Monday, August 12, 2013

NCAA | Washington ranked #5 in season’s first volleyball coaches’ poll

Four Pac-12 schools in top 8; Texas picked #1


The 2013 season’s first coaches’ poll, conducted by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), shows the coaches’ respect for the Pac-12 and Big Ten conferences.

Stanford (#3), Southern California (#4), Washington (#5) and Oregon (#8) were each top ten picks, as were four Big Ten schools: Penn State (#2), Michigan (#5), Minnesota (#7) and Nebraska (#10). Texas (#1) of the Big 12 and Florida (#9) of the SEC are the other top ten selections.

Texas is the defending national champion; Oregon was the national runner-up. The Longhorns defeated Michigan in the semifinals, while the Ducks beat Penn State.

UCLA of the Pac-12 was picked #12; California also received a few votes.

AVCA
Rank
School
(First-Place Votes)
Total Points
2012
AVCA
Rank
2012 Record
2012 RPI
1
Texas (55)
1490
1
29-4
2
2
Penn State (3)
1425
3
33-3
3
3
Stanford (2)
1379
4
30-4
1
4
Southern California
1307
6
30-6
11
5
Washington
1167
9
25-7
14
6
Minnesota
1140
8
27-8
6
7
Michigan
1120
5
27-12
16
8
Oregon
1020
2
30-5
4
9
Florida
996
10
27-5
10
10
Nebraska
962
7
26-7
5
11
Hawai'i
825
11
27-3
21
12
UCLA
791
13
23-8
8
13
BYU
728
12
28-4
13
14
Michigan State
676
16
23-10
33
15
Iowa State
650
14
22-8
15
16
Purdue
585
15
23-11
22
17
Kentucky
504
20
22-11
20
18
Florida State
479
18
28-4
12
19
Louisville
389
17
30-4
7
20
Kansas
304
25
26-7
9
21
Western Kentucky

21
33-4
30
22
Dayton

19
27-5
19
23
Ohio State

22
23-11
23
24
Wichita State

23
24-10
36
25
Creighton

24
29-4
24
Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots:  San Diego 101; North Carolina 68; Pepperdine 65; Illinois 49; Miami (FL) 41; Oklahoma 35; Kansas State 32; Long Beach State 30; St. Mary's (CA) 27; Texas A&M 20; Wisconsin 17; California 16; Colorado State 15; Notre Dame 6; San Diego State 6; Northern Iowa 3.



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