NCAA | Washington ranked #5 in season’s first volleyball coaches’ poll

Four Pac-12 schools in top 8; Texas picked #1

The 2013 season’s first coaches’ poll, conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), shows the coaches’ respect for the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences.

Stanford (#3), Southern California (#4), Washington (#5) and Oregon (#8) were each top ten picks, as were four Big Ten schools: Penn State (#2), Michigan (#5), Minnesota (#7) and Nebraska (#10). Texas (#1) of the Big 12 and Florida (#9) of the SEC are the other top ten selections.

Texas is the defending national champion; Oregon was the national runner-up. The Longhorns defeated Michigan in the semifinals, while the Ducks beat Penn State.

UCLA of the Pac-12 was picked #12; California also received a few votes.

AVCA Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2012 AVCA Rank	2012 Record	2012 RPI
1	Texas (55)	1490	1	29-4	2
2	Penn State (3)	1425	3	33-3	3
3	Stanford (2)	1379	4	30-4	1
4	Southern California	1307	6	30-6	11
5	Washington	1167	9	25-7	14
6	Minnesota	1140	8	27-8	6
7	Michigan	1120	5	27-12	16
8	Oregon	1020	2	30-5	4
9	Florida	996	10	27-5	10
10	Nebraska	962	7	26-7	5
11	Hawai'i	825	11	27-3	21
12	UCLA	791	13	23-8	8
13	BYU	728	12	28-4	13
14	Michigan State	676	16	23-10	33
15	Iowa State	650	14	22-8	15
16	Purdue	585	15	23-11	22
17	Kentucky	504	20	22-11	20
18	Florida State	479	18	28-4	12
19	Louisville	389	17	30-4	7
20	Kansas	304	25	26-7	9
21	Western Kentucky		21	33-4	30
22	Dayton		19	27-5	19
23	Ohio State		22	23-11	23
24	Wichita State		23	24-10	36
25	Creighton		24	29-4	24

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  San Diego 101; North Carolina 68; Pepperdine 65; Illinois 49; Miami (FL) 41; Oklahoma 35; Kansas State 32; Long Beach State 30; St. Mary's (CA) 27; Texas A&M 20; Wisconsin 17; California 16; Colorado State 15; Notre Dame 6; San Diego State 6; Northern Iowa 3.