Nebraska Volleyball can use No. 5 ranking as motivation

Nebraska head coach John Cook reacts during the fifth set of an NCAA women's volleyball game, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at Holloway Gymnasium in West Lafayette. Vol Purdue Vs Nebraska

Nebraska Volleyball is the No. 5 ranked team in the nation and it feels like a low ranking.

The D1 Women’s Volleyball Rankings were released earlier this week and Nebraska volleyball came in at No. 5. While many would see this ranking and be stoked, this seems like a low-blow for the Huskers, who are as built as any program to win a National Championship this season.

Ahead of Nebraska in the polls are (in order): Wisconsin, Texas, Stanford, and Kentucky. These four teams are talented, no doubt, but the Huskers had…