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Falcon Spikers Bump Back to No. 18
September 18, 2006

SEATTLE (Sept. 18) Seattle Pacific University returned to its perch of 18th in the CSTV/AVCA volleyball rankings for NCAA Division II this week. The Falcons (12-2), who had been 18th in the preseason and first weekly rankings, had dropped to No. 19 a week ago.

Tampa was once again a near-unanimous No. 1 pick. BYU Hawaii, one of two teams to defeat SPU, received the other first-place vote.

Seattle Pacific plays at Northwest Nazarene Thursday night, the first of four straight on the road.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2006 Record	Last Week
1	Tampa (34)	897	14-0	1
2	Grand Valley State	844	11-1	2
3	Concordia-St. Paul	833	14-1	3
4	Truman	787	14-1	4
5	Florida Southern	746	13-2	T5
6	Minnesota Duluth	696	14-2	T5
7	Cal State-San Bernardino	688	11-0	7
8	Washburn	621	14-2	8
9	BYU-Hawai'i (1)	607	7-0	10
10	Central Missouri State	570	15-2	9
11	Hillsdale (1)	495	14-0	14
12	Central Washington	460	13-1	13
13	UC San Diego	449	9-2	11
14	Chico State	436	10-1	16
15	Cal State-L.A.	380	8-2	15
16	Florida Gulf Coast	332	11-2	18
17	Nebraska-Omaha	301	10-4	12
18	Seattle Pacific	292	12-2	19
19	North Alabama	282	10-5	17
20	SIU-Edwardsville	259	12-2	20
21	Rockhurst	199	11-1	22
22	Nebraska-Kearney	152	11-3	21
23	Findlay	128	9-3	23
24	Southwest Minnesota State	121	13-3	25
25	Wayne State (Neb.)	27	13-2	NR