NCAA | How the Top 20 fared

How the Top 20 fared, October 15-21, 2012

Not many upsets, but some pretty close calls this week. Check out all the five-setters ….

-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann

• #1 Penn State needed five sets to defeat Michigan
• #2 Stanford needed five to defeat both #5 Washington and Washington State
• #8 Texas, after trailing 0-2, came back to defeat Iowa State in five
• #9 Hawai’i, after trailing 0-2, came back to defeat Pacific in five
• #11 Florida, after trailing 0-2, came back to defeat Texas A & M in five
• #12 Florida State, after trailing 0-2, came back to defeat Georgia Tech in five
• #13 Kansas State, after losing to #21 Kansas, needed five to defeat Texas Tech
• #14 San Diego needed five to defeat San Francisco, then lost in five to St. Mary’s
• #16 BYU lost in five to Santa Clara

Top 20 matchups in the upcoming week:

• Penn State @ Nebraska
• Washington @ USC
• Washington @ UCLA
• Florida @ Florida State

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	Volleyball Magazine Media Poll Ranking
	American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches’ Poll Ranking
†	2012 Washington opponent
1	1	Penn State (20-1)			Big Ten
	LAST WEEK			@ #20 Ohio St	(25-21, 25-19, 25-22)
				@ Michigan	(25-19, 25-18, 21-25, 22-25, 15-10)
	NEXT UP			@ Iowa	10/24
				@ Nebraska	10/28
	NONCONF (10-1)			Morehead St [@Louisville] (3-0); W. Kentucky [@ Louisville] (3-0); @ Louisville (3-0); †#8 Stanford (3-2); #2 Texas (3-0); DePaul [@ Chicago] (3-0); †Oregon St [@ Chicago] (2-3); @ Illinois-Chicago (3-0); †Portland (3-0); Duquesne (3-0); Eastern Illinois (3-0)
	CONF (10-0)			#3 Nebraska (3-1), Iowa (3-1); @ Wisconsin (3-0); @ #10 Minnesota (3-0); @ Northwestern (3-0); @ #20 Illinois (3-2); †#17 Purdue (3-0); Indiana (3-1); @ #20 Ohio St (3-0); @ Michigan (3-2)
2	2	†Stanford (18-2)			Pac 12
	LAST WEEK			@ #5 Washington	(10-25, 28-26, 10-25, 26-24, 15-7)
				†@ Washington St	(25-14, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, 15-10)
	NEXT UP			†Arizona	10/24
				†Arizona St	10/26
	NONCONF (8-2)			St. Mary’s [@ Honolulu] (3-0); Albany [@ Honolulu] (3-0); @ #7 Hawai’i (1-3); @ #4 Penn St (2-3); #18 Florida [@ Univ. Park] (3-1); Jiangsu, China (0-3); Santa Clara (3-0); Loyola (3-1); Pacific (3-0); San Francisco (3-0); @ St Mary’s (3-1);
	CONF (10-0)			†California (3-0); †@ Utah (3-1); †@ Arizona (3-1); †@ Arizona St (3-1); †#1 Oregon (3-2); †Oregon St (3-0); #7 USC (3-0); †#6 UCLA (3-2); @ #5 Washington (3-2); †@ Washington St (3-2);
3	3	†Oregon (18-1)			Pac-12
	LAST WEEK			†@ Arizona	(25-14, 25-23, 25-18)
				†@ Arizona St	(25-21, 25-23, 25-20)
	NEXT UP			†@ Colorado	10/26
				†@ Utah	10/28
	NONCONF (9-0)			Toledo (@ Columbus) (3-0); Houston (@ Columbus) (3-0); @ Ohio St (3-2); W. Carolina [@ Athens, OH] (3-0); #10 Kentucky [@ Athens, OH] (3-0); @ Ohio (3-1); UC Santa Barbara (3-1); St. Mary’s (3-0); †@ Portland St (3-0);
	CONF (9-1)			†Oregon St (3-0); †@ #2 USC (3-0); †Utah (3-0); †Colorado (3-0); †@ California (3-1); †@ #7 Stanford (2-3); †Washington St (3-0); #2 Washington (3-1); †@ Arizona (3-0); †@ Arizona St (3-0);
4	4	Nebraska (17-2)			Big Ten
	LAST WEEK			Iowa	(25-22, 25-14, 25-9)
				#25 Illinois	(25-16, 25-23, 25-16)
	NEXT UP			Ohio St	10/26
				Penn St	10/28
	NONCONF (8-1)			St. Louis (3-0); †#1 UCLA (3-2); Notre Dame (3-0); Colgate [@Irvine] (3-0); @UC Irvine (3-0); Oklahoma (3-0); Duquesne (3-0); #18 Kentucky (3-1); @ #25 Iowa St (1-3)
	CONF (9-1)			@ #4 Penn St (1-3); @ Ohio St (3-1); #20 Michigan St (3-0); Michigan (3-1); †@ #11 Purdue (3-0); @ Indiana (3-2); Wisconsin (3-0); #10 Minnesota (3-1); Iowa (3-0); #25 Illinois (3-0);
5	5	Washington (17-2)			Pac-12
	LAST WEEK			†#2 Stanford	(25-10, 26-28, 25-10, 24-26, 7-15)
				†California	(25-23, 25-15, 25-15)
	NEXT UP			†@ USC	10/26
				†@ UCLA	10/28
	NONCONF (9-0)			†Boise St. (3-0); †Gonzaga (3-0); †Portland St (3-0); †#7 Purdue [@ Baton Rouge] (3-0); †@ LSU (3-0); †Rice [@ Baton Rouge] (3-0); †Seattle U (3-0); †Long Beach St (3-0); †@ Portland (3-0)
	CONF (8-2)			Washington St (3-1); †@ Arizona (3-1); †#4 UCLA (3-2); †# 3 USC; †@ Utah (3-1); †@ Colorado (3-0); †@ Oregon St (3-0); †@ #4 Oregon (1-3); †#2 Stanford (2-3); †California (3-0);
6	6	†UCLA (15-4)			Pac-12
	LAST WEEK			†Utah	(25-22, 25-21, 25-18)
				†Colorado	(25-20, 25-16, 26-24)
	NEXT UP			†Washington St	10/26
				Washington	10/28
	NONCONF (8-1)			Notre Dame [@ Lincoln] (3-1); @ #5 Nebraska (2-3); Jiangsu, China (2-3); Northeastern [@ Santa Barbara] (3-0); @ UC Santa Barbara (3-1); Idaho [@ Honolulu] (3-0); San Diego St [@ Honolulu] (3-0); @ #8 Hawai’i (3-1); #19 Pepperdine (3-0); @ Colorado St (3-2)
	CONF (7-3)			†@ #2 USC (1-3); †Oregon St (3-0); @ #5 Washington (2-3); †@ Washington State (3-0); †Arizona St (3-0); †Arizona (3-0); †@ #4 Stanford (2-3); †@ California (3-0); †Utah (3-0); †Colorado (3-0);
7	7	†USC (19-3)			Pac-12
	LAST WEEK			†Utah	(25-14, 25-14, 25-22)
				†Colorado	(25-16, 25-19, 25-18)
	NEXT UP			Washington	10/26
				†Washington St	10/27
	NONCONF (12-0)			North Dakota [@ Coll. Sta.] (3-0); @ Texas A&M (3-1); Texas St [@ Coll. Sta.] (3-0); Jiangsu, China (1-3); Northern Iowa (3-0); Boston College (3-1); Mississippi St (3-0); #15 San Diego (3-2); Cal Poly (3-0); Notre Dame (3-0); @ TCU (3-0); Lehigh [@ Ft Worth] (3-0); Prairie View A&M [@ Ft Worth] (3-0)
	CONF (7-3)			#1 UCLA (3-1); #7 Oregon (0-3); @ #5 Washington (-0-3); †@ Washington St (3-0); †Arizona (3-0); †Arizona St (3-1); #3 Stanford (0-3); †@ California (3-0); †Utah; †Colorado (3-0);
8	8	Texas (16-3)			Big 12
	LAST WEEK			Iowa St	(26-28, 18-25, 25-17, 25-15, 15-9)
	NEXT UP			Baylor	10/24
				@ Oklahoma	10/28
	NONCONF (8-3)			†LSU (3-0); Cal Poly (3-0); #19 San Diego (3-0); #20 Florida [@ Univ. Park] (3-0); @ #4 Penn St (0-3); #12 Minnesota (1-3); #12 Minnesota (3-1); #23 Illinois (2-3); Cincinnati (3-0); UCF (3-0); @ #15 Louisville (3-2);
	CONF (8-0)			@ West Virginia (3-0); Oklahoma (3-0); @ Baylor (3-0); @ Texas Tech (3-0); TCU (3-0); @ #15 Kansas St (3-0); #21 Kansas (3-0); Iowa St (3-2);
9	9	Hawai’i (17-2)			Big West
	LAST WEEK			UC Davis	(23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-16)
				Pacific	(14-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-14, 15-11)
	NEXT UP			@ Long Beach St	10/26
				@ UC Irvine	10/27
	NONCONF (7-2)			Albany (3-0); St. Mary’s (3-1); †#3 Stanford (3-1); San Francisco (3-0); Baylor (3-0); †California (2-3); San Diego St (3-1); Idaho (3-0); †#3 UCLA (1-3); Toyota Auto Body (1-3)
	CONF (10-0)			@ Cal St Northridge (3-2); @ UC Riverside (3-0); @ Cal St Fullerton (3-2); UC Irvine (3-0); †Long Beach St (3-0); @ Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (3-1); @ UC Santa Barbara (3-0); Cal St Northridge (3-1); UC Davis (3-1); Pacific (3-2);
10	10	Minnesota (17-4)			Big 10
	LAST WEEK			Wisconsin	(25-19, 25-22, 28-26)
				†#17 Purdue	(25-21, 25-18, 16-25, 25-17)
	NEXT UP			Northwestern	10/26
				Illinois	10/28
	NONCONF (9-2)			@ James Madison (3-1); Appalachian St (@ Harrisonbg) (3-0); Long Island (3-0); Miami, OH (3-0); Albany (3-0); @ #4 Texas (3-1); @ #4 Texas (1-3); North Dakota St (3-0); #20 Dayton [@ Tulsa] (3-0); #17 Kansas St [@ Tulsa] (2-3); @ Tulsa (3-0);
	CONF (8-2)			@ Illinois (3-0); @ Northwestern (3-1); Ohio St (3-0); #1 Penn St (0-3); Michigan (3-1); #25 Michigan St (3-2); @ Iowa (3-1); @ #5 Nebraska (1-3); Wisconsin (3-0); †#17 Purdue (3-1);
11	11	Florida (17-2)			SEC
	LAST WEEK			@ Alabama	(25-19, 25-16, 25-14)
				@ Texas A&M	(14-25, 25-27, 25-23, 25-23, 15-6)
	NEXT UP			@ Florida St	10/24
				Mississippi St	10/26
	NONCONF (6-2)			Fla. Intl. (3-0); Fla. A&M (3-0); Fla. Gulf Coast (3-0); #2 Texas [@ Univ. Park] (0- 3); †#8 Stanford [@ Univ. Park] (1-3); Slovenia (3-0); Jacksonville (3-0); Louisiana-Lafayette (3-1); Georgia Tech (3-1)
	CONF (11-0)			@ Arkansas (3-2); @ Kentucky (3-0); Missouri (3-0); @ South Carolina (3-1); @ Mississippi St (3-0); Arkansas (3-0); Kentucky (3-2); Ole Miss (3-0); Auburn (3-0); @ Alabama (3-0); @ Texas A&M (3-2);
12	12	Florida State (18-2)			ACC
	LAST WEEK			@ Georgia Tech	(33-35, 23-25, 25-13, 25-17, 15-10)
				@ Clemson	(25-9, 25-23, 25-19)
	NEXT UP			Florida	10/24
				Virginia	10/26
	NONCONF (8-1)			@#16 Tennessee (3-0); #10 Iowa St @ Knoxville] (3-2); Cincinnati [@ Knoxville] (3-0); Fla. Intl. [@ Tallahassee] (3-0); Georgia [@ Tallahassee] (3-1); @ Florida A&M (3-0); Slovenia (3-2); #19 Pepperdine [@ Houston] (0-3); @ Houston (3-0); #21 Ohio St [@ Houston];
	CONF (10-1)			@ Miami, FL (1-3); @ Virginia Tech (3-2); @ Virginia (3-1); Wake Forest (3-1); Duke (3-1); North Carolina (3-0); North Carolina St (3-0); @ Boston College (3-0); @ Maryland (3-1); @ Georgia Tech (3-2); @ Clemson (3-0);
13	14	Kansas State (18-3)			Big 12
	LAST WEEK			@ #21 Kansas	(28-26, 15-25, 26-28, 20-25)
				Texas Tech	(25-13, 25-14, 20-25, 23-25, 15-9)
	NEXT UP			@ West Virginia	10/24
				Baylor	10/27
	NONCONF (13-0)			UC Irvine (3-0); Oakland (3-0); †Oregon St (3-2); Denver [@ Omaha] (3-0); @ Creighton (3-0); Syracuse] [@ Omaha (3-0); Missouri St (3-0); St. Mary’ (3-0); Utah St (3-0); @ Tulsa (3-0); #9 Minnesota [@ Tulsa] (3-2); #20 Dayton [@ Tulsa] (3-0); Nebraska-Omaha (3-0)
	CONF (5-3)			@ Oklahoma (0-3); West Virginia (3-0); @ Baylor (3-1); #19 Iowa St (3-0); #8 Texas (0-3); @ TCU (3-0); @ #21 Kansas (1-3); Texas Tech (3-2);
14	13	San Diego (17-3)			West Coast
	LAST WEEK			@ San Francisco	(25-21, 21-25, 11-25, 25-20, 15-11)
				@ St. Mary’s	(22-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-21, 13-15)
	NEXT UP			Santa Clara	10/27
				@ BYU	10/31
	NONCONF (8-2)			Cal Poly (@ Austin) (3-0); †LSU (@ Austin) (3-0); @#2 Texas (0-3); †@ Long Beach St (3-0); †@ #5 USC (2-3); Notre Dame [@ Los Angeles] (3-0); Cal Poly [@ Los Angeles] (3-0); Fresno St (3-0); Yale (3-0); UC Santa Barbara (3-1)
	CONF (9-1)			San Francisco (3-1); @ Santa Clara (3-1); @ Loyola (3-1); †Portland (3-1); St. Mary’s (3-1); @ Pepperdine (3-1); †Gonzaga (3-1); Loyola (3-0); @ San Francisco (3-2); @ St. Mary’s (2-3);
15	15	Louisville (20-3)			Big East
	LAST WEEK			@ Syracuse	(25-23, 25-12, 25-18)
				@ Marquette	(20-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-19)
	NEXT UP			@ Cincinnati	10/28
				Villanova	11/02
				Georgetown	11/04
	NONCONF (11-2)			Western Kentucky (3-1); Morehead St (3-1); #3 Penn St (0-3); #10 Kentucky (3-1); Duke (3-0); Marshall (3-0); Samford (3-1); †#11 Purdue [@ Cincinnati] (3-0); Illinois [@ Cincinnati] (3-2); Mid. Tennessee St (3-0); UNLV (3-1); Miami, OH (3-1); #9 Texas (2-3)
	CONF (9-1)			DePaul (3-0); Notre Dame (2-3); @ South Florida (3-1); @ Pittsburgh (3-0); Seton Hall (3-0); Rutgers (3-0); @ St. John’s (3-2); @ Connecticut (3-1); @ Syracuse (3-0); @ Marquette (3-1);
16	16	BYU (19-2)			West Coast
	LAST WEEK			St. Mary’s	(25-22, 25-12, 25-18)
				@ Santa Clara	(29-31, 25-20, 21-25, 25-13, 14-16)
	NEXT UP			†@ Gonzaga	10/25
				†@ Portland	10/27
	NONCONF (12-0)			Arkansas St [@ Houston] (3-0); Air Force [@ Houston] (3-0); @ †Rice (3-0); @ Wichita St (3-2); #24 Colorado St [@ Wichita] (3-1); #14 Tennessee [@ Wichita] (3-1); †Utah (3-0); Bowling Green (3-0); †Portland St (3-0); New Hampshire [@ Wash DC] (3-0); Princeton [@ Wash DC] (3-0); @ George Washington (3-0)
	CONF (7-2)			#18 Pepperdine (3-0); †Gonzaga (3-0); @ San Francisco (3-1); @ St. Mary’s (1-3); @ Loyola (3-2); †Portland (3-0); San Francisco (3-1); St. Mary’s (3-0); @ Santa Clara (2-3);
17	17	†Purdue (14-7)			Big 10
	LAST WEEK			@ Indiana	(22-25, 23-25, 25-15, 21-25)
				@ #10 Minnesota	(21-25, 18-25, 25-16, 17-25)
	NEXT UP			Michigan	10/26
				Michigan St	10/27
	NONCONF (9-2)			Northern Iowa (3-0); George Washington (3-0); Pittsburgh (3-0); #11 Washington [@ Houston] (0-3); †Rice [@ Houston] (3-2); †@ LSU (3-0); Louisville [@ Cincinnati] (0-3); @ Cincinnati (3-1); Jacksonville St (3-1); UAB (3-0); Bowling Green (3-0)
	CONF (5-5)			@ Michigan St (3-2); @ Michigan (3-2); Northwestern (3-1); Illinois (3-2); #4 Nebraska (0-3); Iowa (0-3); @ #1 Penn St (0-3); @ #18 Ohio St (3-1); @ Indiana (1-3); @ #10 Minnesota (1-3);
18	19	Western Kentucky (24-3)			Sun Belt
	LAST WEEK			Arkansas St	(25-16, 25-21, 25-16)
				UALR	(25-14, 25-14, 25-18)
	NEXT UP			@ FIU	10/26
				@ Florida Atlantic	10/27
	NONCONF (14-3)			@ Louisville (1-3); #3 Penn St [@ Louisville] (0-3); Morehead St [@ Louisville] (3-0); Austin Peay (3-0); @ Virginia (3-1); Delaware [@ Charlottesville] (3-0); Lehigh [@ Charlottesville] (3-0); @ Cincinnati (3-1); Tennessee Tech (3-0); #10 Dayton (3-1); Ohio St (1-3); IUPUI (3-0); Lipscomb (3-0); Duke [@ Ann Arbor] (3-1); @ #22 Michigan (3-2); Eastern Michigan [@ Ann Arbor] (3-1); @ Belmont (3-0)
	CONF (10-0)			Troy (3-0); South Alabama (3-0); @ Louisiana-Lafayette (3-0); @ Middle Tennessee (3-0); @ North Texas (3-0); @ ULM (3-0); FIU (3-0); Florida Atlantic (3-0); Arkansas St (3-0); UALR (3-0);
19	18	Dayton (17-4)			Atlantic 10
	LAST WEEK			@ Saint Louis	(25-21. 25-20, 25-21)
				@ Butler	(26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 25-22)
	NEXT UP			George Washington	10/26
				Duquesne	10/27
	NONCONF (8-4)			Illinois (3-0); Pepperdine (3-1); Ohio (3-1); Austin Peay [@ Springfield, MO] (3-0); @ Missouri St (3-0); Oral Roberts [@ Springfield, MO] (3-0); Ohio St [@ Bowling Green] (2-3); @ Western Kentucky (1-3); Tenn. Tech [@ Bowling Green] (3-0); #9 Minnesota [@ Tulsa] (0-3); @ Tulsa (3-0); #17 Kansas St [@ Tulsa] (0-3)
	CONF (9-0)			Butler (3-1); Saint Louis (3-0); @ La Salle (3-0); @ Temple (3-0); Xavier (3-1); Fordham (3-0); Rhode Island (3-0); @ Saint Louis (3-0); @ Butler (3-1);
20	20	Ohio State (15-7)			Big 10
	LAST WEEK			#1 Penn St	(21-25, 19-25, 22-25)
				@ Michigan St	(24-26, 25-22, 25-23, 25-22)
	NEXT UP			@ Nebraska	10/26
				@ Iowa	10/27
	NONCONF (9-3)			Houston (3-0); Toledo (3-0); #20 Oregon (2-3); Binghamton [@ College Park] (3-0); Seton Hall [@ College Park] (3-0); @ Maryland (3-2); #10 Dayton [@ Bowling Green] (3-2);  IUPUI [@ Bowling Green] (3-1); Western Kentucky (3-1); #18 Pepperdine (0-3); #11 Florida St (1-3); @ Houston (3-1)
	CONF (6-4)			Iowa (3-0); #3 Nebraska (1-3); @ #10 Minnesota (0-3);  @ Wisconsin (3-1); @ #20 Illinois (3-2); @ Northwestern (3-2); Indiana (3-1); †#17 Purdue (1-3);  #1 Penn St (0-3); @ Michigan St (3-1);

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

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