BTN.com staff, September 28, 2015

Eight Big Ten teams are ranked in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll, released Monday, headlined by defending national champion and No. 1 Penn State.

The Nittany Lions (13-0) received 63 of the 64 first-place votes to remain atop the poll for the sixth consecutive week, while No. 4 Nebraska also stayed put to keep two Big Ten teams ranked in the top 5.

Here's where the remaining six Big Ten teams are ranked: Illinois (No. 7), Ohio State (No. 13), Minnesota (No. 16), Purdue (No. 18), Wisconsin (No. 19) and Michigan (No. 23).

Michigan State and Iowa are among the teams receiving votes.

See the full poll below:

Rank

School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points Adjusted

2015 Record

Previous Week

1

Penn State (63)

1599

13-0

1

2

Southern California (1)

1502

14-0

3

3

Texas

1494

12-1

2

4

Nebraska

1401

11-1

4

5

Washington

1319

13-0

6

6

Arizona State

1296

13-0

7

7

Illinois

1159

11-2

9

8

Stanford

1139

7-3

8

9

Florida

1121

9-2

5

10

Hawai'i

1014

12-1

11

11

UCLA

863

10-2

13

12

Kansas

852

14-0

15

13

Ohio State

794

12-2

12

14

Arizona

766

11-3

14

15

BYU

756

11-2

10

16

Minnesota

596

9-3

21

17

Florida State

551

9-4

17

18

Purdue

488

11-2

20

19

Wisconsin

447

8-4

16

20

Colorado State

388

9-3

19

21

Kentucky

351

10-5

24

22

Oregon

346

7-4

18

23

Michigan

155

11-2

22

24

Long Beach State

138

12-3

25

25

Wyoming

63

12-2

NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Arkansas 56; Western Kentucky 39; Pacific 20; San Diego 16; North Carolina 10; Gonzaga 9; Michigan State 9; Iowa 7; Ohio 7; Creighton 5; Pittsburgh 4; Iowa State 3; Santa Clara 3