- The 14 Big Ten Conference volleyball programs begin the second half of the 2022 season this week, with matches each night through the weekend. Highlighting this week’s Big Ten schedule is a televised tripleheader on Wednesday, including a twinbill on Big Ten Network as part of its #B1GBlockParty (No. 11 Penn State at Illinois, followed by No. 1 Nebraska at No. 5 Nebraska) and the rivalry match between Michigan and No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus live on ESPNU. BTN also is slated to televised No. 12 Purdue at Northwestern on Friday, as well as a Saturday night doubleheader spotlighting two top-11 matchups (No. 9 Minnesota at No. 5 Wisconsin, along with No. 6 Ohio State at No. 11 Penn State).
- Nebraska moved back atop the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 poll this week, picking up 48 first-place votes. It’s the second time this season the Huskers have been ranked No. 1, holding down the top spot in the preseason AVCA poll with 24 first-place votes. Nebraska is one of six Big Ten Conference programs appearing in this week’s poll, all in the top 12, with the Big Ten leading all conferences in Top 25 teams each week during the 2022 season.
- Wednesday night’s replay of the 2021 NCAA national championship match between No. 1 Nebraska and defending national champion/No. 5 Wisconsin at the UW Field House (9 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network and the FOX Sports app) will mark the 13th top-10 contest this season to feature at least one Big Ten Conference program, as well as the fifth top-10 conference match this year. In addition, it’s the first of two top-10 Big Ten matches this week, both hosted by Wisconsin, as the Badgers welcome No. 9 Minnesota to Madison on Saturday night (6:30 p.m. ET on BTN/FOX Sports app).
- The Big Ten continues to be tops in the country with six schools in the top 25 (four in the top 10) of this week’s NCAA Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings. By comparison, only one other conference currently has multiple teams in the RPI Top 10 (ACC with two) and just one conference has more than half as many teams in the RPI Top 25 as the Big Ten currently does (the Pac-12 has four).
- The Oct. 22 match featuring Nebraska at Illinois registered 206,000 viewers…
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