NCAA | Washington volleyball among elite in media poll

Huskies in top 3 of all national polls and RPI

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As often happens late in the season, the Volleyball Magazine media poll, the AVCA coaches’ poll and the NCAA’s RPI rankings start to align. Washington is now a solid #3 across the board.

 

Washington's Jenna Orlandini (4) and Cassie Strickland (8)
-photo by Shutter Geeks Photography

The RPI starts to diverge after the top 7. The formula relies heavily on the record of a team’s opponents (and its opponents’ opponents), penalizing those who have not played a particularly tough schedule. That’s why the RPI is generally unimpressed with the fact that Colorado State is still undefeated. It’s also why it remains smitten with Creighton, a team that dared play (and lose to) California, UCLA and Hawai’i, with victories over BYU, Cal State Northridge and Kansas.

This week, for fun, here’s a reminder of the teams who managed to defeat the top teams in the various rankings. Notice, in particular, how often Texas, Penn State and Washington show up in that column …

  

VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE MEDIA POLL FOR WEEK OF NOVEMBER 11

Volleyball Mag.		AVCA Coaches Poll	RPI	Volleyblog Seattle	School (VBM First Place Votes)	Losses
This Week	Last Week
1	1	1	1	3	Texas (5)	Hawai’i, Ariz St
2	2	2	2	2	Penn State (3)	Texas, Mich St
3	3	3	3	1	Washington (2)	Colo
4	4	4	5	4	Southern Cal	San Diego, Ariz, Washington
5	6	7	6	6	Missouri	[none]
6	5	5	4	7	Florida	Penn St, Mizzou
7	7	6	7	5	Stanford	Fla, Texas, USC, Washington, USC
8	8	8	14	10	San Diego	Texas, BYU, St. Mary’s
9	10	10	19	11	Colorado St	[none]
10	11	9	8	8	Nebraska	Auburn, Texas, Mich St, Purdue
11	9	11	15	9	Minnesota	Kntcky, Nebr, Penn St, Wisc, Nebr
12	12	12	12	12	Hawai’i	San Diego, UCSB, Nrthrdge, UC Davis
13	15	13	17	13	Duke	Fla, Minn, NC St
14	14	14	16	NR	Wisconsin	Kans, Nebr, Penn St, Mich, Ill, Purdue, Nebr
15	19	15	26	15	North Carolina	Duke, Fla St, Miami
16	20	17	9	17	Kentucky	Fla St, Ill, Pepp, Fla, Georgia, Mizzou
17	17	22	24	16	Florida State	Ill, Ohio St, Tex A&M, Fla, Ga Tech, Duke, Va Tech
18	13	16	28	NR	Michigan State	Pacific, Minn, Wisc, Mich, Ind, Penn St, Ill
19	18	19	29	NR	Michigan	Fla St, Ohio St, Penn St, Ill, Nebr, Minn, Purdue, Penn St, Ill
20	NR	NR	20	20	California	Kan St, UC Davis, Stanford, USC, Utah, Washington, USC
NR	16	18	32	NR	Purdue	USC, W Ky, Wisc, Minn, Penn St, NWstrn, Minn, Penn St, Ohio St
NR	NR	24	30	14	BYU	Creighton, Bowl Green, Okla, St. Mary’s, S Clara
NR	NR	NR	52	18	Cent. Arkansas	Ariz, Penn St, Marquette
NR	NR	NR	33	NR	Oregon	Ohio, Mich St, Mich, Washington, Ariz, USC, Stanf, Cal, Ariz St, USC
NR	NR	21	37	19	CS Northridge	Creighton, UCLA, Washington, UCSB
NR	NR	NR	21	NR	Oklahoma	Pacific, Miami, Texas, Kansas, Texas, Kan St, Iowa St
NR	NR	NR	25	NR	Arizona	Kansas, Hawai’i, Ariz St, Cal, Washington, Colo, Utah, Ore, Washington
NR	NR	NR	10	NR	Creighton	Cal, UCLA, Hawai’i, Butler, Marq, St Johns
NR	NR	NR	11	NR	Marquette	BYU, USC, Penn St, Fla, Creighton,
NR	NR	23	13	NR	Kansas	Cent Ark, Creighton, Texas, Iowa St, Texas
NR	NR	NR	22	NR	Utah	BYU, USC, Washington, Stanf, Ore, Washington, Wash St, Cal, Stanf
NR	NR	25	18	NR	Illinois	Long Beach, San Diego, Washington, Texas, NC, Duke, Nebr, Mich St, Purd, Penn St, NWstrn, Nebr

Others receiving Volleyball Magazine votes: Purdue, Cal State Northridge, BYU, Central Arkansas

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

see also: With two more victories, Washington volleyball continues RPI climb

NOTES:

• Former Washington setter Jenna Hagglund was on the roster, but Alicia Glass got most of the playing time as the US National Team was swept 3-0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-20) by Brazil in the opening round of the FIVB Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya, Japan. Most of the USA roster is comprised of athletes who did not participate in last summer’s London Olympics. 

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Photos courtesy Shutter Geeks Photography