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Post by vbfan4life on Oct 21, 2007 0:45:54 GMT -5
How far will Daytona, Michigan, Minnesota, K State drop? Enough for next week's match of NMSU vs Hawaii to be a # 15 vs #11 (higher if UH beats the huskers) ?
My guesses for the next poll, not that it really matters:
1. Nebraska (if they beat UH, #3 if they lose to UH)
2. Penn (#1 if Nebraska loses to UH, though I think that Nebraska, Stanford and UW are probably better than Penn State at this point)
3. Stanford (#2 if Nebraska loses to UH)
4. UW
5. USC (though I think Texas should be higher than USC)
6. Texas
7. UCLA
8. Wisconsin
9. Cal
10. Florida
11. UH (leapfrog to # 8 and pushes everyone else down by one if beats Nebraska)
12.San Diego (though I don't think they should be that high)
13. NMSU
14. Duke
15. Kansas State
16. Minnesota
17. Michigan
18. Dayton
19. Oregon
20. Ohio
21. CSU
22. St. John's
23. Oklahoma (I really want to move them up but none of the immediate teams above them lost)
24. Cal Poly
25. LSU
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Post by silverbongfour20 on Oct 21, 2007 1:38:54 GMT -5
I wonder what it is that is making NMSU move up the rankings? They're good, don't get me wrong, and I'm not going to be the first to complain if Hawaii looses. I've always longed for a tougher WAC. But I want to know what other coaches see in NMSU. It'll be a fun fact. Can't wait to see them.
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Post by naitsric on Oct 21, 2007 1:39:31 GMT -5
Where do you think Hawaii will be if they lose to Nebraska?
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Post by vbfan4life on Oct 21, 2007 1:41:31 GMT -5
Where do you think Hawaii will be if they lose to Nebraska? with the way the polls work...they won't move down...they will stay the same |
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Post by silverbongfour20 on Oct 21, 2007 1:42:15 GMT -5
Where do you think Hawaii will be if they lose to Nebraska? Technically I don't think we should move. Nebraska is the #1 team, with 5 AA's and 2 POY's. We should really be sending Nebraska over to Darfur to chase out the insurgants. Hawaii is #11 so we are supposed to loose to the #1 team. I dont think we'll move at all. |
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Post by roy on Oct 21, 2007 1:51:35 GMT -5
I wonder what it is that is making NMSU move up the rankings? They're good, don't get me wrong, and I'm not going to be the first to complain if Hawaii looses. I've always longed for a tougher WAC. But I want to know what other coaches see in NMSU. It'll be a fun fact. Can't wait to see them. NMSU is a wild card. Their only good win is over Louisville. They have wins over Utah and New Mexico who have RKPIs in the 40's but New Mexcio should drop after their loss this weekend and Utah may also drop with a loss to CSU but CSU is ranked higher than Utah (#25). This may hurt them in the NCAA tournament with their seeding, however they are a definite NCAA tournament team. However, credit goes to them for winning the matches they were supposed to win. We saw Dayton, Minnesota, and Kansas State lose to teams they were ranked above (with Dayton and Minnesota losing to unranked teams). They have shown they are consistent, so they are being rewarded for that. |
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Post by silverbongfour20 on Oct 21, 2007 2:00:00 GMT -5
I wonder what it is that is making NMSU move up the rankings? They're good, don't get me wrong, and I'm not going to be the first to complain if Hawaii looses. I've always longed for a tougher WAC. But I want to know what other coaches see in NMSU. It'll be a fun fact. Can't wait to see them. NMSU is a wild card. Their only good win is over Louisville. They have wins over Utah and New Mexico who have RKPIs in the 40's but New Mexcio should drop after their loss this weekend and Utah may also drop with a loss to CSU but CSU is ranked higher than Utah (#25). This may hurt them in the NCAA tournament with their seeding, however they are a definite NCAA tournament team. However, credit goes to them for winning the matches they were supposed to win. We saw Dayton, Minnesota, and Kansas State lose to teams they were ranked above (with Dayton and Minnesota losing to unranked teams). They have shown they are consistent, so they are being rewarded for that. Who did NMSU lose to? They came from behind to beat nevada. Kinda close too. You don't really see a rally like that. NMSU was down 12-3 and fought all the way back to win it! |
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Post by roy on Oct 21, 2007 2:11:50 GMT -5
Who did NMSU lose to? They came from behind to beat nevada. Kinda close too. You don't really see a rally like that. NMSU was down 12-3 and fought all the way back to win it! Actually, according to the official stats, they were down 12-5 and came back to win. But either way it was a very impressive come back. They were down 14-9 and they held on to win. Their 3 loses have come from Nebraska, Texas, and Hawaii. Sweeps at Nebraska and on a nuetral court against Texas, and the loss in Las Cruces in 5 to Hawaii. You can't penalize a team for those loses. |
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Post by silverbongfour20 on Oct 21, 2007 2:22:14 GMT -5
Who did NMSU lose to? They came from behind to beat nevada. Kinda close too. You don't really see a rally like that. NMSU was down 12-3 and fought all the way back to win it! Actually, according to the official stats, they were down 12-5 and came back to win. But either way it was a very impressive come back. They were down 14-9 and they held on to win. Their 3 loses have come from Nebraska, Texas, and Hawaii. Sweeps at Nebraska and on a nuetral court against Texas, and the loss in Las Cruces in 5 to Hawaii. You can't penalize a team for those loses. I know about their season losses so far but you stated that they'll probably drop after their loss this weekend. To who? Maybe a typo? |
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Post by ACE on Oct 21, 2007 3:00:09 GMT -5
Actually, according to the official stats, they were down 12-5 and came back to win. But either way it was a very impressive come back. They were down 14-9 and they held on to win. Their 3 loses have come from Nebraska, Texas, and Hawaii. Sweeps at Nebraska and on a nuetral court against Texas, and the loss in Las Cruces in 5 to Hawaii. You can't penalize a team for those loses. I know about their season losses so far but you stated that they'll probably drop after their loss this weekend. To who? Maybe a typo? He wasn't talking about NMSU of the WAC, but New Mexico of the Mountain West. New Mexico State deserves their ranking. didn't they beat Louisville as well? Gotta check their schedule for that one. Just checked...they did beat Louisville 3-2 in Lincoln. |
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Post by network155 on Oct 21, 2007 4:01:25 GMT -5
New Mexico State deserves their ranking, they are a very good team. They have improved a lot since those losses earlier in the season. And to mistake a very good volleyball program like New Mexico State, with New Mexico is a shame.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2007 4:34:50 GMT -5
Minnesota will probably drop out of the top 25. If not out, damned close. Right now they have two good wins -- Michigan and San Diego, both at home -- and three bad losses -- Northwestern and MSU on the road, and Illinois at home. In addition, they've been hammered by PSU and Cal, lost to Ohio at home, and been swept by Wisconsin.
Pretty hard to make a strong case for them at this point, other than on faith.
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Post by silverbongfour20 on Oct 21, 2007 5:24:41 GMT -5
And to mistake a very good volleyball program like New Mexico State, with New Mexico is a shame. It really wasn't that big of a mistake. They both have a very similar name  |
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Post by mbrooks on Oct 21, 2007 11:07:29 GMT -5
Make it easy on yourselves -
UNM = New Mexico
NMSU = New Mexico State
Don't worry - the two schools get confused all the time.
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