AVCA Poll Out

[GauchoDon]

www.avca.org/collegiate/dipoll/dipoll10-11-04.asp

Washington
Minnesota
Hawaii
Nebraska
Penn State
USC



UCSB falls to 19 (still too nice IMO, but we'll take it )

[GauchoDon]

Oh yeah, what's it take for Pacific to get into the top 25 anyway?

[Deleted]

The entire poll:

USA TODAY/CSTV Top 25 Coaches Poll
POLL #6: Oct. 11, 2004 (printable version)

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 <br>Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points * 2004 Record Last Week
1 Washington (63) 1,623 13-0 1
2 Minnesota 1,496 16-2 3
3 Hawai'i (2) 1,475 14-0 4
4 Nebraska 1,411 13-1 5
5 Penn State 1,324 14-1 6
6 Southern California 1,288 9-3 2
7 Colorado State 1,219 13-1 7
8 Ohio State 1,208 16-0 9
9 Texas 1,111 15-0 11
10 Florida 1,102 14-2 8
11 UCLA 923 11-4 10
12 Stanford 870 11-4 14
13 California 761 8-6 17
14 Saint Mary's (Calif.) 661 15-1 19
15 Santa Clara 634 11-3 12
16 Kansas State 621 11-5 16
17 Tennessee 602 16-1 18
18 Utah 498 13-2 20
19 UC Santa Barbara 434 10-3 13
20 Texas A&M 379 8-5 15
21 Louisville 311 14-2 22
22 Arizona 282 10-6 21
23 Illinois 199 12-3 24
24 Florida A&M 169 10-2 25
25 San Diego 84 10-4 NR

Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Rice 79, Missouri 69, Ohio 68, Pacific 65, Long Beach State 64, Georgia Tech 20, Michigan 17, UC Irvine 16, Colorado 14, Loyola Marymount 14, Wichita State 13.

One team mentioned on only one ballot for a total of one (1) combined point

[Mumsie]

GauchoDon said:

Oh yeah, what's it take for Pacific to get into the top 25 anyway?

A win over Stanford tomorrow night may do it. Otherwise, they haven't defeated any top 25 ranked teams yet, other than UC Santa Barbara. But, a couple of other teams have beat UC Santa Barbara, and they aren't ranked, either. I don't think they're there, yet. Additionally, they lost a game to Cal Poly recently.

[georgia(pacific)girl]

GauchoDon said:

Oh yeah, what's it take for Pacific to get into the top 25 anyway?

Tuesday when we beat Stanford? Honestly I didn't expect much rise in the polls this week, after all, we played Riverside/Fullerton. OTOH, I didn't expect a drop in votes. I guess the loss to Idaho keeps only Pacific out of the top 25...

[TDome]

[quote author=BiK link=board=general&thread=1095102917&start=1#0 date=1095103046]Watching for Texas in the top 10 is like sitting on a boat in the middle of Loch Ness waiting for the Monster to make an appearence.[/quote]


Here Nessie, Nessie, Nessie

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Points gained/lost:

1) Washington +3
2) Minnesota +30
3) Hawaii +72
4) Nebraska +69
5) PSU -11 (but moved up one spot)
6) USC -221 (come and get it!)
7) CSU +62
8) OSU +17
9) Texas +167
10) Florida -23 (and falls 2 spots)

11) UCLA -136
12) Stanford +128
13) Cal +336 (!)

The old tried and true--when in doubt, move Pac10 teams up.

14) St Mary's +247
15) Santa Clara -254 (very harsh for a road loss)
16) KSU +5 (hmmmm)
17) Tennessee +102
18) Utah +140
19) UCSB -450 (not really all that kind)
20) TAMU -255 (also harsh for a road loss)

21) Louisville -16
22) Arizona -48
23) Illinois +17
24) FAMU +84
25) San Diego +73

Long Beach State -178

[GatorVball]

At this rate, Florida will be out of the top 25 in no time.

[Barefoot In Kailua]

TDome said:

Here Nessie, Nessie, Nessie

Well Nessie has been seen on ocassion but she usually sinks right back into the Loch soon after. ;D

BTW, some things stay the same. Hawai'i number 3 in the country.

[SaltNPepper]

(R)uffda! said:

13) Cal +336 (!)

The old tried and true--when in doubt, move Pac10 teams up.

At 8-6 no less . . . and 6 Pac-10 Teams in the top 25. Really makes you wonder whether the coaches are looking at the results from this years matches or last years.

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SaltNPepper said:

. . . and 6 Pac-10 Teams in the top 25. Really makes you wonder whether the coaches are looking at the results from this years matches or last years.

Well, now those 6 teams are in the top 22; a couple of weeks ago they were in the top 17! Interesting that Stanford is two places higher than Saint Mary's, which beat the Cardinal twice, and that Cal is two places higher than Santa Clara, which swept the Bears.

[Cubicle No More ...]

(R)uffda! said:

Points gained/lost:

11) UCLA -136
12) Stanford +128
13) Cal +336 (!)

The old tried and true--when in doubt, move Pac10 teams up.

14) St Mary's +247

St. Mary's keeps gaining points, but can they catch Stanford? Maybe another old tried and true is at work here -- 3rd times the charm -- and SMC needs to beat Stanford one more time to make believers out of the voters. As long as wins against PAC-10 competition are overvalued (at least as far as this season goes), SMC may never get the respect it deserves.

[BearClause]

publius said:

Well, now those 6 teams are in the top 22; a couple of weeks ago they were in the top 17! Interesting that Stanford is two places higher than Saint Mary's, which beat the Cardinal twice, and that Cal is two places higher than Santa Clara, which swept the Bears.

Of course you can't do it solely on the basis on single head to head matchups. This week I suppose what stood out for most voters was Cal sweeping #2 USC and Santa Clara losing badly to unranked San Diego. Santa Clara also only has one win (at home) over a ranked opponent, while Cal has 3 (neutral, at home, and on the road) and no losses to unranked opponents. There's really no accounting for matchup problems or when entire teams just light it up or totally tank on a given night.

[Mumsie]

Pacific said:

I guess the loss to Idaho keeps only Pacific out of the top 25...

I think UCSB's win against CAL is the only thing that keeps them in!

[BearClause]

Mumsie said:

I think UCSB's win against CAL is the only thing that keeps them in!

Don't forget UCSB swept Texas A&M.