NCAA | Washington Volleyball 5th in media poll, 8th in RPI

Five Pac-12 teams in top seven; most polls starting to track closely

Penn State got all ten first-place votes in the October 16, 2012 Volleyball Magazine media poll:

Volleyblog Seattle	RPI	AVCA Coaches’ Poll	VBM Rank	School
1	2	1	1	Penn State
2	1	2	2	Stanford
3	5	3	3	Oregon
5	3	4	4	Nebraska
4	8	5	5	Washington
6	6	6	6	UCLA
7	14	7	7	USC
8	4	8	8	Texas
14	22	9	9	Hawaii
12	10	10	10	Minnesota
11	12	11	11	Florida
16	15	12	12	Florida State
9	9	14	13	Kansas State
13	21	13	14	San Diego
15	7	15	15	Louisville
10	11	16	16	BYU
17	16	17	17	Purdue
19	33	19	18	Western Kentucky
20	37	18	19	Dayton
NR	25	20	20	Ohio State

Others receiving votes: Kansas, Miami, Michigan State, Iowa State, Kentucky

Volleyblog Seattle is one of ten national voters in the weekly poll.

Voters for this poll are made up of coaches, media and sports information directors from across the country. It will be published weekly each Tuesday leading up to the NCAA Tournament and then a final poll after the NCAA Championship.

Gabbi Parker, Amanda Gil, Kylin Munoz
-courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography

NOTES:

For a different take on the national rankings, don’t miss the North Pole Poll, produced each week by the Penn State Volleyball blog, DigNittanyVolleyball.

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

www.nolittlethings.com

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