Top-ranked Wisconsin was having none of it the second night at Arkansas and took it to the No. 21 Razorbacks.
Ninth-ranked Oregon beat San Diego State in four on Thursday, No. 9 BYU swept McNeese, No. 24 Tennessee topped San Diego, and Purdue, ranked No. 25, escaped in five from Kansas.
Pre-conference play continues Friday with a massive slate.
There’s a showcase match between No. 10 Pittsburgh of the ACC and the SEC’s No. 15 Kentucky. Also in the ACC, fourth-ranked Louisville plays South Dakota and Boston College plays Tennessee of the SEC.
Purdue of the Big Ten is back at it in Kansas, this time with No. 19 Marquette of the Big East. Other ranked Big Ten teams in action include No. 12 Ohio State playing Georgia Tech and No. 14 Penn State taking on No, 22 Western Kentucky,
No. 18 Rice of the AAC goes to No. 16 Baylor of the Big 12 in a battle of Texas schools (we are there). Also in Texas, No. 13 Houston plays North Texas.
Among the SEC teams in action, 3-0 Mississippi State plays 4-0 UCF of the Big 12 and Arkansas gets no rest as it takes on Colorado State of the Mountain West for its third match in as many days.
No. 6 Oregon is the only ranked Pac-12 team…
