NCAA | Washington Volleyball a close second in media poll

Five Pac-12 teams in top seven; Huskies just two points out of top ranking

Volleyball Magazine media poll for October 9, 2012

VBM Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	Record	Volleyblog Seattle	AVCA Coaches’ Poll
1	Penn State (6)	196	16-1	2	1
2	Washington (4)	194	15-0	1	2
3	Stanford	167	14-2	3	4
4	Oregon	166	14-1	4	5
5	Nebraska	162	13-2	7	3
6	UCLA	152	12-3	5	7
7	USC	147	16-2	6	6
8	Texas	128	14-3	8	9
9	Hawai'i	114	14-2	16	8
10	Minnesota	111	14-3	10	10
11	Florida	90	13-2	13	11
12	Florida State	84	14-2	18	12
13	Kansas State	74	16-2	9	14
14	Louisville	73	16-3	12	15
15	San Diego	71	14-2	14	13
16	BYU	55	16-1	11	16
17	Purdue	37	13-4	15	17
18	Ohio State	28	13-5	NR	19
19	Dayton	21	12-4	NR	18
20	Western Kentucky	15	20-3	20	20

Others receiving votes: Michigan State, Kansas, Illinois, Miami

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.

Washington's Cassie Strickland (8) attacks against USC
-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann

NOTES:

• Last night in Louisville—site of the 2012 Final Four—Texas (14-3) came from behind to win a heartstopper, defeating Louisville 3-2 (21-25, 25-18, 21-25, 26-24, 15-10).

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

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