Monday, October 10, 2011

Washington ascends to #2 in coaches' weekly poll


60 Division 1 coaches cast their ballots, and Washington moves up one more step to #2 in the weekly AVCA Division 1 Coaches Top 25 Poll.

This is the third time the Huskies have reached #2; the first two were toward the end of the 2006 season, when they trailed only Nebraska. In 2004, the Huskies were ranked #1 for seven weeks; in 2005 they ascended to #1 the final week of the season when they swept the Cornhuskers for the national title.

Voters are finally giving USC some overdue respect: they’ve won eight Pac-12 matches in a row, a conference with five teams in the top seven. Washington has won seven Pac-12 matches in a row, all by 3-0 sweeps.

Two more weeks until Illinois finally travels to Nebraska, in their only Big-10 meeting of the season (Why do the 12 members of the Pac-12 play every other team home and away, but the 12 members of the Big-10 play some fellow conference members only once?)

Both Northern Iowa and San Diego have just one loss each, but it looks to me that San Diego has the tougher schedule. Midwest bias?

Finally, who’s the coach who voted UCLA #1 after suffering its second Pac-12 loss, this time to Arizona?

Rank
School (First-Place Votes)
Total Points
2011 Record
Last Week
1
Illinois (58)
1495
17-0
1
2
Washington
1369
15-1
3
3
Southern California (1)
1304
13-3
5
4
California
1295
17-2
4
5
Nebraska
1278
13-1
6
6
UCLA (1)
1209
14-3
2
7
Stanford
1146
12-3
7
8
Hawai'i
1062
15-1
9
9
Penn State
1020
11-5
8
10
Texas
933
10-4
10
11
Purdue
887
15-2
11
12
Northern Iowa
830
17-1
12
13
Florida
788
13-3
13
14
Minnesota
702
10-5
14
15
Iowa State
642
14-3
16
16
Oregon
577
12-4
15
17
San Diego
537
18-1
17
18
Tennessee
483
15-2
19
19
Pepperdine
414
11-5
20
20
Michigan
310
14-4
18
21
Florida State
285
13-4
24
22
Oklahoma
261
17-4
22
23
Miami (FL)
192
14-2
21
24
Ohio State
87
13-6
25
25
Kentucky
66
16-3
NR

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