NCAA | Media rank Washington ninth in season’s final poll

Reporters echo coaches’ conclusions

-Volleyblog Seattle photo by Leslie Hamann

Reporters agreed with coaches that Washington is a better team than both the NCAA tournament committee and the RPI computer judged it to be.

In the December 20, 2012 Volleyball Magazine media poll—the final poll of the season—Washington was ranked ninth. That matches the coaches’ assessment that the Huskies were the best of the eight teams which lost in the Sweet 16.

Several of Washington’s 2012 opponents finished in the Top 20. The Huskies defeated #13 Hawai’i and #16 Purdue; they split with #2 Oregon, #6 USC and #10 UCLA, and lost both matches to #5 Stanford.

Final VBM Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	Final 2012 Record	NCAA seed	Final RPI
1	Texas (10)	200	29-4	3	2
2	Oregon	190	30-5	5	4
3	Penn State	168	33-3	1	3
4	Michigan	165	27-12	NS	16
5	Stanford	157	30-4	2	1
6	USC	156	30-6	6	11
7	Nebraska	135	26-7	4	5
8	Minnesota	130	27-8	8	6
9	Washington	118	25-7	13	14
10	UCLA	115	23-8	7	8
11	Florida	101	27-5	14	10
12	BYU	98	28-4	12	13
13	Hawaii	80	27-3	NS	21
14	Iowa State	53	22-8	15	15
15	Michigan State	50	23-10	NS	33
16	Purdue	47	23-11	NS	22
17	Louisville	35	30-4	10	7
18	Kentucky	31	22-11	16	20
19	Florida State	25	28-4	9	12
20	Wichita State	15	24-10	NS	36

Others Receiving Votes: Dayton, Texas A&M, Ohio State, Kansas, Creighton, San Diego, Western 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.

see also:

Washington ninth in season’s final coaches’ poll

---

WRITTEN BY: Jack Hamann | PHOTOGRAPHY: Leslie Hamann

www.nolittlethings.com

---