The Huskers are undefeated after three games of the season and remained in second place behind defending champion Texas for the second week in a row.

Completing the top 5 were: No. 3 Pittsburgh, No. 4 Louisville, No. 5 Stanford.

The Big Ten led all conferences with eight ranked teams: No. 2 Nebraska, No. 6 Wisconsin, No. 7 Penn State, No. 8 Purdue, No. 12 Oregon, No. 18 Minnesota, No. 20 USC and No. 25 UCLA. Ohio State and Indiana both received votes in the poll.

The Huskers opened the season with a four-set win over No. 9 Kentucky before sweeping Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and defeating TCU in four sets.

For their achievements, Rebekah Allick and Bergen Reilly received weekly Big Ten honors.

Allick was named Defensive Player of the Week after setting her career-high in blocks (12) against Kentucky and finishing the week with 19.

Reilly earned her seventh weekly award after being named Setter of the Week. Reilly posted a double-double in every game last week and served a career-high five aces against the Islanders.

Nebraska returns to action at SMU on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on the ACC Network.

After opening the season with three straight wins at the Bluejay Invitational, Creighton rose to No. 11 in the latest poll, the Jays’ highest ranking since 2019.

Creighton defeated NC State, Missouri and Drake in Omaha and two Jays earned weekly honors.

Creighton’s Jaya Johnson and Kendra Wait were named Big East Players of the Week on Monday.

Middle blocker Jaya Johnson was named Big East Freshman of the Week after recording 11 kills and hitting .526 against the Wolfpack. She is the first player in program history to debut with at least 11 kills and hit .500 or better.

Setter Kendra Wait, the MVP of the Bluejay Invitational, averaged 11.2 assists and 3.1 digs per set last week and posted a .421 batting average.

CU was one of two Big East teams in the top 25, with Marquette coming in at number 24.

The Jays will face USC in Omaha on Thursday at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on FS1.