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THIS WEEK

• With just four weekends remaining in the regular season, Pac-12 women's volleyball begins the final month of league play with a dozen contests on this weekend's calendar.
• Winners of 10 straight, No. 8 Stanford (16-4, 11-1) is in sole possession of first place heading into weekend road tilts at Utah (13-10, 6-6) on Friday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Insider) and Colorado (15-7, 7-5) on Sunday, Nov. 6 at Noon PT (Pac-12 Mountain).
• After a road sweep in Arizona, No. 16 Oregon (15-5, 9-3) surged into second place, but faces a tough test this weekend hosting a pair of squads tied for third place - No. 19 Washington (16-6, 8-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. PT (ORE Live Stream) and Washington State (16-7, 8-4) on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Oregon).
• After the Friday night top-20 showdown with the Ducks, the Huskies will wrap up the weekend with a 2 p.m. PT match at Oregon State, live on Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Oregon and Pac-12 Washington.
• USC (16-7, 8-4), tied for third with the Huskies and Cougars, will look to bounce back with home contests against Arizona State (11-13, 5-7) on Friday at 7 p.m. PT (Livestream) and Arizona on Sunday at 2 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Los Angeles, Pac-12 Arizona).
• Other television broadcasts this weekend include Utah at California (7-15, 0-12) on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Bay Area) and Arizona State at UCLA (11-10, 5-7), also on Sunday at 12 p.m. PT (Pac-12 Arizona, Pac-12 Los Angeles).

LAST WEEK

• No. 8 Stanford took command of the title race with a pair of impressive road wins - a 3-0 sweep at Washington State on Friday and a come-from-behind 3-2 victory against the No. 19 Huskies in Seattle on Sunday.
• The Cardinal, who hold a two-match lead with eight regular season contests remaining, handed the Cougars their first home loss of the season and improved to 12-1 overall on the road - the best mark away from home in the nation in 2022. 
• Stanford’s 10-match winning streak is tied for the second-longest in the country among Power 5 teams, trailing No. 7 Pittsburgh (15) and tied with No. 3 Wisconsin and No. 6 Ohio State. The Cardinal's winning streak is its longest since it won its final 17 matches in 2019 en route to the program's ninth NCAA title.
• No. 16 Oregon picked up a pair of key road wins - 3-1 at Arizona on Friday and a 3-0 sweep at Arizona State Sunday - to climb the standings and sit alone in second place. The Ducks have won five straight and moved up two spots in the AVCA rankings this week with a top-20 matchup against No. 19 Washington looming.
• Joining the Cardinal and Ducks with a 2-0 weekend was Colorado, who took down the Bruins 3-1 on Friday night and upset then-No. 24 USC 3-1 at home. It marked just the third victory for the Buffs over the Trojans in program history, while it was the first time Colorado had swept the LA schools in the same weekend. The Buffs now have two wins over ranked teams in 2022 (beat then-No.19 Illinois 3-0 on Sept. 3).
• Utah’s 3-0 win at home over the Trojans last Friday was its second win over a ranked opponent this year (beat then-No. 15 Washington on Oct. 14).
• Despite a pair of losses last weekend, USC has won 11 of its last 15 matches and sits in a tie for third in the standings with No. 19 Washington and Washington State.
• Six Conference squads split their matchups last weekend - Arizona (L Oregon, W Oregon State, Arizona State (W Oregon State, L Oregon), UCLA (L Colorado, W Utah), Utah (W USC, L UCLA), Washington (W California, L Stanford) and Washington State (L Stanford, W California).

RPI REVEAL

• Stanford moved from fifth to fourth in the most recent NCAA RPI report from Oct. 30, with Oregon 14th, USC 21st and Washington 25th.
• The Pac-12's four teams in the top 25 are second only to the Big Ten (6). 
• Other Conference squads in the top 50 are Colorado (No. 37), Utah (No. 39) and Washington State (No. 43).
• Stanford is 12-1 on the road this season and one of only two schools in the country with double-digit road victories (UNLV has 10).
• The NCAA DI women's volleyball committee revealed its first top 10 on Sunday, Oct. 2 and included a pair of Pac-12 teams in Oregon (7th) and Stanford (8th).
• The Pac-12 is one of three leagues with multiple programs in the initial reveal along with the Big Ten (4) and ACC (2).
• For games through Oct. 29, Stanford sits at eighth and Oregon sits at 10th in the committee’s latest rankings.

THREE IN AVCA TOP 25

• Three Pac-12 women’s volleyball teams are in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Top 25 revealed on Oct. 31 in No. 8 Stanford, No. 16 Oregon and No. 19 Washington. 
• The Ducks were the only Pac-12 team with any movement in the rankings, going from No. 18 to No. 16 this week.
• Washington State is second among a group of eight teams receiving votes (22 points).
• After the big win over USC, Colorado received votes (4) in the poll for the third time this season (17 votes on Sept. 5, 10 votes on Sept. 12).
• Despite the pair of losses, the Trojans still received 13 votes, which was fifth among the eight teams.
• Washington is in the rankings for the 60th consecutive poll (not including fall 2020), a stretch dating back to Nov. 5, 2018.

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK

• The Pac-12 has garnered two GameChanger/AVCA National Player of the Week awards by the American Volleyball Coaches Association this season. Stanford’s Kami Miner earned the honor on Oct. 25, while USC’s Skylar Fields picked up the award on Oct. 11.
• The CAA and SEC are the only other leagues with multiple national players of the week. Last year, the Pac-12 led all conferences with four.

SCHEDULE SPOTLIGHT

• Four of the nation's 20 toughest schedules belong to Pac-12 programs in Stanford (second), Oregon (11th), Utah (13th), USC (18th), a total which is third among all leagues (Big Ten/SEC - 5).
• The Cardinal went 3-3 in both Top 25 and Power 5 matches during a gauntlet non-conference slate with those six matches in succession from Aug. 30-Sept. 17. Other ranked victories for the Conference came from Colorado (3-0) and Washington (3-1) against then-No. 19 Illinois.
• Stanford's three ranked non-conference wins all came on the road - at then-No. 13 Florida (3-2), at then-No. 3 Minnesota (3-1), at then-No. 2 Nebraska (3-1).
• All of Stanford's losses have come against teams currently in the AVCA rankings (No. 1 Texas, No. 5 Louisville, No. 15 Penn State, No. 16 Oregon).

NUMBERS OF NOTE

• Washington's Ella May Powell, the NCAA's active leader in career assists, is currently fifth in Pac-12 history with 5,864 career assists. It's the most career assists for a Pac-12 player in 14 years, since UCLA's Nellie Spicer collected 6,000 from 2005-08. Stanford's Bryn Kehoe is next in front of Powell and fourth in the league's record book (5,956).
• Over the weekend, Powell moved into 10th in Pac-12 history with 157 career service aces, passing former Husky and current Arizona State head coach Sanja Tomasevic, who had 156 from 2002-05. She now sits behind California’s Brook Coulter (1996-99) and Arizona’s Kim Glass (2002-05), who are tied for seventh all-time at 162.
• Washington State's Magda Jehlarova is fourth among active DI players in career total blocks (543) and tied for 20th with Washington’s Lianna Sybeldon (2012-15) in Pac-12 history.
• Oregon State's Izzi Szulczewski is one of 13 players in the country this season with multiple triple doubles. She had 11 kills, 12 assists and 22 digs on Sept. 10 against Portland and 12 kills, 22 assists and 13 digs on Sept. 16 against LSU. Szulczewski is the first in Pac-12 history with multiple triple-doubles in a season since Oregon's August Raskie in 2018 (2).
• Against Colorado on Sept. 30, USC's Mia Tuaniga put up 37 assists, had 10 digs, and served a USC-record 10 aces for her first career triple-double and first for the Trojans since Raquel Lázaro on Sept. 7, 2019 against Northern Iowa (36 assists, 16 digs, 11 blocks).
• The Pac-12 is one of two Power 5 leagues to have multiple players with triple-doubles this season (ACC).
• Tuaniga's 10 aces are the most in the NCAA season and tied with Stanford's Teresa Smith (vs. Illinois State, Oct. 19, 1986) for the second-most in Pac-12 history. Oregon's Lauren Westendorf has the league record of 12 from a match against Seton Hall on Sept. 18, 2004. It's a Pac-12 record for a Conference match, surpassing the nine from California's Gabrielle Abernathy (vs. Arizona State, Sept. 23, 2004) and Brook Coulter (at Oregon, Oct. 16, 1998).
• Stanford’s Elia Rubin garnered her fourth consecutive Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor on Oct. 31 and fifth overall in 2022, matching the five by Oregon's Mimi Colyer this season as the freshmen phenoms have split the 10 awards this year. Rubin is the sixth in Conference history to win five Freshman of the Week awards, while Rubin and Colyer are the first since 2015 (Hayley Hodson, STAN - 2015). USC's Ebony Nwanebu won the honor a record six times in 2013.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS - TEAM

• Washington (.294, 7th), Oregon (.288, 11th), USC (.287, 13th) and Stanford (.284, 14th) are all in the top 15 nationally in hitting percentage. 
• The Pac-12’s four teams in the top 15 are double the number of teams from any other league (WCC - 2).
• The Pac-12 also has two of the NCAA's top 10 when it comes to blocks per set in Stanford (2.82, 8th) and Colorado (2.79, 10th).
• In assists per set, Oregon is seventh nationally (13.31), Stanford is eighth (13.30), USC is 17th (13.14) and Washington is 20th (13.07). The Pac-12’s four teams in the top 20 are the most of any conference.
• Stanford (14.25, 8th), Oregon (14.10, 15th) and Washington (14.01, 21st) are also three of the best when it comes to kills per set.

AMONG THE NCAA LEADERS - INDIVIDUAL

• Colorado's Meegan Hart is fifth (.430) and Washington's Marin Grote 13th (.410) in the country in hitting percentage, two of just 18 players at .400 or better.
• The Conference also boasts three of the nation's top 15 in assists per set - USC's Mia Tuaniga (11.33, 7th), Stanford's Kami Miner (11.19, 10th) and Washington's Ella May Powell (10.95, 15th) - and two of the top 11 in blocks per set - Stanford's Sami Francis (1.45, 10th) and Washington State’s Magda Jehlarova (1.43, 11th).
• USC's Skylar Fields is fifth in kills per set (5.09), while Utah's Madelyn Robinson sits in 10th (4.67). In points per set, Fields is eighth (5.48), Robinson is 17th (5.01) and Stanford’s Kendall Kipp is 18th (5.00).

PRESEASON POLL REVISIT

• As league play continues, a reminder of the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll order, which had the Huskies on top for the fifth time (2021, 2017, 2009, 2005).
• The preseason favorite has gone on to win the league title 21 times in the 36 years of Pac-12 women’s volleyball, including UW last season and in the Huskies' national championship season of 2005.

NONCONFERENCE WRAP

• Pac-12 programs closed non-conference play at 84-37 (.694), fourth-best among all leagues (Big Ten .729; Big 12 .734; ACC .706), and an improvement over last season's 78-36 mark (.684).
• With Stanford's victory at then-No. 2 Nebraska on Tuesday, Sept. 13, the Pac-12 moved to a combined 5-18 versus Top 25 opponents and 16-16 against Power 5 foes in non-league play in 2022 (8-5 vs. Big Ten; 4-4 vs. SEC; 3-3 vs. ACC; 1-4 vs. Big 12).
• The Pac-12 is one of four leagues with .500 or better non-conference records against Power 5 opponents (Big 12 .643; ACC .538; Big Ten .500).
• The Conference went 8-5 against the Big Ten in August and September, one of six winning records one Power 5 league had against another (ACC 7-4 vs. Big Ten; ACC 10-8 vs. SEC; Big 12 6-1 vs. ACC; Big 12 4-1 vs. Pac-12; Big Ten 10-1 vs. SEC).

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

• Pac-12 institutions have won 17 of the 41 all-time NCAA championships in women’s volleyball, four more than the next closest conference (Big Ten), and four of the past 11.
• The Conference has had at least five teams earn NCAA Tournament bids in 23 consecutive seasons and eight postseason berths in five of the past nine 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 21 NCAA championship matches have included at least one Pac-12 program.
• At least one Pac-12 team has played in 27 of the 41 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 five years of the NCAA tournament.
• Since 2010, the Pac-12 has the second-most NCAA Tournament berths of any league with 88.
• The Pac-12 has had 10 or more first, second and third-team All-America selections in 13 of the last 17 seasons. Thirteen former Pac-12 players have earned first, second or third-team All-America honors four times, while 27 players have earned All-America honors three times, with Ella May Powell (Washington) 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 46 years of existence, including eight of the past 11. 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) 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE (Full Schedule)

2022 PAC-12 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL WEEKLY AWARDS

2022 GAMECHANGER/AVCA NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK