McEachern held the top spot in the NEXT 25 "bubble" rankings for five weeks before moving down to make room for Creekside

7. Vanderbilt (17): As we mentioned earlier, history is set to be made as Vanderbilt will almost certainly set a new school record for highest-ever AP Top 25 poll ranking. The ceiling for Vanderbilt's rise will be Alabama, the only team that it's lost to this season, but the floor is LSU's previous ranking just on the outside of the top 10.

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The Colts creep closer to the top of the list while the Patriots blast into Bucky Brooks' Top 10 along with three other new teams.

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Change was again the theme of B/R's NHL Power Rankings for the week, with several teams making double-digit climbs or dives, including the Utah Mammoth's 19-spot jump from No. 28 to No. 9 and the Pittsburgh Penguins also jumping into the top 10 with a 14-place spike from last week's No. 21 slot.

Nebraska and Texas are at the top of the NCAA’s mid-season top 16 reveal and this week’s power rankings for volleyball.