NCAA | Washington volleyball jumps to #7 in week 3 coaches’ poll

Washington (6-0) moves up five places; 4 Pac-12 teams in top 8

The weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

Worth noting:

• Penn State defeats both Texas and Stanford at home, yet remains ranked behind Nebraska. Two weeks ago, the Cornhuskers barely held off UCLA at home, but have otherwise played a far weaker schedule than the Nittany Lions.
• Oregon defeats last week’s #10 Kentucky,(after earlier beating Ohio State) but voters still rank Ducks below Dayton, Purdue and two-loss Stanford. Hard to understand the continued attraction for Iowa State (2-3)and Illinois (2-3).

AVCA Rank	Volleyblog Seattle Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2012 Record	Previous
1	3	Nebraska (43)	1479	5-0	1
2	1	Penn State (13)	1430	5-0	4
3	4	UCLA (1)	1351	3-1	3
4	2	Texas (1)	1283	5-1	2
5	5	Southern California (2)	1262	6-0	5
6	10	Florida State	1168	6-0	8
7	6	Washington	1079	6-0	12
8	9	Stanford	1070	3-2	9
9	8	Hawai'i	1047	5-1	6
10	15	Dayton	907	6-0	11
11	14	Purdue	890	5-1	7
12	11	Pepperdine	806	4-1	13
13	7	Oregon	788	6-0	17
14	12	Minnesota	652	5-0	16
15	21	Florida	501	3-2	18
16	22	Tennessee	458	4-2	14
17	13	San Diego	447	3-1	20
18	25	Iowa State	422	2-3	15
19	NR	Kentucky	396	5-2	10
20	23	Illinois	382	2-3	19
21	18	BYU	375	6-0	NR
22	16	Kansas State	345	6-0	21
23	17	Michigan	314	7-0	22
24	19	Louisville	216	6-1	NR
25	NR	Northern Iowa	147	4-2	23

Others Receiving AVCA Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  Ohio State 71; California 59; San Diego State 41; North Carolina 38; Michigan State 34; Texas A&M 14; Wichita State 10; Arkansas 4; Miami (FL) 4

Dropped Out: California (#25); Colorado State (#24)

see also: How the Top 20 fared

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

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