Oct. 26, 1999

Chapel Hill, N.C. - The North Carolina volleyball team is again ranked no. 25 in the latest USA Today/AVCA Coaches Poll. The Tar Heels maintain their ranking from last week after a hard-fought five-game loss to No. 14 Clemson and a four-game victory over Georgia Tech. Carolina is now 18-4 overall, 9-1 in the ACC and tied for first in the conference with Clemson.

UNC will be home in Carmichael Auditorium for a rematch with N.C. State on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. The Tar Heels earned a 3-2 (15-10, 15-17, 5-15, 15-6, 15-9) win over the Wolfpack in Raleigh on October 12th.

Rank	Team			Votes	Record	Previous
1	Penn State (43)	        1492	20-1	1
2 	Stanford (3)		1363	17-2	7
3	Hawai'i		        1321	17-1	2
4	Florida			1310	19-2	4
5	Pacific			1250	19-2	3
6	Long Beach State	1237	17-2	5
7	UCLA (1)		1235	19-1	6
8	UC Santa Barbara	1052	18-3	9
9	Texas			1020	15-3	10
10	Pepperdine		936	16-2	11
11	BYU			891	15-3	8
12	Colorado State		810	19-1	15
13	Nebraska		749	15-5	13
14	Clemson		        725	21-1	14
15	Kansas State		695	15-3	12
16	Texas A&M		596	16-4	16
17	USC			552	13-5	17
18	Northern Iowa		438	21-0	19
19	Arizona		        379	12-7	18
20	Colorado		279	12-7	21
21	Arkansas		270	18-4	22
22	Minnesota		228	17-5	23
23	Illinois		204	12-4	20
24	Univ. of San Diego	198	16-3	24
25	North Carolina	        110	18-4	25
Others receiving 30 or more points: Cal Poly (30)