Who is in your top 20 for 2019?

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Preseason poll is not far away. If you are part of the polling bunch, who do write down?

Stanford
Nebraska
Minnesota
BYU
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
Texas
Penn State
Florida
USC
Pitt
Purdue
Marquette
Louisville
Oregon
Baylor
Michigan
Florida State
Washington

How far off is this list? Who needs to be included? I did not look at last year’s final ranking. Not a fan of simulating 2018’s results.

[bluepenquin]

Oregon is in the T20 or possibly in the top 10. Washington is ahead of Hawaii, Michigan, Florida State, and Louisville and possibly a couple others.

[Deleted]

Maybe I should have looked at last year🤔. Not sold on Louisville, cards lost two most valuable players.

[huskerjen]

Jul 25, 2019 7:25:02 GMT -5 @clevelandrocks said:

Maybe I should have looked at last year🤔. Not sold on Louisville, cards lost two most valuable players.

Have to look at it nonlinearly and not as positional addition/subtraction. Louisville's portfolio of players is better this coming year compared to last year. The only issue is timing/development. Young team, but definitely talented.

I'd argue that no other team did a better job in upgrading their overall talent level than Louisville.

[Kingsley]

Definitely nudge Washington higher. BYU might also be lower depending on how the pollsters view the really good players they have to replace.

[vballfan17]

1. Stanford
2-6. Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Texas
7-11. Oregon, Illinois, Florida, USC, Penn St
12-14. Washington, Pitt, BYU
15-20. Louisville, Cal Poly, Baylor, Marquette, Michigan, Purdue
Just missing: Florida St, Tennessee, San Diego

[oldhead]

1. Stanford

2-6. Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Florida

7-11. Oregon, Illinois, Kentucky, USC, Penn St, BYU

12-14. Washington, Pitt, USC

15-20. Louisville, Cal Poly, Baylor, Purdue, Michigan, Florida St, Marquette

Just missing: Tennessee, TCU, Marquette

[blue-footedbooby]

1. Stanford
2-6. Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Florida
7-11.  USC, Washington, Penn St,  Oregon, Kentucky 
13-16. BYU, Pitt, Cal Poly, Illinois
16-20. Louisville, Baylor, Purdue, Michigan, Utah

Just missing: FSU, Tennessee, TCU, Marquette, California, KSU (my surprise picks)

[bluepenquin]

Jul 25, 2019 9:14:31 GMT -5 vballfan17 said:

1. Stanford
2-6. Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Texas
7-11. Oregon, Illinois, Florida, USC, Penn St
12-14. Washington, Pitt, BYU
15-20. Louisville, Cal Poly, Baylor, Marquette, Michigan, Purdue
Just missing: Florida St, Tennessee, San Diego

This looks pretty good to me.  I kind of think 2-14 is pretty similar and then 15 -  ~ 35 (or more) is pretty similar.  Right now, I think there is a pretty clear top 14 (or 13 depending on how to handle Pittsburgh).  

[Wolfgang]

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12. HAWAII 🌈

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[curiousvolleyballdad]

I do like Tennessee in the top 20. Good pickup and up and coming young coach

[WahineFan44]

I’m not a homer but I definitely think that Hawaii will surprise people this year. Jolie alone made this team good, but with the additional transfers, I think we can make some noise this year

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Stanford
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Minnesota
Illinois
Texas
BYU
Penn State
Florida
USC
Purdue
Marquette
Oregon
Baylor
Michigan
Pitt
Washington
Tennessee
Louisville
CSU

Teams to look for: TCU, UNC, Notre Dame, LMU, Hawaii

[blue-footedbooby]

I'm surprised Washington is coming in so low. They have the same team that went sweet 16 last year, a team that lost to PSU in tough sets, a PSU team that is down a couple key pins from a year ago. Besides having the experience of a year of playing together they should also have better defensive substitutions.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Many VT posters will soon grow to regret their decision to shoehorn the Wolverines into their preseason top 20.