Washington remains in Top 10 in weekly coaches' poll

Coaches rewarded Nebraska with this week’s number one position in the AVCA coaches' poll after the Cornhuskers battered previously-undefeated (and slightly overrated) Illinois. Shockingly, two coaches still pegged Illinois at #1. That kind of attitude really makes the credibility of these polls suspicious.

Volleyblog Seattle continues to strongly believe that USC is the nation’s top team … they’ve rolled through the nation’s top conference, and it’s downright silly to rank them below Cal week after week.

#10 Washington expected to drop after its setback at Oregon, but the Huskies’ four losses (USC, Cal, Stanford, Oregon) are nowhere near as bad as the four suffered by #9 Texas (Minnesota [twice], Florida and Oklahoma.) We’ll see how the Longhorns match up against #14 Iowa State this weekend, its last tough opponent in an otherwise very weak conference.

Finally, seven-loss Minnesota is—as usual—overrated, and San Diego is underrated.

My top 10: 1. USC; 2. Nebraska; 3. California; 4. Illinois; 5. UCLA; 6. Stanford; 7. Washington; 8. Hawai’i; 9. Penn State; 10. Purdue.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week
1	Nebraska (38)	1448	17-1	4
2	California (8)	1384	21-2	2
3	Illinois (2)	1377	20-1	1
4	Southern California (12)	1358	17-3	3
5	Stanford	1236	16-3	5
6	UCLA	1217	18-3	6
7	Hawai'i	1099	21-1	8
8	Penn State	1086	15-5	9
9	Texas	981	14-4	10
10	Washington	955	16-4	7
11	Purdue	854	18-3	12
12	Northern Iowa	829	22-1	11
13	Florida	813	17-3	13
14	Iowa State	689	16-3	15
15	Minnesota	635	12-7	14
16	Oregon	596	14-6	18
17	San Diego	585	22-1	16
18	Pepperdine	505	14-5	17
19	Florida State	406	17-4	19
20	Tennessee	388	17-3	20
21	Oklahoma	235	19-5	22
22	Michigan	159	15-7	21
23	Ohio State	153	15-8	23
24	Kentucky	142	19-4	24
25	Colorado State	86	15-4	NR