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• Seven Big Ten teams were among this week’s AVCA/TARAFLEX Top 25, announced on Monday: #1 Nebraska, #9 Purdue, #11 Wisconsin, #17 USC, #18 Indiana, #20 Minnesota and #24 Penn State. Michigan and UCLA are receiving votes in this week’s poll. 
• Six Big Ten teams are among the Top 25 in the latest RPI rankings: #1 Nebraska, #6 Purdue, #12 Wisconsin, #13 Minnesota, #14 Indiana and #18 USC. Six additional teams are among the top 50, including #27 Penn State, #34 Michigan State, #36 UCLA, #37 Michigan, #44 Illinois and #47 Washington. 
• Six of the 14 2025 AVCA Division I Player of the Year semifinalists hail from the Big Ten. The list includes Nebraska’s Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly, Penn State’s Kennedy Martin, Purdue’s Kenna Wollard and Wisconsin’s Mimi Colyer. The finalists will be revealed on Dec. 15 and the announcement of the Player of the Year will be in Kansas City at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 19. 
• BTN will broadcast a pair of Big Ten matchups on Friday, starting with No. 24 Penn State at No. 20 Minnesota at 8 p.m., followed by No. 1 Nebraska at RV UCLA. All additional conference matches will be available on B1G+. 
• Should Indiana win against Oregon and Maryland this weekend, the Hoosiers would tie a program single-season record for regular season wins (21) and Big Ten wins (12). Indiana is just one win away from its seventh 20-win season in program history and second under head coach Steve Aird. 
• Michigan State improved to 18-6 overall and 8-6 in Big Ten play, having now totaled the most wins in a season since 2017 (24-9), with six matches remaining. The Spartans won back-to-back Big Ten matches for the first time this season with a win at Washington and Oregon last week.
• Nebraska picked up its 15th sweep in a row vs. Minnesota on Saturday. It was Nebraska’s first-ever sweep at Minnesota since the best-of-five format began in 1982. The Huskers improved to 14-0 in Big Ten play and 24-0 overall and have not dropped a single set since a 3-2 win at Creighton on Sept. 16. The Huskers are 9-0 against ranked opponents this season. 
• The Huskers lead the nation in hitting percentage (.348) and opponent hitting percentage (.122). Led by Bergen Reilly, who is averaging 10.26 assists per set, Nebraska has hit over .300 in 15 straight matches. Nebraska’s .488 hitting percentage against Illinois last week was its best since 2018. Andi Jackson is second in the country in terms of hitting percentage (.449), followed by Rebekah Allick, who is 11th nationally, hitting at a .427 clip. 
• Purdue is off to its best start in Big Ten play ever under head coach Dave Shondell. The Boilermakers picked up two more wins this past weekend against then-No. 25 Penn State and Iowa, improving to 12-2 in conference action and 21-3 overall. Purdue’s win against Penn State marked its seventh ranked victory of the 2025 campaign, the fifth time in program history that Purdue has posted at least seven wins against ranked opponents in a single season. 
• USC’s eight-match win streak is the team’s longest of the season and is the longest conference win streak under head coach Brad Keller. 
• Wisconsin earned a pair of ranked victories last week, with a 3-0 win vs.  No. 18 Indiana and a 3-1 win vs. then-No. 22 Minnesota. 
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