Tennessee, Arkansas volleyball clock into the final Power 10 rankings of 2023 season

One. Week. Left. 

As Week 13 of women’s volleyball approaches, here are Michella Chester’s final Power 10 rankings of the 2023 regular season. The DI women’s volleyball selection show will air this Sunday at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.

1. Nebraska (1)

Perhaps the only easy pick on this list is Nebraska at No. 1. With a 27-match win streak, the Huskers clinched the outright Big Ten title and look to remain undefeated on the season with a rematch against Wisconsin on the road and then wrap up at Minnesota. On the season, the Huskers have tallied nine ranked wins, hitting an average of .286 while holding their opponents to a .131 clip.

The young core of this team continues to be one of the most prominent stories in the sport — the fantastic four first-year starters of Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Laney Choboy have made all the difference for the Huskers. Reilly has assisted 1,018 to collect five Big Ten weekly awards, Jackson and Murray have combined for 510 kills on the season, and Choboy’s defensive specialty has racked up 153 digs to assist All-American libero Lexi Rodriguez. These players, alongside Florida transfer Merritt Beason — who’s put up a team-high 357 kills — have made the Huskers an unstoppable force this year. We’ll see how the final two games play out, but if the Huskers enter the tournament undefeated, there will be little that will stop their promenade to the national final.

The moment @HuskerVB became the Outright Big Ten Champs. 🏆 😤

📍 Unleaded 88 pic.twitter.com/gFrInlvWZ7

— Big Ten Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) November 19, 2023

2. Stanford (2)

The Cardinal have battled through some tightly-contested matches during the bottom half of their slate, not earning a sweep since the final week of October. Nevertheless, Stanford has come out on top in its last six contests, most notably over top-10 teams Oregon and Washington State, and snagged its second-straight Pac-12 title. Navigating quite possibly the hardest schedule in the league, Stanford continues to put up stellar numbers, ranking first in the nation in hitting percentage (.312), second in assists per set (13.63) and fifth in kills per set (15.56). Its offensive firepower comes from the arms of five hitters who’ve killed in the triple digits — Kendall Kipp (393), Elia Rubin (333), Caitie Baird (278), Sami Francis (173) and McKenna Vicini (129) — and…