Washington (11-0)
gets three first-place votes and is one of 5 Pac-12 teams in the top 7
Five Pac-12 teams dominate the
weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
- If you’re a regular reader, you know that we’ve been saying for weeks now that coaches have been underestimating Oregon. Even after the Ducks beat Ohio State on the road, they only moved up when other teams lost, and not on their own merit. Now, it seems, their dominating sweep against USC in Los Angeles has belatedly caught coaches’ attention, with 16 first-place votes.
- Even with one loss (at a Chicago tournament to Oregon State), Penn State is a deserving #1. The Nittany Lions have impressive victories against Louisville, Stanford and Texas.
- Hawai’i struggled mightily this week in conference play; BYU should be ranked ahead of them.
- Wouldn’t it have been sweet if the Washington @ Penn State match could have been played two weeks ago as originally scheduled? It was cancelled when the Pac-12 changed Washington’s conference schedule, but what a great showdown that might have been.
- This is Washington’s third straight week at #5. If Huskies fans don’t like the fact that their undefeated team still trails USC and UCLA in the polls, then this is the week to put up or shut up: The Bruins will be in Seattle Wednesday, followed by the Trojans on Friday.
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| University of Washington fans -Volleyblog Seattle photo by Jack Hamann |
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AVCA
Rank
|
School
(First-Place
Votes)
|
Total
Points
|
2012
Record
|
Previous
|
Volleyblog
Seattle
Rank
|
|
1
|
Penn State
(34)
|
1447
|
12-1
|
4
|
1
|
|
2
|
Oregon
(16)
|
1370
|
11-0
|
8
|
2
|
|
3
|
USC (3)
|
1363
|
13-1
|
2
|
4
|
|
4
|
UCLA (3)
|
1314
|
9-2
|
1
|
5
|
|
5
|
Washington
(3)
|
1288
|
11-0
|
5
|
3
|
|
6
|
Nebraska
|
1248
|
9-2
|
3
|
7
|
|
7
|
Stanford
(1)
|
1177
|
10-2
|
6
|
8
|
|
8
|
Hawai'i
|
1049
|
10-2
|
7
|
14
|
|
9
|
Texas
|
1023
|
9-3
|
9
|
11
|
|
10
|
Minnesota
|
943
|
11-2
|
12
|
10
|
|
11
|
BYU
|
850
|
14-0
|
16
|
6
|
|
12
|
Florida
|
791
|
9-2
|
13
|
12
|
|
13
|
Purdue
|
689
|
11-2
|
17
|
15
|
|
14
|
Florida
State
|
681
|
10-2
|
15
|
18
|
|
15
|
Kansas
State
|
656
|
13-1
|
11
|
13
|
|
16
|
San Diego
|
617
|
10-2
|
18
|
19
|
|
17
|
Louisville
|
595
|
12-2
|
10
|
9
|
|
18
|
Pepperdine
|
554
|
10-4
|
14
|
20
|
|
19
|
Iowa State
|
391
|
7-4
|
19
|
21
|
|
20
|
Dayton
|
305
|
10-4
|
22
|
NR
|
|
21
|
Illinois
|
272
|
7-5
|
20
|
NR
|
|
22
|
Ohio State
|
223
|
10-4
|
23
|
NR
|
|
23
|
Western
Kentucky
|
188
|
16-3
|
24
|
23
|
|
24
|
Michigan
State
|
112
|
13-1
|
25
|
16
|
|
25
|
Tennessee
|
94
|
9-4
|
21
|
25
|
Others Receiving Votes and
appearing on two or more ballots: Oklahoma
54; Oregon State 43; Kansas 23; Michigan 22; Miami (FL) 16; North Carolina 15;
Texas A&M 15; Creighton 14; Arkansas 9; California 7; Notre Dame 7;
Marquette 6
Dropped Out: none
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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie
Hamann
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