NCAA | Washington volleyball climbs to top five in week 4 coaches’ poll

Washington (8-0) moves up two more places; 5 Pac-12 teams in top 9

For the third consecutive week, Washington has moved up in the weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

Washington's Amanda Gil
-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann

The Huskies (8-0) are #5 in this week’s poll, moving up from #7. In week 2, UW was #12, and started the preseason at #14.

Also making moves this week:

• Louisville (#12, up from #24), after beating Big Ten powers Purdue and Illinois (and recovering from an early-season loss to Penn State)
• Ohio State (#21, up from #26), after beating former #10 Dayton and a decent Western Kentucky team. The Buckeyes’ only loss is to Oregon.
• Miami, FL (#26, up from #34), after beating former #6 Florida State (and an earlier win against Oregon State.)
• BYU (#15, up from #21), after beating Utah, and staying undefeated.

And, in our humble opinion:

• Silly to rank #8 Hawai’i above #9 Oregon.
• Illinois, Kentucky and Iowa State have all overstayed their welcome. Those who deserve to be in the Top 25 instead: Michigan State (9-0), Oregon State (7-2), Miami (7-1)

AVCA Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2012 Record	Previous AVCA Rank	Volleyblog Seattle Rank
1	Nebraska (58)	1498	8-0	1	1
2	UCLA (1)	1418	6-1	3	2
3	Southern California (1)	1382	9-0	5	3
4	Penn State	1238	7-1	2	5
5	Washington	1222	8-0	7	4
6	Texas	1198	6-2	4	7
7	Stanford	1137	6-2	8	12
8	Hawai'i	1041	6-2	9	11
9	Oregon	988	7-0	13	6
10	Minnesota	964	6-1	14	8
11	Florida State	889	6-1	6	16
12	Louisville	710	8-1	24	9
13	Florida	642	6-2	15	20
14	Purdue	612	6-2	11	24
15	BYU	584	9-0	21	10
16	San Diego	577	5-2	17	18
17	Tennessee	539	7-2	16	22
18	Pepperdine	527	6-2	12	23
19	Kansas State	510	9-0	22	14
20	Dayton	451	7-2	10	26
21	Ohio State	305	8-1	NR	17
22	Michigan	165	10-1	23	19
23	Illinois	146	3-4	20	30
24	Kentucky	132	6-4	19	29
25	Iowa State	111	5-4	18	28

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  Miami (FL) 103; North Carolina 84; Michigan State 67; Oregon State 49; Colorado state 44; Northern Iowa 40; California 39; Texas A&M 24; Western Kentucky 23; Marquette 8; Creighton 7; Northwestern 7; Oklahoma 6

Dropped Out: Northern Iowa (#25)

see also: How the Top 20 fared

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

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