Final AVCA Div. I Women's Volleyball Poll

 
Rank    School (First-Place Votes)  Total Points        1997 Record     Last Poll (11/2/97)
 1      Stanford (60)                   1500                33-2                 3
 2      Penn State                      1439                34-2                 2
 3      Long Beach State                1380                33-2                 1
 4      Florida                         1318                34-3                 8
 5      Wisconsin                       1235                30-3                 4
 6      UC Santa Barbara                1198                31-5                 5
 7      BYU                             1134                29-6                 6
 8      Nebraska                        1083                27-7                 9
 9      USC                             1021                23-6                 7
10      Texas                            924                25-7                12
11      Washington                       863                20-10               13
12      Washington State                 835                26-7                11
13      Texas A&M                        762                26-8                16
14      Colorado                         651                22-9                20
15      Ohio State                       563                24-11               25
16      Pacific                          536                23-9                14
17      Loyola Marymount                 496                22-7                22
18      Notre Dame                       422                25-9                N/R
19      Colorado State                   369                27-6                21
20      University of San Diego          341                26-4                23
21      Arkansas                         298                30-6                18
22      Arizona                          265                20-7                10
23      Maryland                         230                27-2                19
24      Pepperdine                       196                23-6                17
25      Hawai'i                          161                25-8                15
Others receiving points: 
UCLA (120), Oral Roberst (66), Michigan (28), 
Michigan State (17), Minnesota (10), South Florida (8), 
Clemson (7), Northern Illinois (6), Sacramento State (5), 
South Carolina (4), Oklahoma (3), Texas Tech (3), Utah (1).