NCAA | Washington climbs to a tie for #2 in week 7 coaches’ poll

Washington (13-0) gets five first-place votes and; ties with Oregon (13-0) for second spot.

For the second week in a row, five Pac-12 teams are among the top eight in the weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

Washington's Jenna Orlandini
-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann

• Penn State stays at number one, on the strength of a string of wins against other ranked teams (they’ve defeated #4 Nebraska, #7 Stanford, #9 Texas, #10 Minnesota and #17 Louisville.) Those wins allow coaches to overlook the Nittany Lions’ lone loss, to unranked Oregon State, a team that Oregon defeated handily, and that Washington will play next week.
• Oregon and Washington are the only two remaining undefeated teams in Division 1. Oregon got more first place votes (13-5), but enough coaches ranked Washington ahead of the Ducks otherwise to pull the teams into a rare tie, considering there were 60 voters this week.
  Last season, Washington rose to number two before losing to Stanford.
• Despite the Pac-12 domination at the top of the polls, teams like Oregon State (12-4) and Arizona State (13-4) have to wonder nonetheless how Ohio State (11-5), Illinois (8-6) and Pepperdine (10-6) rank ahead of them. Pepperdine, in particular, lost both its matches this week to unranked teams. (St. Mary's and Santa Clara)

See also: Vansant, Gil Named Pac-12 Players of the Week

AVCA Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2012 Record	Previous	Volleyblog Seattle Rank
1	Penn State (42)	1466	14-1	1	3
T-2	Oregon (13)	1412	13-0	2	1
T-2	Washington (5)	1412	13-0	5	2
4	Nebraska	1275	11-2	6	6
5	USC	1243	14-2	3	5
6	UCLA	1230	10-3	4	4
7	Stanford	1169	12-2	7	7
8	Hawai'i	1056	12-2	8	15
9	Texas	1036	11-3	9	13
10	Minnesota	954	12-3	10	12
11	Florida	847	11-2	12	14
12	Purdue	788	13-2	13	11
13	Florida State	743	12-2	14	19
14	Kansas State	710	15-1	15	8
15	San Diego	688	12-2	16	17
16	BYU	607	15-1	11	9
17	Louisville	589	14-2	17	10
18	Dayton	402	12-4	20	NR
19	Ohio State	286	11-5	22	NR
20	Western Kentucky	273	17-3	23	NR
21	Illinois	250	8-6	21	NR
22	Iowa State	218	8-5	19	NR
23	Pepperdine	174	10-6	18	NR
24	Kansas	156	14-2	NR	NR
25	Michigan State	127	14-2	24	16

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Oklahoma 100; Oregon State 63; Texas A&M 48; Arkansas 35; North Carolina 34; St. Mary's (Ca.) 22; Michigan 21; Miami (FL) 20; Tennessee 14; N.C. State 13; Marquette 12; Pacific 3

Dropped Out: Tennessee (#25)

see also:

How the Top 20 fared

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

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