The highest six groups stayed the identical on this week’s VolleyballMag Tremendous 16 Media Ballot, however Wisconsin and Kansas every moved up a spot, Dayton made it in and Kentucky returned.
The ballot and voter feedback comply with.
Rank, Group, Factors, First-Place Votes, Earlier rating
1. Pittsburgh (191 factors, 11 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (181 1 first-place vote, 2)
3. Penn State (164, 3)
4. Louisville (154, 4)
5. Creighton (140, 5)
6. Stanford (132, 6)
7. Wisconsin (126, 8)
8. Kansas (102, 9)
9. Texas (92, 7)
10. Purdue (71, 10 )
11. SMU (70, 11)
12. Oregon (69, 12)
13. Arizona State (57, 13)
14. Minnesota (32, 15)
15. Dayton (15, NR)
16. Kentucky (11, NR)
Additionally receiving votes: TCU, North Carolina, USC, Georgia Tech, Utah, BYU, Texas A&M
Dropped out: USC, TCU
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 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 crew’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
Haley: Wanting on the statistics, Pitt and Nebraska are superior, the one different college holding their very own is Creighton. Due to this fact, they deserve a top-four seed.
Pauly: The large soar for me this week was Wisconsin. I moved them as much as No. 5 due to two very convincing wins, and so they look to be enjoying their finest volleyball of the season. Rating anybody after spot 13 continues to be a carousel, so I went with consistency and who didn’t take any dangerous losses this weekend and at last put UNC within the combine. I count on this space of the rankings to proceed to alter on a weekly foundation. We’re getting to some extent the place a number of groups are enjoying for internet hosting alternatives and I’m excited to see who is available in clutch over the subsequent few weeks!
Gillman: Largest soar: Wisconsin, they’ve been unstoppable for the reason that loss to Minnesota and can face Nebraska on Friday! Pitt continues to be so so good! Epic match vs Louisville, who I’ve at No. 3. The Large 12 is extraordinarily shut, and I can’t look ahead to Arizona State-BYU on Thursday and Saturday.
Emily: I really had an honest quantity of motion this week. Pitt overtook Nebraska at No. 1. The Louisville win + eye check solidified that for me. Wisconsin moved as much as No. 7 adopted by SMU then Texas, who dropped after the Texas A&M loss. Numbers 13-16 continues to be simply such a toss-up, however I had Minnesota, Arizona State, TCU and Utah. USC dropped out for me after a two-loss week, together with to unranked Michigan State. Heck of per week. That is the place issues get enjoyable.
Punzel: High-10 groups are the identical with a bit of shuffling — Texas down, Wisconsin up. 4 of my backside six from final week misplaced matches, with USC dropping twice. So the Trojans and TCU drop out; North Carolina and Texas A&M transfer in.
Benton: My high six stay the identical. I moved Wisconsin as much as No. 7 after their enormous win in opposition to Purdue and count on them to proceed to rise because the season goes on. Texas strikes down a bit of to No. 9 after their five-set loss to Texas A&M. The Large 12 trio of Baylor, TCU and Utah hold beating one another up, so I’ve determined that UNC will spherical out my high 16 this week.
Arneal: Pitt strikes again to No. 1 as they’ve added extra good wins and now match Nebraska’s wins over Louisville and Stanford. The Cardinals keep at No. 4 as their losses are to the highest three groups. Creighton stays in entrance of Stanford, however must hold successful within the Large East and hope for chaos forward of them. Texas’s loss to Texas A&M opens the door for Wisconsin and Kansas to climb again up into the highest eight. USC’s dangerous loss to Michigan State knocks them out and welcomes Dayton at No. 16. The Flyers hold successful however have zero margin for error.
Robust: Nebraska and Pitt have been 1A/1B for me for some time now, however Pitt pairing a convincing win over Stanford with a top-five win vs Louisville offers them again the No. 1 spot for me … for now. Nebraska might flip that proper again with a robust win over Wisconsin this week. Texas dropping was a stunner: After convincing sweeps at Kentucky and Florida, it appeared just like the Longhorns had absolutely hit the fuel in an SEC that in any other case lacked elite groups. SMU stays at No. 13 regardless of their loss as a result of they had been in the back of a cluster final week, so they’d some room to present. Thought-about: Kentucky, North Carolina, TCU, Baylor.
Michella: I saved Louisville within the high 4 after the thrilling five-set match in opposition to Pitt. Pitt stays at No. 1, particularly after rating up extra top-10 wins. Texas drops a number of spots with the loss to Texas AM.
Feinswog: I used to be so, so, so tempted to place South Dakota State (20-0) at No. 16. However I didn’t … go Jackrabbits. Creighton stays at No. 3 and I proceed to present props to Dayton.
