Issues look somewhat totally different on this second VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot of the season, however the prime groups remained the season, unbeaten Pittsburgh at No. 1 and Nebraska at No. 2.
After that, just a few groups stayed the identical however there was fairly a little bit of shuffling. As pollster Ed Sturdy mentioned, it ” will get actually messy round 7-11.”
We rank 16 groups as a result of that’s what number of get seeded within the NCAA Match and get to play at residence the primary two rounds. Voter feedback comply with.
Rank, Workforce, Factors, First-Place Votes, Earlier rating
1. Pittsburgh (192 factors, 12 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (179, 2)
3. Penn State (161, 5)
4. Louisville (160, 4)
5. Stanford (134, 3)
6. Creighton (132, 6)
7. Texas (118, 8)
8. Kansas (103, 9)
9. Wisconsin (89, 7)
10. Purdue (88, 10)
11. Oregon (80, 11)
12. Minnesota (57, 16)
13. Kentucky (42, 13)
14. Arizona State (22, 14)
15. Baylor (19, NR)
16. SMU (16, NR)
Additionally receiving votes: Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, USC, Auburn, TCU, North Carolina, Washington
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) — Huge 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 throughout 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 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
Arneal: The highest seven groups stayed the identical with a minor flip of Louisville and Stanford after the Cardinals swept the Cardinal. Pitt continues to be spectacular and string collectively wins. Oregon and Kansas transfer up after taking good care of enterprise. Nonetheless, it was a jumbled mess ranging from No. 10 by means of the primary 4 out. Practically each group on this vary suffered a loss this previous week. Some had been towards groups forward of them within the rankings (like Purdue, Minnesota and TCU), however Kentucky had a head-scratcher towards Auburn and Georgia Tech acquired double swept.
Punzel: Pitt is a simple No. 1 once more with a niche between the following two, Nebraska and Penn State. Might make the case for Penn State at 2 as a result of its loss is best however I feel Nebraska has higher wins. It’s shut. Lots of balancing good losses and good wins the remainder of the way in which, with conflicting outcomes like with Minnesota and Purdue. My new groups this week are Baylor and SMU. We’ll see how that holds up.
Gillman: Large wins for Louisville and Penn State bump them up for me, with Pitt nonetheless reigning. FSU, SMU, Auburn, and Washington deserve extra recognition as nicely!
Benton: With fairly just a few upsets involving groups on the cusp, I added SMU and Baylor and eliminated Arizona State and Georgia Tech. Minnesota rises after their win towards Wisconsin, however not as excessive as Purdue who beat the Gophers in 5. Regardless of Penn State’s scary match towards Michigan State, I’m maintaining them in my prime three after their spectacular sweep towards Purdue. Lastly, I moved Louisville above Stanford to spherical out my prime 5. And Pitt continues to be No. 1, in fact.
Ehman: One other helluva week. Stanford fell to five, handed up by Penn State and Louisville for me after getting swept by the Cardinals. Minnesota at 12 for me due to the Wisconsin win and each single loss being in 5. SMU slid in at 16 after sweeping Georgia Tech to rack up three ranked wins.
Sturdy: I really feel very snug with Pitt/Nebraska/Penn State/Louisville in that order on the prime. Will get actually messy round 7-11. I’ve Kansas atop that group for now. Impressed by Baylor this week towards an Arizona State group I feel extremely of. SMU simply retains impressing and earns their method onto my poll. Was very tempted to place Florida State in closing spot, however the head-to-head win by Auburn plus its good victory over Kentucky provides them the nod for now. Apart from FSU, I additionally thought-about Washington and Dayton.
Feinswog: I feel I watch an excessive amount of volleyball and all of it mushes into one jumbled mess. The pinnacle-to-head outcomes make it complicated and seeing among the higher groups so good after which so underwhelming … definitely Pitt is 1 and Nebraska is 1A and there’s fairly a niche to No. 3, which I’m undecided isn’t Creighton at this level.
