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Post by dcvolleyball on Dec 21, 2014 9:59:19 GMT -5
1. Penn State
2. Stanford
3. BYU
4. Texas
5. Wisconsin
6. Florida
7. Washington
8. Nebraska
9. North Carolina
10. Florida State
11. Illinois
12. Colorado State
13. Oregon
14. UCLA
15. Ohio State
16. Oregon State
17. Kentucky
18. Arizona
19. Colorado
20. Long Beach State
21. Hawaii
22. Purdue
23. Utah
24. Alabama
25. Arizona State
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Post by gnu2vball on Dec 21, 2014 10:35:18 GMT -5
In RPI, I figure PSU might move up to third? Fourth?
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Post by canda on Dec 21, 2014 10:37:00 GMT -5
I thought USC got in every AVCA poll, no matter their record.
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Post by lionsfan on Dec 21, 2014 10:38:17 GMT -5
The Washington/Nebraska/UNC placement will be the most interesting. I think Arkansas Little Rock might squeeze in.
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Post by coloradokidd on Dec 21, 2014 11:18:45 GMT -5
My Top 10 Predictions - figuring Top 25 is just too stressful!  1. Penn State 2. Stanford 3. BYU 4. Texas 5. Wisconsin 6. Nebraska 7. Washington 8. Florida 9. North Carolina 10. Florida St.
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Post by kekoagoldenbear on Dec 21, 2014 11:20:53 GMT -5
Alabama will not be ranked considering they almost lost in the First Round to Samford. Purdue not making the tournament will be interesting where the committee places them. I doubt they will be rank. Which opens spots to both LSU and UALR, who won over Kansas 3-2 and almost took down Oregon State in 4 sets, before eventually losing 19-17 in the fifth.
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Post by dunninla on Dec 21, 2014 11:27:03 GMT -5
How does a late season injury impact the ranking? UDub suffered from Beals' season ending injury. With Beals I think UDub would have been in the finals.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 11:52:05 GMT -5
What did Texas do in tournament or regular season to earn a top four rank? The Big 12 was very average despite RPI hoax.
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Dec 21, 2014 12:00:14 GMT -5
What did Texas do in tournament or regular season to earn a top four rank? The Big 12 was very average despite RPI hoax. Texas was ranked 6th in the latest poll, they made the National semi finals- They deserve to be in the top 4 in the final ranking. |
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Post by Boof1224 on Dec 21, 2014 12:18:29 GMT -5
My Top 10 Predictions - figuring Top 25 is just too stressful! 1. Penn State 2. Stanford 3. BYU 4. Texas 5. Wisconsin 6. Nebraska 7. Washington 8. Florida 9. North Carolina 10. Florida St. This is right about what I had and figuring u just won the tourney game I hopping on your wagon. Hahaha |
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 21, 2014 13:04:57 GMT -5
What did Texas do in tournament or regular season to earn a top four rank? The Big 12 was very average despite RPI hoax. Texas was ranked 6th in the latest poll, they made the National semi finals- They deserve to be in the top 4 in the final ranking. But they didn't beat any of the teams previously ranked above them to get there. I have a feeling the final four teams will get ranked as the top four, but you can see an argument against it given how the seedings worked out relative to the AVCA rankings. |
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Post by bluepenquin on Dec 21, 2014 13:07:40 GMT -5
In RPI, I figure PSU might move up to third? Fourth? If they did a Post Tournament RPI - it would look something like this.
1. Stanford
2. Texas
3. Florida State
4. Wisconsin
5. Washington
6. North Carolina
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. BYU
10. Nebraska
11. Illinois
12. Colorado State
13. Oregon
14. Kansas
15. UCLA
16. Iowa State
17. Kentucky
18. Arizona
19. Ohio State
20. Miami-FL
21. Duke
22. USC
23. Illinois State
24. Oregon State
25. Texas A&M
The success of the Big Ten in the tournament would have had little impact on Purdue/Minnesota's RPI - still would have been in the 50's.
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Post by badgerbreath on Dec 21, 2014 13:14:54 GMT -5
I also wonder how Nebraska gets ranked above Illinois given that Illinois beat them twice and had a better record. The difference is one match - lost by Illinois in a close 5 set match to a highly ranked Florida, and won by Nebraska against an arguably hobbled Washington. Do the coaches simply follow final four, elite eight etc from the tournament in their final rankings?
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Post by gnu2vball on Dec 21, 2014 15:16:41 GMT -5
In RPI, I figure PSU might move up to third? Fourth? If they did a Post Tournament RPI - it would look something like this.
1. Stanford
2. Texas
3. Florida State
4. Wisconsin
5. Washington
6. North Carolina
7. Penn State
8. Florida
9. BYU
10. Nebraska
11. Illinois
12. Colorado State
13. Oregon
14. Kansas
15. UCLA
16. Iowa State
17. Kentucky
18. Arizona
19. Ohio State
20. Miami-FL
21. Duke
22. USC
23. Illinois State
24. Oregon State
25. Texas A&M
The success of the Big Ten in the tournament would have had little impact on Purdue/Minnesota's RPI - still would have been in the 50's.
Thanks for running that. I know there's no subjectivity to it.
It sure doesn't match results.
I wonder if the NCAA cares?
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Post by tomclen on Dec 21, 2014 15:28:06 GMT -5
Interesting to debate the final standings, but, really, isn't this the most meaningless poll of the year?
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