Washington moves up to #3 in coaches'poll

Crazy results in this week’s coaches’ (AVCA) poll … but that reflects how this season has been …

• If you’re a fan of Pac-12 volleyball, you gotta love the fact that five of the top six teams are from the conference.
• Illinois is #1, despite a rather pedestrian schedule, and struggles—often at home—against lesser unranked opponents. Let’s see how they do in a couple of weeks once they finally play Nebraska and Penn State  …
• UCLA ahead of Washington? Just one week after Washington dismantled UCLA?
• California ahead of USC? Just two days after the Trojans dismantled the Bears?
• And what does #15 Oregon need to do to get a little respect? It’s the only unbeaten team in Pac-12 play (albeit against teams at the bottom of the league standings), and the Ducks beat #9 (and four-time loser) Penn State on the road. Its only loss is to #10 Minnesota, yet it still ranks behind Northern Iowa?

This week’s top 15:

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week
1	Illinois (55)	1488	13-0	3
2	UCLA (1)	1345	11-2	7
3	Washington (1)	1329	10-1	4
4	California (2)	1245	13-2	1
5	Southern California (1)	1192	9-3	12
6	Stanford	1166	8-3	2
7	Nebraska	1155	9-1	10
8	Texas	1037	8-3	8
9	Penn State	986	8-4	5
10	Minnesota	970	7-3	9
11	Hawai'i	949	12-1	11
12	Purdue	925	13-0	13
13	Florida	841	9-3	6
14	Northern Iowa	729	14-1	14
15	Oregon	685	11-1	15