Pittsburgh completed because the unanimous No. 1 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot of the common season.
Nebraska is again to No. 2. Penn State, now No. 3, traded locations with No. 4 Louisville. Stanford is No. 5, only one level behind.
Dayton, which moved again in, and Baylor cracking the listing, tied at No. 16. Florida dropped out.
Rank, Group, Factors, First-Place Votes, Earlier rating
1. Pittsburgh (176 factors, 11 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (164, 1)
3. Penn State (153, 4)
4. Louisville (136, 3)
5. Stanford (135, 6)
6. Creighton (126, 5)
7. Wisconsin (106, 6)
8. Arizona State (93, 8)
9. SMU (82, 9)
10. Purdue (70, 11)
11. Kentucky (61, 13)
12. Texas (58, 12)
13. Kansas (55, 10)
14. Oregon (35, 14)
15. Utah (29, 15)
Tie — 16. Dayton (5, NR)
Tie — 16. Baylor (5, NR)
Additionally receiving votes: TCU, Minnesota
Dropped out: Florida
Be aware: Considered one of our voters couldn’t contribute this week, so there have been simply 11 ballots.
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 through the NCAA Event
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 group’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 Sturdy (@VBMagazine) — VolleyballMag tremendous Tweeter
Voter feedback
Gillman: I appreciated the committee’s prime 16 and agree with the highest 4, as effectively. Can’t overreact to a remaining week when taking a look at Louisville vs. Stanford all season. TCU vs. Baylor was a very shut sixteenth spot. I’m with the RPI and thought TCU earned it.
Haley: Mystified how Baylor is internet hosting a regional with a loss final week and 20 on RPI and KPI. Baylor isn’t a top-16 group. Dayton had one unhealthy loss for the season however their physique of labor is regular. This match lacks the sixth-year Covid gamers so it is going to be weaker; anticipate loads of upsets, an actual roll-coaster of a match. See ya’ll in Louisville!
Ehman: Ending with Pitt over Nebraska at No. 1 after the Huskers’ loss to Penn State, who got here in at 3 for me. Stanford must be over Louisville at No. 4, in any other case why else play the matches? Plus Louisville’s different loss to Pitt this week. Utah and Baylor shut it out for me at No. 15 and 16. HELLUVA season. Wow … This final week occurred to be probably the most thrilling of the 12 months, which you couldn’t have drawn up higher!
Punzel: Nebraska loss opened the trail for Pitt to maneuver again as much as No. 1, however Georgia Tech got here amazingly near shaking that up. Considered one of a number of upsets or close to upsets that made for a enjoyable week. In the long run I’ve 15 of 16 groups hanging on, with Baylor transferring up and Florida dropping off. Looks like my listing is fairly near choice committee’s, so it should’ve achieved a fantastic job.
Benton: I really feel like I saved most of every little thing the identical as final week. I actually imagine with final weekend’s matches it must be Pitt, Penn State, Nebraska, and Stanford, in that order for the highest 4. And after SMU’s loss to NC State, they need to not even be within the prime 10. I actually imagine the previous few matches earlier than postseason matter greater than non-conference.
Arneal: Plenty of chaos through the remaining week of the common season. Penn State and Stanford had the perfect wins of the week. I in all probability had these two decrease than most coming into the week, so the query of how massive of a leap they’d make. Penn State moved up three spots to No. 3, nonetheless behind Nebraska. “However head-to-head!” Yeah, I do know, however I feel Nebraska remains to be a greater group and has a better ceiling than the Nittany Lions at this level. Stanford additionally moved up three spots to No. 5, one place decrease than Louisville. They cut up the season sequence, however the Cardinals received a set on the street. Florida fell on its face and opened the door for a group at No. 16, and I welcomed again Dayton, who didn’t play final week. Benefit from the chaos of the match.
Feinswog: I nonetheless went with Creighton at No. 3, which I’ve for many of the season. All Creighton does is win. The Bluejays can show me proper or mistaken within the match. My prime 4 was Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Creighton and Penn State. I’m not saying I might have seeded them that method, however that’s my vote for this ballot.
Because of all our voters for his or her time and diligence this season!
