Washington remains #3 in coaches' poll

Not a lot of movement in the AVCA coaches poll this week, which means voters still aren’t paying a lot of attention, especially toward the top of the poll:

• #3 Washington trails #2 UCLA, even though the Huskies have a (slightly) better record and clobbered the Bruins 3-0.
• #5 USC is still behind #4 California, even though the Trojans swept the Bears (and, for that matter, swept the Huskies.) On top of that, Cal dropped a set this week—at home— to struggling Arizona State (4-11). In my book, USC is this week’s #1 team (I’d put Illinois no higher than #5 … let’s see what happens when the Illini finally meet Nebraska and Penn State.)
• #6 Nebraska slid ahead of #7 Stanford, and deservedly so.
• #15 Oregon should be frustrated about being stuck in the same spot week after week. I’d put the Ducks ahead of #10 Texas, #12 Northern Iowa, #13 Florida and #14 Minnesota. (How do the Golden Gophers—with a 7-5 record—continue to get so many votes?)

And so … how would YOU rank them?

 

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week
1	Illinois (56)	1488	15-0	1
2	UCLA (2)	1387	13-2	2
3	Washington (1)	1332	13-1	3
4	California	1280	15-2	4
5	Southern California (1)	1237	11-3	5
6	Nebraska	1192	11-1	7
7	Stanford	1173	10-3	6
8	Penn State	1059	10-4	9
9	Hawai'i	1017	14-1	11
10	Texas	928	9-4	8
11	Purdue	905	14-1	12
12	Northern Iowa	783	16-1	14
13	Florida	764	11-3	13
14	Minnesota	712	7-5	10
15	Oregon	671	12-2	15
16	Iowa State	593	12-3	16
17	San Diego	497	16-1	18
18	Michigan	473	14-2	17
19	Tennessee	361	13-2	23
20	Pepperdine	345	9-5	19
21	Miami (FL)	319	13-1	20
22	Oklahoma	248	16-3	25
23	Colorado State	234	10-3	21
24	Florida State	211	11-4	22
25	Ohio State	103	12-5	24