Washington #3 in weekly media poll

This week’s Volleyball Magazine/Asics media poll closely mirrors the AVCA coaches’ poll. In fact, not one of the media top 20 is ranked more than one place differently than the coaches’.

• One continuing gripe from my vantage point: USC is the best team in the Pac-12 right now, (six 3-0 wins in a row, including over Washington, California and Stanford), and it’s rather silly to see them down at #6.
  
• My national top 10: 1. USC, 2. Washington, 3. UCLA, 4. Nebraska, 5. Illinois, 6. Oregon, 7. California, 8. Penn State, 9. San Diego, 10. Stanford.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	Last Week	Coaches’ Poll
1	Illinois (8)	298	1	1
2	UCLA (2)	190	2	2
3	Washington	172	3	3
4	California	167	4	4
5	Nebraska	151	6	6
6	Southern California	150	5	5
7	Stanford	143	7	7
8	Hawai’i	133	8	9
9	Penn State	115	12	8
10	Purdue	104	13	11
11	Texas	100	9	10
12	Florida	99	11	13
13	Northern Iowa	91	13	12
14	Oregon	62	15	15
15	Minnesota	51	10	14
16	Iowa State	47	16	16
17	San Diego	30	19	17
18	Michigan	27	17	18
19	Pepperdine	22	18	20
20	Tennessee	18	20	19