Monday, October 8, 2012

NCAA | Washington stays second in week 8 coaches’ poll


Washington (15-0) gets 12 first-place votes.


For the third 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).
For Huskies’ fans, this week’s poll is a mixed blessing.
  • #1 Penn State barely escaped against a mediocre Illinois team, and has an earlier nonconference loss to Oregon State.
  • Most great coaches will tell you, however, that they’d rather be #2 at this point of the season. Top billing adds an unwanted bull’s-eye.

Washington Huskies head to the locker room after another victory
-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann


#3 Nebraska has no business moving to number three: the Huskers barely beat lowly Indiana, while #4 Stanford knocks off previously-unbeaten Oregon.
#8 Hawai’i stays in the Top Ten despite playing just good enough to be on top of a very mediocre conference. Plus: that loss to Cal … at home.
#13 San Diego, meanwhile, is leads the way in a much tougher conference.
And, finally, it’s time for coaches to pay more attention to the bottom of the rankings: Stop voting for Illinois (8-8), Iowa State (9-6) and Pepperdine (the Waves have lost 3 of their last 4, and 4 of 6)!



AVCA
Rank
School
(First-Place Votes)
Total Points
2012 Record
Previous
Volleyblog
Seattle
Rank
1
Penn State (47)
1482
16-1
1
2
2
Washington (12)
1444
15-0
T-2
1
3
Nebraska
1318
13-2
4
7
4
Stanford
1283
14-2
7
3
5
Oregon (1)
1269
14-1
T-2
4
6
USC
1220
16-2
5
6
7
UCLA
1200
12-3
6
5
8
Hawai'i
1050
14-2
8
16
9
Texas
1038
13-3
9
8
10
Minnesota
956
14-3
10
10
11
Florida
863
13-2
11
13
12
Florida State
784
14-2
13
18
13
San Diego
773
14-2
15
14
14
Kansas State
701
16-2
14
9
15
Louisville
631
16-2
17
12
16
BYU
622
16-1
16
11
17
Purdue
519
13-4
12
15
18
Dayton
427
12-4
18
NR
19
Ohio State
406
13-5
19
NR
20
Western Kentucky
344
20-3
20
20
21
Kansas
214
16-2
24
NR
22
Illinois
185
8-8
21
NR
23
Iowa State
173
9-6
22
NR
24
Pepperdine
161
11-7
23
NR
25
Michigan State
152
15-3
25
17
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Texas A&M 94; Miami (FL) 48; St. Mary's (Ca.) 25; Marquette 22; Arkansas 19; Tennessee 19; Oklahoma 17; North Carolina 11; Oregon State 11; Kentucky 6; Michigan 3; Creighton 2; N.C. State 2

Dropped Out: none

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann



2 comments:

  1. I find it hard to believe some big bias doesn't exist as the Big 10 (12 teams) has 7 ranked in top 25, while Pac 12 (12 teams ) only has 5. Surely Ore St deserves to be ranked, rather than Purdue or Illinois or Mich St.

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    1. Illinois (8-8) simply does not belong on a Top 25 list. Ohio State is questionable. Purdue and Michigan State probably belong, but at the bottom.

      Oregon State's loss to Cal--a sweep at that--did not help its cause.

      Miami, FL (14-3) and Texas A&M (14-2) are probably screaming louder than anyone this week ...

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