source: Penn State – Official Athletics Website

TCU and Tennessee joined the women's volleyball Power 10 in the Week 3 rankings update from NCAA.com, whose Power 10 package is put together by analyst Michella Chester.

Penn State was removed from the list after losing to Tennessee in four sets.

The result behind that swap also turned up in Penn State's own reporting on the match.

Penn State's athletics site, gopsusports.com, reported that the then-No. 9 Nittany Lions fell 3-1 to No. 16 Tennessee on Sept. 21. The site's headline pinned the loss on unforced errors.

Penn State's Errors Add Up

Penn State entered the match ranked ninth nationally before the setback to Tennessee. The loss dropped the Nittany Lions from the Power 10 entirely, according to NCAA.com's update.

Gopsusports.com did not detail individual set scores in the material reviewed, but confirmed the match ended in four sets, 3-1 in Tennessee's favor.

That outcome matches the four-set finish NCAA.com cited when explaining Penn State's exit from the rankings.

Nichols Fuels Nittany Lions Effort

Penn State setter Gabrielle Nichols recorded her third double-double of the season in the loss, finishing with 38 assists and 12 digs, per gopsusports.com. Her dig total ranked second on the team.

Ava Falduto led all Nittany Lions with 15 digs. Penn State's recap also referenced outside hitter Ryla Jones, though no accompanying statline was included in the material available.

What the Power 10 Shift Means

TCU and Tennessee now sit among the nation's top 10 programs per NCAA.com's Week 3 rankings, with Tennessee's four-set win over a top-10 Penn State squad serving as its résumé-building result.

Penn State, by contrast, heads into the coming week outside the Power 10 for the first time this season based on the same update.

The Week 3 shakeup was not limited to these three programs.

Readers can find additional movement from the same update in volleyballmag.com's coverage of .

Penn State's loss was its first ranked defeat of the season, against a Tennessee team now inside the sport's top tier.