Jan. 5, 2000

Chapel Hill, N.C. - The North Carolina volleyball team is ranked no. 21 in the final USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll. The Tar Heels moved up two spots after completing their season with a 28-6 record and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This is the first time in school history that Carolina has concluded a season ranked in the top 25. UNC finishes the season as the highest ranked ACC team in the poll, just ahead of Clemson, which is ranked no. 22.

SEE POLL BELOW

Rank	Team			Votes	Record	Previous
1	Penn State (60)	        1500	36-1	1
2 	Stanford (6)		1429	31-3	2
3	Pacific			1391	32-3	5
4	Long Beach State	1319	31-4	6
5	Florida			1208	33-3	4
6	UC Santa Barbara	1134	29-6	7
7	UCLA			1127	28-4	8
8	Hawai’i		        1114	29-2	3
9	Texas A&M		1049	28-6	13
10	Pepperdine		910	26-4	9
11	Nebraska		892	27-6	10
12	Colorado State		842	30-3	11
13	BYU			840	28-5	12
14	Arizona		        659	21-11	18
15	Northern Iowa		614	30-1	17
16	Minnesota		606	27-9	22
17	Southern California	531	21-9	14
18	Texas			445	22-8	15
19	Kansas State		377	21-9	19
20	Baylor			271	26-9	20
21	North Carolina	        214	28-6	23
22	Clemson		        201	31-3	16
23	Wisconsin		191	22-10	NR
24	San Diego		144	23-6	25
25	Arkansas		120	30-7	24
Others receiving 30 or more points: Illinois (66),
Indiana (42), Michigan State (36), Utah (31)