2, Washington was 3 and USC was 5 on October 1, 2012.
• The Cardinal held down the No. 3 spot after the big road wins at Washington and No. 4 Washington State. 
• Washington State was not punished for its close home loss to the Cardinal, remaining at 4 and still the highest ranking in program history, which bested the previous high of No. 5 back in October of 1995. After starting the season at No. 17, the Cougars have made the biggest jump of any team this season, moving up 13 spots over the first seven weeks. The week-three jump from No. 11 to No. 7 was the Cougars' first time in the top 10 since 2016.
• Oregon also stayed solid in the No. 5 spots after dominant road wins at Colorado and Utah. 
• With its sweep over the LA schools over the weekend, ASU continued to rise for a third straight week, moving up four spots to crack the top 20 at No. 19. 
• USC, despite the road loss to the Trojans, continued to receive votes with 45 this week. 

NCAA D1 TOP 10 RANKINGS

• The NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee revealed its first top-10 in-season rankings of 2023 on Sunday, Sept. 24. Three Pac-12 teams appeared in the top-10 with Stanford at No. 4, Washington State at No. 6 and Oregon at No. 7. 
• The Big 10 also has three teams in the top-10 in No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 2 Nebraska and No. 10 Minnesota.
• Sunday's reveal was one of two in-season rankings scheduled for this year. The next top 10 will be announced during an Oct. 29 match between Washington and Oregon on ESPN2.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS (Team)

• Through seven weeks, four Pac-12 teams rank in the top 25 in hitting percentage. Stanford is second in the nation (.319), followed by Arizona State in fifth (.306), Washington State in eighth (.299) and Oregon in 13th (.284).
• Three teams are in the top 25 in kills per set, with Stanford at two (14.79), Oregon at 13th (13.97) and Washington State at 25th (13.75).
• Oregon is the league's top-ranked blocks per set squad at seventh (2.94), with Stanford the next best at ninth (2.85), Colorado in 13th (2.79) and UCLA in 22nd (2.65). 
• Arizona State is 10th in the country with 2.10 aces per set, followed by Stanford in 12th at 2.02 per set and Washington in 15th at 1.98 ace per set.
• Stanford continues to lead the country in assists per set (13.96) with Oregon in ninth (13.02) and USC in 22nd (12.80). 
• Defensively, Oregon is top 10 in opponent hitting percentage at .149.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS (Individual)

• Colorado's Avery Bolles ranks 36th in aces per set at 0.48.
• Three rank in the top-20 in assists per set - Stanford's Kami Miner leads the country (11.96), Oregon's Hannah Pukis is 10th (10.82) and Washington State's Argentina Ung is 20th (10.59).
• USC's Skylar Fields is seventh in the country in attacks per set (12.09).
• Oregon's Kara McGhee is 12th in the country in blocks per set (1.42), followed by Colorado's Skyy Howard in 18th (1.39), Washington State's Magda Jehlarova in 19th (1.39) and Stanford's McKenna Vicini is 24th (1.37).
• WSU's Jehlarova ranks 11th in hitting percentage (.430) followed by in Oregon's McGhee in 13th (.429) and Stanford's Sami Francis in 15th (.426).
• USC's Fields owns the Pac-12's top kills per set average at 5.02, which ranks third in the country. Stanford's Kendall Kipp is 16th (4.33), Arizona State's Marta Levinska is 21st (4.23) and California Maggie Li is 23rd (4.17).
• USC's Fields also has the conference's top points per set mark at 5.42, which is sixth in the nation, while Stanford's Kipp ranks 10th at 5.18 and ASU's Levinska is 17th at 5.01.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Arizona State (17-1) is of just six teams in the country with either zero losses or one loss with the Sun Devils' 17 wins the second-most only behind The Citadel, who has 18.
• Stanford, who played six ranked teams out of nine non-conference games, has the third-toughest schedule in the country through the first seven weeks. Arizona is the next highest with the 16th-toughest schedule.
• Washington State fifth year senior Magda Jehlarova is the NCAA's active career leader for total blocks with 679. Earlier this season, Jehlarova officially became Washington State's all-time blocks leader, breaking the old mark of 615 set by former Cougar Carrie Couturier from 1988-91. With seven over last weekend, Jehlarova moved into second place in Pac-12 history and needs just 78 to break the conference's all-time career record for blocks. Oregon's Kara McGhee, a transfer from Baylor, is second on the active list with 613.
• On Oct. 2, Jehlarova earned her second Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week award of the season and the 10th of her career, giving her 11 combined defensive and offensive weekly awards to set a new conference record for most career weekly honors, surpassing former Washington standout Krista Vansant (2011-14). 
• USC's Skyar Fields ranks second on the active career leader list for kills with 1,845 total.
• Oregon's Hannah Pukis ranks second on the active career list for total assists with 4,666, while Stanford's Kami Miner is currently fifth in the NCAA with an 11.53 career assists per set mark.
• Cal freshman Maggie Li, who earned her fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Oct. 2, became the first freshman in Pac-12 history to start the season with three consecutive Pac-12 freshman weekly nods. She is also the first ever Bear to earn a weekly award in three consecutive weeks. Currently, she ranks first among all NCAA freshmen with 4.17 kills per set (4th Pac-12/24th NCAA) and 4.75 points per set (5th Pac-12/30th NCAA), as well as second among NCAA freshmen with 263 kills (2nd Pac-12/24th NCAA) and 299.0 points (3rd Pac-12/28th NCAA).

NON-CONFERENCE WRAP

• Pac-12 programs closed non-conference play at 96-31 (.756), the best mark among all leagues in 2023 (ACC .741, SEC .731; Big 12 .707; Big 10 .671), and a marked improvement over the last two seasons - 84-37 (.694) in 2022 and 78-36 (.684) in 2021.
• The Pac-12 went 11-8 overall against opponents ranked in the Top-25 of the AVCA Poll, with its top-three ranked teams - Stanford, Oregon and Washington State, going 10-4 against ranked foes. The four losses all came against top-10 opponents, while eight of the 10 wins came on the road or at neutral sites.
• USC added a ranked win on the road, taking down No. 17 Purdue on the final weekend of non-conference play.

PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM

• The Pac-12 announced the 2023 Women's Volleyball Preseason All-Conference Team ahead of the upcoming season. 14 of the 15 members of the team were All-Pac-12 or All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention selections in 2022.
• Stanford led the way with six selections - three of which were individual award winners a year ago, reigning Pac-12 Player of the Year Kendall Kipp, Setter of the Year Kami Miner and Libero of the Year Elena Oglivie. Caitie Baird, Elia Rubin and Sami Francis rounded on the Cardinal on the list.  
• Washington State saw three voted onto the team in Magda Jehlarova, Pia Timmer and Arizona State transfer Iman Isanovic.
• Oregon (Mimi Colyer, Hannah Pukis) and USC (Skylar Fields, Mia Tuaniga) collected two selections apiece while Arizona State (Marta Levinska) and UCLA (Anna Dodson) had one each.

STAR POWER RETURNING

• Every 2022 Pac-12 individual award winner is back in 2023 - Player of the year Kendall Kipp (Stanford); Freshman of the Year Mimi Colyer (Oregon); Setter of the Year Kami Miner (Stanford); and Libero of the Year Elena Oglivie (Stanford). 
• 12 of 18 All-Pac-12 selections return highlighted by four-time All-Pac-12 honoree Magda Jehlárová (Washington State).
• Four of five 2022 AVCA First Team All-Americans return in 2023 (Skylar Fields, USC; Magda Jehlarova, WSU; Kendall Kipp, STAN; Kami Miner (STAN); 2022 AVCA Second Team All-American Hannah Pukis (ORE) and third-team selection and AVCA National Freshman of the Year Mimi Colyer is also back for the Ducks. 2022 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selections Elena Oglivie (STAN) and Mia Tuaniga (USC) return as well.

NEW COACHING FACES

Half the league has a new face on the sideline as the Pac-12 will have six new head coaches in 2023 - two of which are alums of the programs they are taking over.

• Arizona: Charita Stubbs, who played at Arizona from 1992-94, takes over after the retirement of longtime head coach Dave Rubio. Stubbs was the first player in Arizona history to record 300 kills, 300 digs and 100 blocks in one season and helped the program to back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances.
• Arizona State: JJ Van Niel comes to Tempe after servicing as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Utah and USC for the past eight years.
• California: Crissy Jones Schoonderwoerd takes over as the interim head coach after former head man Sam Crosson resigned in July. Jones Schoonderwoerd is no stranger to the Pac-12 as she was an AVCA All-American and a three-time All-Pac-12 performer at Washington (2014-17), helping the Huskies to a pair of Elite Eight appearances.
• Oregon State: Lindsey Behonick is new to the Pac-12 but brings a wealth of experience after serving as an assistant coach at Pittsburgh for the last 10 years. Pitt is fresh off back-to-back Final Four appearances and Behonick helped the program win four ACC Championships and compile a 258-62 record during her time there.
• UCLA: After helping guide San Diego to a Final Four appearance last season as an assistant coach, Alfee Reft becomes just the fourth Bruin head coach in UCLA history. He previously served as an assistant coach at Illinois and Minnesota and currently serves as a season assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team.
• Washington: Leslie Gabriel is the other alum to take over the program where she played. From 1995-1998 Gabriel was one of the best blockers in Pac-12 history and is third all-time in the Huskies’ record book with 613. Gabriel will get the chance to lead the Huskies after being on UW’s staff through multiple head coaches since 2001, helping the Huskies to 21 straight NCAA tournament appearances and the 2005 National Championship.

HOW TO WATCH

• The league's teams will be featured 97 times this season across Pac-12 Networks and Pac-12 Insider, which is available on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app, as well as eight partner platforms, including Local Now, Redbox, Samsung TV Plus, Sling, Sportstribal, The Roku Channel, Vizio Xumo, Sling and Tubi.
• ESPN will also televise three Pac-12 matches on their networks – Nebraska at Stanford on Sept. 12, Stanford at Oregon on Oct. 22 and Oregon at Washington on Oct. 29.
• For a full television schedule, visit pac-12.com.

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

• Pac-12 institutions have won 17 of the 42 all-time NCAA championships in women’s volleyball, four more than the next closest conference (Big Ten), and four of the past 12.
• The Conference has had at least five teams earn NCAA Tournament bids in 24 consecutive seasons and eight postseason berths in five of the past 10 tournaments.
• Four different Pac-12 teams have won at least one NCAA title (UCLA, USC, Stanford, Washington), double any other conference. The Big Ten (Nebraska, Penn State) and Big West (Hawaii, Long Beach State) are the only other leagues with multiple NCAA champions.
• Seven different Pac-12 programs have made NCAA semifinal appearances since 2001 and 14 of the past 22 NCAA championship matches have included at least one Pac-12 program.
• At least one Pac-12 team has played in 27 of the 42 NCAA title matches all-time, the most of any league. At least one Big Ten team has been in 22 NCAA finals all-time and a Big West team has played in the title match nine times.
• Five NCAA title matches have been between two Pac-12 teams (2002, 1994, 1992, 1984, 1981). The only other conference to have an all-conference NCAA title match is the Big Ten, which has done so three times (2021, 2013, 2000).
• A Pac-12 team has been one of the final four teams in all but six years of the NCAA tournament.
• Since 2010, the Pac-12 has the second-most NCAA Tournament berths of any league with 94.
• The Pac-12 has had 10 or more first, second and third-team All-America selections in 13 of the last 18 seasons. Thirteen former Pac-12 players have earned first, second or third-team All-America honors four times, while 30 players have earned All-America honors three times, with Magda Jehlarova (Washington State) garnering her third nod last season.
• Since 1990, Pac-12 players garnered AVCA Player of the Year honors 15 times, including the seven of the last 12  - California’s Carli Lloyd (2010), USC’s Alex Jupiter (2011), Oregon’s Alaina Bergsma (2012), Washington’s Krista Vansant (2013), USC’s Samantha Bricio (2015) and Stanford’s Kathryn Plummer (2017 and 2018). Overall, the Pac-12 has produced 16 student-athletes that have won AVCA Player of the Year, the most of any league. Thirteen Big Ten student-athletes have earned the honor, along with 10 from the Big West and one each from the Big 12 and WCC.
• The Honda Sports Award for volleyball has been bestowed upon a Pac-12 athlete 21 times in its 47 years of existence, including eight of the past 12. The Big Ten has had 11 student-athletes earn the honor, the Big West seven, the SEC two and the Big 12, WCC, A-10 and MWC each one.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS (Expanded Standings) 

2023 PAC-12 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY AWARDS