Washington (9-0)
gets one first-place vote and is one of 5 Pac-12 teams in the top 8
Five Pac-12 teams dominate the
weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Nebraska’s loss to Iowa State
and Texas’ loss to Illinois helped shuffle the deck this week.
Defending national champion UCLA,
whose only loss this season was a narrow five-setter at Nebraska, moved into
first, with undefeated USC on its heels. The two LA rivals meet this Wednesday
in Pac-12 play.
Both UCLA and USC head to
Seattle next week, to meet the undefeated #5 Huskies.
Undefeated Oregon keeps moving
up, but the Ducks must chafe to stay behind Hawai’i, which lost at home to both
UCLA and to an underperforming Cal team.
And, from where we sit, Louisville has conquered enough quality opponents to move ahead of both Hawai’i
and Texas. BYU should be above both Pepperdine and Florida St.
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| Jenni Nogueras and Kaleigh Nelson (6) -Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann |
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AVCA
Rank
|
School
(First-Place
Votes)
|
Total
Points
|
2012
Record
|
Previous
|
Volleyblog
Seattle
Rank
|
|
1
|
UCLA (39)
|
1469
|
8-1
|
2
|
1
|
|
2
|
Southern California (16)
|
1435
|
12-0
|
3
|
5
|
|
3
|
Nebraska (4)
|
1343
|
8-1
|
1
|
2
|
|
4
|
Penn State
|
1312
|
10-1
|
4
|
4
|
|
5
|
Washington (1)
|
1278
|
9-0
|
5
|
3
|
|
6
|
Stanford
|
1184
|
8-2
|
7
|
11
|
|
7
|
Hawai'i
|
1104
|
7-2
|
8
|
14
|
|
8
|
Oregon
|
1051
|
9-0
|
9
|
6
|
|
9
|
Texas
|
1016
|
8-3
|
6
|
9
|
|
10
|
Louisville
|
869
|
11-1
|
12
|
7
|
|
11
|
Kansas State
|
843
|
12-0
|
19
|
13
|
|
12
|
Minnesota
|
804
|
9-2
|
10
|
10
|
|
13
|
Florida
|
714
|
8-2
|
13
|
12
|
|
14
|
Pepperdine
|
695
|
9-3
|
18
|
21
|
|
15
|
Florida State
|
671
|
8-2
|
11
|
17
|
|
16
|
BYU
|
655
|
12-0
|
15
|
8
|
|
17
|
Purdue
|
613
|
9-2
|
14
|
18
|
|
18
|
San Diego
|
560
|
8-2
|
16
|
19
|
|
19
|
Iowa State
|
324
|
6-4
|
25
|
23
|
|
20
|
Illinois
|
315
|
6-4
|
23
|
24
|
|
21
|
Tennessee
|
248
|
8-3
|
17
|
26
|
|
22
|
Dayton
|
231
|
8-4
|
20
|
NR
|
|
23
|
Ohio State
|
174
|
9-3
|
21
|
25
|
|
24
|
Western Kentucky
|
110
|
13-3
|
NR
|
NR
|
|
25
|
Michigan State
|
96
|
12-0
|
NR
|
16
|
Others Receiving Votes and
appearing on two or more ballots: Oregon State 63; Miami (FL) 62; Texas A&M
40; Colorado State 38; Kentucky 38; Michigan 38; Creighton 34; Northwestern 20;
California 12; North Carolina 11; Pacific 11; Oklahoma 8
Dropped Out: Kentucky
(#24); Michigan (#22)
see also: How
the Top 20 fared
WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie
Hamann
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