Pollsters: Stop voting for Minnesota!

People, people: stop voting for Minnesota. Really. Stop now.

This week's Volleyball Magazine coaches' poll (below) followed the lead of yesterday's coaches' poll, and kept Minnesota in the top 20. Again.

The Golden Gophers have 11 losses, three more than any other team to make the cut in the polls. They have just 16 wins, the only team with less than 20.

They are 9-9 in the Big 10. Unranked Michigan State (10-8, 21-9) has a better record, both in conference and overall. Michigan (19-11) has a better overall record. Over in the Pac-12, Arizona has a better overall record (10-10, 18-11). Many, many teams in other larger conferences have better records.

Minnesota lost to Michigan last week. They lost to Northwestern a few weeks ago. They have just one win against the five teams ahead of them in the standings, an October 29 victory over an overrated Illinois team.

Really, enough already. Stop casting votes for Minnesota.

What else is wrong in this week's polls? Check out Volleyblog Seattle's ballot (right column), then don’t miss: National power ratings: how the polls got it wrong.

Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2011 Record	Last Week	Coaches’ Poll	Volleyblog Seattle
1	Southern California (9)	199	22-4	1	1	1
2	Nebraska (1)	189	23-3	4	2	5
3	Texas	167	20-4	5	5	7
4	Hawaii	162	26-1	6	3	12
5	UCLA	160	24-5	2	4	3
6	Stanford	147	21-6	7	6	10
7	Purdue	143	25-4	8	8	2
8	Illinois	123	25-4	9	7	8
9	Penn State	122	21-7	10	9	4
10	California	118	25-6	3	10	11
11	Northern Iowa	97	30-1	11	12	13
12	Washington	89	21-7	12	11	9
13	Oregon	80	20-8	15	13	6
14	Iowa State	79	22-4	13	14	15
15	Tennessee	67	26-3	14	15	16
16	Pepperdine	45	21-6	17	18	14
17	Kentucky	38	26-4	18	16	17
18	Florida	37	23-5	16	17	18
19	Minnesota	11	16-11	19	19	--
20	Florida State	9	24-5	20	21	--