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Huskies at #6 in coaches poll after top teams beat each other; USC #1

Last week, Volleyblog Seattle rated USC #1. Now, coaches are catching up.

Kaleigh Nelson, Lianna Sybeldon and
Kylin Munoz celebrate a point against
Canadian National Team
-photo by Shutter Geeks Photography

In the annual Nike Big Four tourney, Texas was the big winner, beating both Penn State and Stanford. Stanford also lost to Florida, while Penn State beat the Gators.

San Diego continues to impress, adding wins over Iowa State and Illinois to a previous victory at Hawai’i and a narrow loss to Texas.

The Pac-12 did poorly in marquee matches. Besides the Stanford losses, Hawai’i beat UCLA, while Oregon and Oregon State both lost to Michigan and Michigan State. As usual, however, none of these matches were on the home floor of the Pac-12 school—power teams from other conferences rarely ever agree to come west (or, in Hawai’i’s case, east) during nonconference.

Washington dropped one spot, as Texas and Florida vaulted ahead, and Stanford dropped behind.

underrated: Arizona St, Wisconsin

overrated: Oregon, Nebraska, Kentucky, Ohio St

WEEK THREE

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

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  Colorado State 125; Arizona State 98; Oklahoma 85; Ohio 58; Louisville 43; Kansas State 31; BYU 23; Texas A&M 22; Miami (FL) 21; St. Mary's (CA) 17; Cal State Northridge 14