The primary 10 groups within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot stayed the identical this week.
The primary motion was at No. 11, as Kansas moved up a spot. Kentucky went up two notches to No. 12, Texas stayed thirteenth, and Oregon dropped three locations to No. 14. Dayton stayed No, 15 and Utah is in at No. 16. Minnesota and Georgia Tech, tied for sixteenth final week, dropped out.
Rank, Group, Factors, First-Place Votes, Earlier rating
1. Pittsburgh (189 factors, 9 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (183, 3 first-place votes, 2)
3. Louisville (165, 3)
4. Creighton (150, 4)
5. Penn State (142, 5)
6. Wisconsin (138, 6)
7. Stanford (116, 7)
8. Arizona State (108, 8)
9. SMU (89, 9)
10. Purdue (78, 10)
11. Kansas (67, 12)
12. Kentucky (55, 14)
13. Texas (53, 13)
14. Oregon (41, 11)
15. Dayton (29, 15)
16. Utah (9, NR)
Additionally receiving votes: Georgia Tech, Florida, Missouri, Minnesota, Baylor
Dropped out: Minnesota, Georgia Tech
The voters
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat author for Huskers Illustrated and co-host of the Volleyball State podcast
Abby Benton (@numberonevolleyball) — performed at DII Catawba and DIII William Peace and has 54K Instagram followers and greater than 116K on TikTok
Michella Chester (@michellachester) — THE volleyball voice of NCAA.com
Shelby Coppedge (@shelbycoppedge) — ESPN and Volleyball World TV analyst, Fan Duel Reporter; former Texas A&M-Corpus Christi DS
Emily Ehman @emilyehman) — Large Ten Community, ESPN, Volleyball World TV analyst; former Northwestern DS
Lee Feinswog (@VBMagazine) — editor of VolleyballMag
Daniel Gillman (@DanielGillman/@SixRotations) — host of Six Rotations for the AVCA, nationwide play-by-play for a number of sports activities
Sam Gore (@sambgore) — veteran broadcaster/studio host who does ESPN volleyball play-by-play, host of the Fifth Set in the course of the NCAA Match
Mick Haley (@Michaelhaley6) — ESPN analyst, former national-championship coach at Texas and USC and 2000 USA Olympic coach
Amy Pauly (@acpauly10) — Head coach of the Orlando Valkyries of the Professional Volleyball Federation and the workforce’s vice-president of volleyball operations; former assistant coach at USC, head coach at UAB; libero at Alabama
Dennis Punzel (@DennisPunzel) — Wisconsin beat author for the Wisconsin State Journal, creator of Level! Wisconsin
Ed Robust (@VBMagazine) — VolleyballMag tremendous Tweeter
Voter feedback
Gillman: Louisville confirmed me they deserve the No. 3 spot however I’ve Creighton because the 4, until Wisconsin stuns Nebraska this week. I really feel fairly safe with the highest 14, then a toss-up between a bunch of 6-7. As of now I’ve Minnesota/Florida as the ultimate hosts with Utah, Dayton and Georgia Tech with severe probabilities to leap in
Punzel: Pat week with solely certainly one of my prime 16 — Oregon— shedding a match. Geese drop 2 spots to fifteen. Good bounce-back week for Kansas and good win for Florida over Missouri, so Jayhawks and Gators transfer up a spot to 13 and 14.
Chester: One other nice week! Not TOO many adjustments this week, however we now have a HUGE week forward of us with some unbelievable matchups forward of Choice Sunday. I moved Wisconsin forward of Stanford after one other dominating week and spectacular efficiency.
Ehman: These final two weeks are going to be essentially the most anxiety-induced weeks for therefore many groups both preventing to get a top-16 seed (there are like 10 groups who’ve a legitimate declare to the final three spots) or a top-4 seed (six groups doubtlessly within the combine? Even when Wisconsin received out, I don’t suppose they get in over Creighton). Kentucky and Georgia Tech lastly cracked again into my prime 16 due to TCU’s two-loss week (together with to unranked Okay-State) and since I merely can’t preserve a nine-loss Minnesota workforce in anymore. Going to be a helluva end ….
Arneal: It was a fairly easy week because the groups I had in my Prime 16 went a mixed 30-1 final week. Oregon suffered a brutal five-set loss to USC with 4 late service errors. The Geese take a slight hit however stay within the rankings. I view this week because the calm earlier than the storm. The final two weeks shall be enjoyable!
Robust: Must be essentially the most easy poll I’ve had all yr. Solely workforce that misplaced from my poll final week is Oregon, who drops a few spots from 10 to 12. Tempted to push Creighton into the highest 4 for his or her absurd degree of dominance however given the schedules, I’d must see Louisville or Penn State drop one other match. After being in a state of chaos for a number of weeks, the highest of the SEC seems to have settled down into normalcy. Thought-about: Utah, Florida
Benton: Not a lot of per week this week when it comes to upsets. Moreover Oregon shedding to USC and TCU shedding to Kansas State, every little thing else was simply typical wins and losses (which isn’t enjoyable). Solely adjustments I made to my record is shifting Kentucky above Oregon and swapping out Baylor and placing Minnesota of their place at #16.
Feinswog: Only a few adjustments for me. Purdue taking part in Penn State and Nebraska taking part in Wisconsin may shake issues up a bit this week.
