- As has become custom during the Big Ten Conference season, there will be multiple Top 25 matchups on the conference schedule this week, with three head-to-head contests between ranked opponents. Leading the way is Wednesday’s top-10 showdown, as No. 6 Ohio State travels to No. 10 Minnesota for an 8 p.m. (ET) match on Big Ten Network as part of its Wednesday night #B1GBlockParty.
- For the sixth time in eight polls this season, the Big Ten Conference leads the country with a season-high seven schools in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 poll. Five of those polls have featured five Big Ten teams among the top 10, including this week’s rankings, which saw Minnesota return to that group at No. 10. Northwestern also continues to receive votes in the AVCA poll, the fourth time in the last five weeks the Wildcats have earned mention in the coaches’ poll.
- Six Big Ten teams have earned multiple Top 25 wins this season, with four schools having captured at least four ranked victories to date. The two Big Ten programs that will square off Wednesday night on Big Ten Network — No. 6 Ohio State and No. 10 Minnesota — have each played a conference-high nine Top 25 opponents this season (MINN 5-4, OSU 4-5), making up more than 64 percent of their 14 matches to date (both schools are 9-5 this season entering Wednesday’s match).
- The current dean of Big Ten Conference volleyball coaches, Michigan’s Mark Rosen will reach a remarkable coaching milestone Friday, when his 24th-ranked Wolverines travel to rival Michigan State (7:30 p.m. ET on B1G+). It will be Rosen’s 1,000th career match as a collegiate head coach — he has a career record of 672-327 (.673) in 31 seasons, including a 463-290 (.615) record in his 24-year run at Michigan.
- With a record-setting 55 matches on linear television this season, the Big Ten Conference has the country’s strongest volleyball television package, a fact that will be abundantly clear during the next two weeks. On the next nine nights Big Ten volleyball programs will take the court from Oct. 12-26, at least one of those matches will be televised live by one of the conference’s television partners on evert single night. A total of 12…
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