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The zaniness continues in the Pac-12, weve got some fun news from the NCAA and it was a special week for two Tobacco Road teams. But we open with a nod to a team that continues to fly high.Nearly perfect Dayton team still on a rollTwo teams have one loss on the season. One of them is senior-laden Nebraska, the defending national champion and the No. 1 team at 22-1. The other is Dayton (26-1), which checks in at No. 23 in this weeks American Volleyball Coaches Association poll after debuting at 24 last week.Dayton swept La Salle on Sunday and handed Duquesne its first home loss of the season on Friday to remain perfect in the Atlantic 10 and clinch a share of the regular-season title.Being an Atlantic 10 power is nothing new for the Flyers, 104-9 the last eight seasons in conference and winners of that league 12 times. Neither is success for Tim Horsmon, in his second stint as coach of the program.Horsmon has led the Flyers to six of the programs 11 NCAA tournament berths, including in 2014 when they were 30-6. Last year Dayton advanced to the second round of the national tournament, taking a set from Penn State.Ask Horsmon about this years success and he will tell you this is not his best team despite the gaudy record. After graduating five starters, including Daytons all-time digs leader Janna Krafka, Horsmon admits he didnt expect this group to be quite this successful.If you had asked me where wed be at this point in the season, I would not have believed wed have only one loss, he said. No way.Only setter Jane Emmenecker and middle blocker Amber Erhahon are in the same roles as last year. Two underclassmen who Horsmon said he really didnt have a pulse on prior to the season, sophomore Kendyll Brown and freshman Jamie Peterson, have developed into key players. Brown is fifth in the NCAA in hitting percentage; Peterson is a regular starter and earned league rookie of the week honors on Oct. 24.But coaches are rarely satisfied, and an hour after the sweep of LaSalle, Horsmon was listing ways Dayton could improve. He wants more consistency from this group, whose lone loss came to 2015 NCAA tournament Sweet 16 team Loyola Marymount on Sept. 16. We dont play clean; we still make way too many errors, he said. We have to be able to train differently in the gym so what we do in practice carries over to our matches.Big weekend for the Carolinas in the ACCIf youre a Florida State fan, last weekend was a disaster at the hands of the North Carolina teams.The Seminoles entered the weekend tied for 10th in the country, sitting alongside North Carolina at the top of the ACC.What they were not expecting was North Carolina State (16-10) to pull off the upset in Tallahassee. The Wolfpack had never beaten a top-10 team until Fridays 3-2 upset of the Seminoles. The social media buzz called it the biggest win in school history, and there was no shortage of drama. NC State won the first two sets; FSU took the next two. Finally NC State used a 10-3 run to pull away from a 5-5 fifth-set tie to record its first win over the Seminoles since 1999.One of the best things about tonight was our resiliency to go up two sets, lose the next two and then to keep our composure going into the fifth and just keep executing when it mattered most, Wolfpack coach Linda Hampton-Keith said.Two days later, FSU surged ahead 2-0 against North Carolina, only to drop the next three sets. The victory was North Carolinas third over a top-10 opponent this season; the Tar Heels trailed 13-10 in the final set before winning 15-13.We made great plays when the pressure was on, coach Joe Sagula said.The eighth-ranked Tar Heels are a game ahead of Duke in the ACC. Florida State (18-5), which fell to 18th in the poll, and Georgia Tech are tied for third.How would the top teams stack up if the season ended today?We always wonder what the womens volleyball committee is thinking this time of year, and on Wednesday night, well get an idea.The committee will reveal a top-10 ranking at 6 p.m. ET during Wednesdays Alabama vs. Auburn match on ESPNU. The ranking will be based on the criteria used to select and seed the 64 teams for the NCAA tournament. The announcement will have no bearing on the final bracket that will be revealed during the selection show on Nov. 27 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU.This is yet another move by the committee to build excitement for the sport, as is the format change of having the NCAA discontinue predetermined host cities for regionals.Starting with the 2016 tournament, the highest remaining tournament seed in each of the four parts of the bracket after the completion of the second round will have the opportunity to host a regional with each of the four sites hosting two Sweet 16 matches and one Elite Eight match. The regional winners move on to the final four in Columbus, Ohio.We have to think Lincoln, Nebraska, is a good bet to host, and it wouldnt be surprising to see the Big 10 lock up as many as three of the four spots. But who? Purdue extended No. 3 Wisconsin to five before the Badgers survived on Saturday. Indiana upset Ohio State, also on Saturday. Even Nebraska needed five to get past Penn State. No. 4 Kansas and No. 5 Texas are possible hosts, and, as for the Pac-12 possibilities, read on.Pac-12 congestion -- at the topWeve been talking about a logjam in second place in the Pac-12 race for quite a while now. This week, the tide shifted.The congestion has moved up a notch to first place. Four teams, No. 9 Stanford, No. 11 Washington, No. 13 UCLA and No. 16 Oregon are tied for the top spot. There isnt a conference tournament, but wouldnt it be fun if there was?Stanford, which defeated Utah and Oregon over the weekend, has won its last five, dropping just one set in that span.UCLA, which plays at Stanford on Saturday, went 1-1 over the weekend, falling to Arizona, but beating Arizona State.Oregon held Washington to a .131 hitting percentage in sweeping the Huskies and held on for a five-set win over Washington State on Sunday. The Huskies needed four to get by Oregon State.Also noteworthy, the Cougars, once 5-0 in league play, are now 7-7 in the conference and have lost four straight. They dropped out of the national poll this week, while Arizona, at 16-10, moved in.And the nations longest winning streak belongs to...Maybe it was the magic of senior night.How else to explain how an injury-riddled Kent State team that had lost three of its last four could rise up and stun the team with Division Is longest winning streak? The Golden Flashes did just that, though, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to top Miami (Ohio) in five sets and snap the RedHawks school-record run of 20 straight victories.Our players really wanted to win for our seniors, and several of them stepped up to make that happen, Kent State coach Don Gromala said.Not that the veterans didnt do their part. Seniors Katarina Kojic had a season-high 65 assists, and Maddie Moxley managed a career-high 16 digs. And then there was junior Kelsey Bittinger, who posted her third 20-20 match with 23 kills and 22 digs.The loss was the first for Miami (21-5) since a setback to Illinois State on Sept. 3. Division Is longest winning streak now belongs to Fairfield, which escaped Niagara in five sets Sunday for its 18th straight triumph.The Stags have also won 28 straight against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponents, the third-longest such streak in Division I.On Saturday, American saw its 30-match streak against Patriot League foes end in a 3-1 loss at Lehigh.DeMar DeRozan Spurs Jersey . -- Matt Rupert scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the London Knights extended their win streak to nine games by defeating the Owen Sound Attack 4-3 on Friday in Ontario Hockey League action. Bryn Forbes Spurs Jersey .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. https://www.spurslockerroom.com/Trey-Lyles-City-Edition-Jersey/ . PETERSBURG, Fla. Lonnie Walker Spurs Jersey . 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Liufau left the game in the third quarter with a sprained ankle.If hes moving good enough to play, well play him, coach Mike MaacIntyre told reporters after practice Monday.dddddddddddd If hes not moving good enough to play, we wont play him.If Liufau cant play, hed be replaced by redshirt freshman Steven Montez. Montez came off the bench against Michigan and missed on all seven of his passes.Liufau passed for 246 yards and three touchdowns before he got hurt. When he left the game, Colorado trailed 31-28. ' ' '