Tuesday, November 27, 2012

NCAA | Washington ranked seventh in media poll


Pac-12 continues to dominate voting, but NCAA and RPI don't fully agree

-Volleyblog Seattle photo
by Leslie Hamann
Reporters had their differences with both the latest RPI and the NCAA tournament committee in the November 27, 2012 Volleyball Magazine media poll.

In the opinion of media, the NCAA had too low an opinion of two teams in this weekend’s Seattle first/second round. They judged 13th seeded Washington as the 7th best team, and unseeded Hawai’i as the 8th best.

Reporters also thought #10 Nebraska was ranked too high at 4th seed, #20 Iowa State too high at 11th seed, and unranked Kentucky too high at #16.

As usual, Pac-12 schools fare poorly in RPI. Louisville skates in at #4, despite playing in a relatively weak conference; Oregon, USC and Washington appear to be punished for playing in the much tougher Pac-12.


VBM
Rank
School
(First-Place Votes)
Total Points
2012 Record
NCAA
seed
RPI
1
Penn State (10)
200
28-2
1
2
2
Stanford
190
27-3
2
1
3
Oregon
168
25-4
5
10
4
UCLA
165
22-7
7
6
5
USC
157
27-5
6
13
6
Texas
156
23-4
3
3
7
Washington
135
23-6
13
16
8
Hawaii
130
25-2
NS
17
9
Louisville
118
29-3
10
4
10
Nebraska
115
23-6
4
5
11
Minnesota
101
24-7
8
9
12
Florida State
98
27-3
9
8
13
Florida
80
25-4
14
12
14
BYU
53
26-3
12
11
15
Dayton
50
26-4
NS
20
16
Iowa State
47
20-7
15
18
17
Ohio State
35
22-10
NS
25
18
San Diego
31
21-6
NS
24
19
Western Kentucky
25
32-3
NS
28
20
Kansas
15
25-6
11
7
Others Receiving Votes Kansas, Miami, Creighton, Michigan State, Purdue, Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, Texas A&M

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.

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WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann



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