NCAA | Media poll also ranks Washington volleyball #2

Volleyball Magazine media poll closely tracks AVCA coaches’ poll

As the nonconference part of the volleyball schedule comes to an end, teams from the Pac-12 and Big Ten continue to dominate the national polls.

In the week four Volleyball Magazine media poll, each conference landed six teams among the top 20. The Big Ten’s Penn State was once again number one, with the Pac-12’s Washington repeating at number two.

Washington's Cassie Strickland passes against Cal State Northridge
-photo by Shutter Geeks Photography

The preseason was marked by several matchups between top-ranked teams. Defending national champion Texas offers an interesting benchmark: the Longhorns defeated Penn State, San Diego, Stanford, Illinois and Nebraska, while losing to Hawai’i and Arizona State. Upstart San Diego, by comparison, beat USC, Hawai’i, Iowa State and Illinois, losing only to Texas and BYU.

VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE MEDIA POLL FOR WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 24

Volleyball Mag.		School (First Place Votes)	AVCA Coaches Poll	Volleyblog Seattle
This Week	Last Week
1	1	Penn State (10)	1	1
2	2	Washington	2	2
3	4	Southern California	4	3
4	6	Texas	5	7
5	5	Hawai’i	6	4
6	7	Florida	3	9
T7	8	Stanford	7	10
T7	3	San Diego	8	8
9	9	Minnesota	9	5
10	10	Michigan	10	12
11	11	UCLA	11	14
12	13	Ohio State	13	11
13	15	North Carolina	14	13
14	12	Nebraska	12	17
15	14	Arizona State	16	6
16	16	Michigan State	15	16
17	17	Florida State	17	NR
18	NR	Colorado St	19	19
19	19	Oregon	21	NR
20	NR	Kentucky	18	NR
NR	20	Wisconsin	NR	15
NR	NR	Kansas State	NR	18
NR	NR	BYU	NR	20
NR	18	Illinois	24	NR
NR	NR	Purdue	20	NR
NR	NR	Ohio	22	NR
NR	NR	Creighton	23	NR
NR	NR	Iowa State	25	NR

Others receiving Volleyball Magazine votes: Wisconsin, Purdue, Creighton, Missouri, Kansas State, Ohio, Iowa State, BYU, Illinois

Volleyblog Seattle is one of ten national voters in the weekly Volleyball Magazine Division 1 Women’s Volleyball Poll.

NOTES:

• AVCA blogger Deb Stadick picks #2 Washington (8-0) to sweep Washington State (13-0) in Pullman tomorrow night. She also chooses Arizona State over Arizona, and Oregon over Oregon State.

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Photos courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography