NCAA | Pac-12 continues to dominate week 10 coaches’ poll

Washington (17-4) hangs in at eighth

Washington's Cassie Strickland
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For the fifth week in a row, five Pac-12 teams are among the top seven in the weekly coaches’ poll is conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

The Pac-12 takes over the top two spots this week, and deservedly so. That said, Stanford still has to play Oregon (this week), UCLA and USC on the road, plus Washington at home. The imbalanced Pac-12 schedule means that Oregon meets UCLA and USC only once each this season and next.

Nebraska beats Penn State and is ranked lower than the Nittany Lions? Yes, the Huskers also lost to Ohio State, but still …

Most under-rated this week: BYU and Miami (FL)

Most over-rated: Hawai’i (still no road matches against a top team), Dayton (two biggest wins are against unranked teams), and Ohio State (7 losses is too many for the Top 20)

AVCA Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2012 Record	Previous	Volleyblog Seattle Rank
1	Stanford (50)	1489	20-2	2	1
2	Oregon (9)	1433	20-1	3	2
3	Penn State (1)	1359	21-2	1	4
4	Nebraska	1300	18-3	4	3
5	UCLA	1257	17-4	6	5
6	USC	1225	21-3	7	6
7	Texas	1115	18-3	8	8
8	Washington	1084	17-4	5	7
9	Hawai'i	1026	19-2	9	13
10	Minnesota	976	19-4	10	9
11	Florida State	911	21-2	12	10
12	Louisville	796	21-3	13	18
13	Florida	784	18-3	11	11
14	Dayton	632	19-4	15	20
15	Ohio State	581	17-7	20	NR
16	Kansas State	568	20-3	16	15
17	BYU	540	21-2	18	12
18	San Diego	447	17-4	14	16
19	Western Kentucky	433	26-3	19	19
20	Kansas	357	19-4	17	14
21	Iowa State	320	13-7	22	NR
22	Purdue	249	16-7	21	NR
23	Miami (FL)	200	20-3	24	17
24	Pepperdine	189	17-7	23	NR
25	St. Mary's (CA)	102	13-9	25	NR

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Kentucky 32; Creighton 31; Marquette 30; North Carolina 17; Tennessee 9; Texas A&M 6

Dropped Out: none

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How the Top 20 fared