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

-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann

Five Pac-12 teams in top seven

Once again, Penn State got all ten first-place votes in the October 23, 2012 Volleyball Magazine media poll.

Meanwhile, the NCAA’s RPI continues its tradition of utterly absurd results.

Louisville has more losses than Washington, has just one quality win all season (against Purdue), and plays the likes of South Florida, Rutgers and Connecticut in the Big East Conference. Washington also beat Purdue (more convincingly), has beaten UCLA and USC, and plays in the Pac-12. So why is Louisville ranked ahead of Washington? 

For that matter, why is Minnesota ranked higher? Its four losses came against top teams; Washington’s two losses also came against top teams. (And, yes, Minnesota also beat Purdue.)

 Go figure.

Volleyblog Seattle	RPI	AVCA Coaches’ Poll	VBM Rank	School
1	2	1	1	Penn State (10)
2	1	2	2	Stanford
3	6	3	3	Oregon
4	3	4	4	Nebraska
5	11	5	5	Washington
6	5	6	6	UCLA
7	14	7	7	USC
8	4	8	8	Texas
16	18	9	9	Hawaii
9	9	10	10	Minnesota
10	10	11	11	Florida
11	13	12	12	Florida State
17	7	13	13	Louisville
15	19	14	14	San Diego
14	12	16	15	Kansas State
20	38	15	16	Dayton
19	30	19	17	Western Kentucky
13	8	17	18	Kansas
12	15	18	19	BYU
NR	22	20	20	Ohio State

Others receiving votes: Purdue, Miami, Iowa State, Pepperdine, Michigan State

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.

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

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