VBM Tremendous 16: Our remaining media ballot heading into the NCAA tourney

That is the final VolleyballMag.com Tremendous 16 Media Ballot of the season and we give excessive fives and thank our voters for all of the arduous work to make this occur each week.

It’s been a terrific addition to VBM and we stay up for doing it once more in 2024. We are going to begin after — observe, after — the non-conferenee season ends, as a result of that’s the primary time we must always have polls.

There was not a lot motion this week. For that matter the highest eight groups stayed the identical earlier than Arkansas and Tennessee exchanged locations at Nos. 9 and 10.

Rank, Crew, Factors (Final week)
1. Nebraska, 175 (1)
2. Stanford, 161 (2)
3. Wisconsin, 158 (3)
4. Pittsburgh, 143 (4)
5. Louisville, 128 (5)
6. Oregon, 115 (6)
7. Texas, 113 (7)
8. Kentucky, 104 (8)
9. Arkansas, 75 (10)
10. Tennessee, 65 (9)
11. Washington State, 55 (11)
12. Purdue, 52 (12)
13. Creighton, 50 (13)
14. Kansas, 30 (16)
15. Penn State, 21 (14)
16. Georgia Tech, 17 (15)

First place votes: Nebraska 10, Wisconsin 1
Additionally receiving votes: BYU, Dayton, Florida, Arizona State, Florida State
Dropped out: Dayton
One pollster couldn’t take part

Earlier VBM Tremendous 16 Media Ballot Outcomes

Week 9:  November 20
Week 8: November 13
Week 7: November 6
Week 6:  October 30
Week 5: October 23
Week 4: October 16
Week 3: October 9
Week 2: October 2
Week 1: September 25

The voters

Emily Ehman @emilyehman) — Large Ten Community, ESPN analyst; former Northwestern DS
Ed Sturdy (@VBMagazine) — VolleyballMag.com tremendous Tweeter
Michella Chester (@michellachester) — THE volleyball voice of NCAA.com
Daniel Gillman (@DanielGillman/@SixRotations) — host of Six Rotations for the AVCA, Cal Poly play-by-play
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat author for Huskers Illustrated and co-host of Volleyball State podcast
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 Olympic coach
Dennis Punzel (@DennisPunzel) — Wisconsin beat author for the Wisconsin State Journal, creator of Level! Wisconsin
Abby Benton (@numberonevolleyball) — performed at DII Catawba and DIII William Peace and has 48.6K Instagram followers and greater than 90K on TikTok
Anne Marie Anderson (@AnneMAnderson, @annemarieandersontv) — Emmy Award winner, volleyball play-by-play veteran who works NCAA matches for the Pac-12 Community, Large Ten Community and ESPN; performed at Hofstra, the place she nonetheless ranks within the high 10 in blocks
Shelby Coppedge (@shelbycoppedge) — ESPN analyst, former Texas A&M-Corpus Christi DS
Lee Feinswog (@VBMagazine) — editor of VolleyballMag.com

Voter feedback

Anderson: I put Wisconsin at No. 1 due to the spectacular efficiency vs Nebraska.  May have stayed with Nebraska at 1, Stanford 2, Wisconsin 3 … however the Badgers performed the very best crew within the nation. Seven by 11 may have gone any which means for me.   The truth that ALL the groups felt like they may go up or down one tells me the event goes to be wild! 

Ehman: Looks like 1-4 needs to be Nebraska, Stanford, Wisconsin and Pitt in that order. Tennessee dropped a couple of after South Carolina loss. Head to my Twitter for extra. I’m drained.

Benton: I strategically made it so the highest 16 would hypothetically by no means play each other within the regional semifinals or elite 8 (very pleased with myself, lol). I actually do suppose Wisconsin deserves the No. 2 spot after sweeping Nebraska. I moved Tennessee down after the loss to South Carolina. Moreover that, all the pieces appears pretty comparable.

Gillman: My remaining tw (Penn State, BYU) seems like a coin flip with Arizona State and Georgia Tech. Excited to see the way it seems! I strongly consider Wisconsin deserves the two or 3 (and am unsure if there’s too large of a bonus to being 2 vs. 3).

Punzel: It appears I get much less assured with my checklist every week as conflicting outcomes preserve complicated the difficulty. The one choose I’m 100% on is Nebraska at No. 1, although I simply noticed it lose to Wisconsin, which I moved as much as No. 2 forward of Stanford on the power of that win over the Huskers. Both means, these are clearly the highest 3 in my thoughts and should be regional hosts. I went with Pitt over Louisville on a coin flip, though I may argue with myself that it needs to be Louisville. After that it seems like I’ve to rank groups greater than I feel I ought to, simply because someone has to go there. I added Kansas and Washington State to the final two spots as a result of RPI, KPI and Massey are unanimous that they belong within the high 16, so who am I to argue?

Arneal: Nebraska suffered its first lack of the season however stays No. 1. The Huskers’ season-long resume is simply too spectacular and options wins over six of my different High 16 groups. Stanford and Wisconsin have additionally confirmed to be the following two greatest groups within the nation. The following 4 are so tight, however I like how Pitt closed the 12 months they usually get a slight edge over Louisville, like a 17-15 fifth-set edge. Texas has been stable all 12 months however dropped too many units to decrease competitors. Kentucky continues its rise from the ashes and deserved its No. 8 seed.