Pac-12 takes 4 of 5 top spots in coaches' poll

The Pac-12 continues to dominate the weekly American Volleyball CoachesAssociation poll. Conference teams claimed four of the top five spots, with Nebraska clinging to #2 after a shaky week on and off the court.

It took yet another Illinois loss for the last few holdouts to stop voting the Illini #1. But Purdue beats Illinois and Purdue has a better record than Illinois, yet Purdue is three spots lower than Illinois?

Voters punished Penn State a little bit more for its loss to unranked Wisconsin. Considering that Washington’s only losses are to ranked teams, and that the Huskies and Nittany Lions have the same record, isn’t there a good argument that Washington should be rated ahead of Penn State?

Nice record, Hawai’i … too bad your conference opponents never appear in the rankings. Texas carries a similar asterisk, even with Iowa State and Oklahoma getting a few stray votes.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week
1	UCLA (47)	1478	22-3	1
2	Nebraska (8)	1418	20-2	2
3	Stanford (1)	1359	19-4	3
4	Southern California (4)	1331	20-4	4
5	California	1218	23-4	7
6	Hawai'i	1158	24-1	8
7	Illinois	1119	22-3	5
8	Texas	1062	16-4	9
9	Penn State	1023	18-6	6
10	Purdue	1005	22-3	11
11	Washington	881	18-6	10
12	Northern Iowa	871	25-1	12
13	Iowa State	773	19-4	13
14	Pepperdine	670	18-5	14
15	Tennessee	625	22-3	16
16	Minnesota	600	14-9	15
17	Florida State	497	21-4	18
18	Kentucky	473	22-4	19
19	Florida	463	19-5	17
20	Oregon	372	17-7	20
21	San Diego	338	25-3	21
22	Ohio State	174	17-10	22
23	Colorado State	158	18-4	24
24	Michigan	131	17-9	23
25	Oklahoma	79	19-7	25