NCAA | Washington Volleyball 8th in media poll, 14th in RPI

Five Pac-12 teams in top eight

Reporters mirrored coaches in the October 30, 2012 Volleyball Magazine media poll. Both placed the same schools in their respective Top 20s, and the top 13 were identical.

Meanwhile, the NCAA’s RPI continues to baffle. The top five teams in the Pac12 are a collective 84-3 against all other opponents (not counting, of course, when they play each other. (Early in the season, UCLA barely lost in 5 at Nebraska, Stanford barely lost in 5 at Penn State, and Stanford lost in 4 at Hawai’i.)

84-3. They pretty much only lose to each other. 

So when we see Louisville, Minnesota, Florida State, Kansas, Florida and Kansas State with higher RPIs than USC and Washington, we gotta ask: Really? (for an explanation of the RPI, see: RPI: A Primer)

Volleyblog Seattle	RPI	AVCA Coaches’ Poll	VBM Rank	School
1	1	1	1	Stanford (9)
2	6	2	2	Oregon (1)
4	2	3	3	Penn State
3	3	4	4	Nebraska
5	5	5	5	UCLA
6	13	6	6	USC
7	4	7	7	Texas
8	14	8	8	Washington
13	18	9	9	Hawaii
9	8	10	10	Minnesota
10	9	11	11	Florida State
18	7	12	12	Louisville
11	11	13	13	Florida
15	12	16	14	Kansas State
NR	20	15	15	Ohio State
20	30	14	16	Dayton
12	17	17	17	BYU
16	22	18	18	San Diego
19	33	19	19	Western Kentucky
14	10	20	20	Kansas

Others receiving votes: Purdue, Miami, Iowa State, St. Mary’s, Kentucky

Washington's Krista Vansant and Cassie Strickland prepare to pass against USC
-courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography

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.