Pittsburgh continues to be No. 1 within the VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, however Nebraska bought one first-place vote.
USC is in at No. 16, whereas Baylor dropped out.
The highest 10 will not be very totally different, though Creighton is as much as No. 5, however after the highest 10 … As soon as once more, to cite one in all our pollsters, on this case Amy Pauly, “it’s extremely exhausting to find out who must be in what spot after that. It will get messy!”
We rank 16 groups as a result of that’s what number of get seeded within the NCAA Event and get to play at dwelling the primary two rounds. Voter feedback observe.
Rank, Crew, Factors, First-Place Votes, Earlier rating
1. Pittsburgh (175 factors, 11 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (165, 1 first-place vote, 2)
3. Penn State (149, 3)
4. Louisville (147, 4)
5. Creighton (120, 6)
6. Stanford (118, 5)
7. Texas (110, 7)
8. Kansas (98, 8)
9. Purdue (87, 10)
10. Wisconsin (86 9)
11. Oregon (62, 11)
12-T. Kentucky (45, 13)
12-T. Arizona State (45, 14)
14-T. SMU (28, 16)
14-T. Minnesota, 28, 12)
16. USC (16, NR)
Additionally receiving votes: TCU, Baylor, North Carolina, Texas A&M, Auburn.
Dropped out: Baylor
Notice: One among our pollsters couldn’t make it this week, so there are solely 11 first-place votes.
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 analyst, 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 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 staff’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’ve determined to bump Nebraska to the 1 spot, as a result of they’ve regarded like one of the best staff within the nation, and SMU is holding up as a top quality foe. In the meantime Creighton retains dominating and kudos to TCU for a pair of hard-fought wins and leaping into my rankings. Large huge win by USC vs Minnesota, and control UVA with these huge FSU/UM sweeps.
Haley: USC made some modifications after barely surviving Michigan in opposition to Minnesota. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if this lineup will result in extra top-16 performances.
Punzel: Not a lot motion this week though Pitt dropping a set looks like Alabama dropping to Vandy in soccer. Stunning. The highest seven are the identical and slight shuffling after that. My new groups are Texas A&M at 15 and Arizona State 16. I feel Aggies are underrated.
Ehman: Not a ton of motion this week in any respect for me. Numerous dominant groups exhibiting us why they’re dominant.
Pauly: One other week of groups not wanting to stay within the prime 16! I imagine we’ve got the highest 10 on lock and there received’t be many arguments, however it’s extremely exhausting to find out who must be in what spot after that. It will get messy!
Taking a look at groups’ level scoring and offensive numbers, Nos. 10-20 might most likely beat one another on any given night time and we’re fortunate that we’re truly attending to witness that. Final week I had Baylor, Florida State and Minnesota in my prime 16 and every of them suffered a loss this weekend. Baylor is correct on the cusp as a result of they did get the win over Arizona State final week, however this weekend couldn’t hold with TCU. I rewarded SMU for his or her 4 straight convention wins on the street, and USC for his or her gritty victory over Michigan and stellar offensive night time vs Minnesota. There have been groups on my bubble going into the week that couldn’t give me a motive to rank them this weekend. I’m taking a look at you, Washington and Auburn. This week I’m maintaining a tally of Texas A&M, Dayton and North Carolina, who haven’t suffered any unhealthy losses as of late and are in nice spots in convention standings.
Lincoln: My prime eight have remained the identical as they proceed to maintain enterprise early within the convention season. The place it will get attention-grabbing is the final 4 groups in my rankings. Kentucky bought pushed by Oklahoma however stays at No. 12. The acronym a part of the rankings of SMU, TCU and USC all posted stable wins. USC will get the nod over Minnesota after their spectacular four-set win in Los Angeles. Virginia was the staff on the rise this week as they earned a pair of high quality wins. The Cavaliers topped the 2 Florida ACC colleges however are nonetheless simply on the skin trying in.
Abby: A couple of upsets this week made some drop the rankings changed with a pair new additions. However my prime 10 continues to be the identical. Excited for the important thing Large Ten and ACC matchups that may doubtlessly shake issues up.
Feinswog: So I is likely to be the one one, however North Carolina is in my prime 16 once more as a result of the Tar Heels are 12-1, 4-0 within the ACC and have an RPI of 14. Profitable is profitable. Large week forward with Pittsburgh and SMU doing a home-and-home after which SMU has Stanford. I truly will think about 14-0 South Dakota State down the road if the Jackrabbits hold it going.