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Post by jasonr on Aug 6, 2018 22:55:03 GMT -5
I left Cal Poly off my list. Someone tell me why I'm wrong (I can be convinced). The Van Windens are very good, but they lost Nelson, Greisen, and Niemen. I don't see where they make up that production based on recent recruiting classes. I always hesitate to put too much stock in a team that has graduated its setter, unless I know for sure there is quality stepping in. Especially one as good as Nelson. |
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Post by c4ndlelight on Aug 6, 2018 22:56:22 GMT -5
I don't think I'd enjoy going to 30. I had trouble getting to 25 here, as you get further down the list there are just so many options and so much unknown. Maybe once pre-conference is over there'd be a little more clarity and we could extend.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 22:57:19 GMT -5
It is true. 1-15 is much easier than 16-30.
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Post by sunsuphornsup on Aug 6, 2018 23:00:08 GMT -5
For the 2018 season a couple of us thought it would be fun to put together a Volleytalk Top 25 weekly ranking and see how it compares to AVCA poll and any other polls that come out. An unofficial committee was formed to decide the best way to represent the Volleytalk community for the weekly top 25 rankings. We got recommendations from many of you to put together a committee of 30 voters (+ 2 back up voters) with representation from 9 conferences. We also made sure there was representation from the east, mid-west, south, southwest, and west. Each week starting 8/26 the 30 voters will submit their top 25 rankings and they will be tabulated into the Volleytalk Top 25. Below are 32 volleytalkers that were selected as 30 voters and 2 back up voters because of their love for the game, spending to much time following college volleyball, and also having a decent knowledge of D1 volleyball nationally. ay2013 , Barefoot In Kailua , bayarea , @brandonl10 , bluepenquin , bruinsgold , BuckysHeat c4ndlelight , Cruz'n , donut , eastcoastopp , hammer , Hawk Attack , huskergeek huskerjen , jasonr , jcvball22 , lionsfan , Millennium , n00b , Northern lights , permagrin rainbowbadger , @ruffda , @allamerican11 , sunsuphornsup , trojansc , vballfreak808 vbprisoner , vbshrink , vup , WahineFan44 Volleytalk Preseason Top 25 rankings
(team, point total, (#) first place votes 1. Stanford 737 pts. (19) 2. Nebraska 715 pts. (10) 3. Minnesota 631 pts. (1) 4. Texas 622 pts. 5. Wisconsin 614 pts. 6. BYU 596 pts. 7. Kentucky 584 pts. 8. Florida 532 pts. 9. USC 489 pts. 10. Penn St. 466 pts. 11. Illinois 431 pts. 12. Oregon 407 pts. 13. UCLA 399 pts. 14. Colorado 368 pts. 15. Baylor 351 pts. 16. Creighton 240 pts. 17. Washington 239 pts. 18. Pittsburgh 195 pts. 19. San Diego 161 pts. 20. Michigan 132 pts. 21. Cal Poly 127 pts. 22. Iowa St. 109 pts. 23. Marquette 99 pts. 24. Louisville 72 pts. 25. Colorado St. 70 pts. 25. Purdue 70 pts. next 5 up - Missouri 63, Utah 54, Washington St. 46, Hawaii 40, Wichita St. 33 (there were 13 teams that received votes but did not meet the minimum of appearing on 5 ballots) OK, let the debate begin! I’m waiting for colleges to start running press releases on the results of this poll. |
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Post by vballvball on Aug 6, 2018 23:11:04 GMT -5
When Illinois makes the final four, you all owe me $5.
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Post by hammer on Aug 6, 2018 23:14:57 GMT -5
For the record, I picked Minnesota #4. Also for the record, I voted a top 30. Proving I can't follow directions and should not be allowed to vote. Hey, you know Minny and the B1G, so as long as you didn't stagger out a bar before you voted, you are good in my book. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 23:22:17 GMT -5
I left Cal Poly off my list. Someone tell me why I'm wrong (I can be convinced). The Van Windens are very good, but they lost Nelson, Greisen, and Niemen. I don't see where they make up that production based on recent recruiting classes. Same. I guess we were in the minority. Seems like most voters used the last AVCA poll as their main reference. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 23:22:55 GMT -5
When Illinois makes the final four, you all owe me $5. Poulter isn't good enough for that to be realistic. |
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 6, 2018 23:31:52 GMT -5
I’m surprised this corps of voters didn’t get Washington State into the top 25. That’s a miss IMO. They return almost their entire team and get Woodford back on the LS
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Post by hammer on Aug 6, 2018 23:32:41 GMT -5
The voters that didn't vote Stanford #1 need to be removed. I pegged them at #1, but we'll find out soon enough with their run of tough opponents including BYU, PSU, Minny, and Texas x 2, with three of these at home and two on the road. |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Aug 6, 2018 23:33:14 GMT -5
Disappointed that so many picked Creighton so high and Marquette so low. Otherwise this i svery good. I had Marquette above Creighton in my submission. |
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 6, 2018 23:33:22 GMT -5
The biggest difference between my ballot and the actual poll is San Diego. I had them unranked Mine is Wazzu. Had them #18. I had WSU 19. |
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Aug 6, 2018 23:35:51 GMT -5
When the NCAA poll begins, please consider providing a weekly view of the Volleytalk poll adjacent to the NCAA poll. Thank Will the weekly Volleytalk poll be released prior to the deadline for the NCAA poll voters? The biggest difference between my ballot and the actual poll is San Diego. I had them unranked I had them unranked as well. |
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Post by ay2013 on Aug 6, 2018 23:40:31 GMT -5
I had San Diego at 23
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Post by Barefoot In Kailua on Aug 6, 2018 23:40:46 GMT -5
I left Cal Poly off my list. Someone tell me why I'm wrong (I can be convinced). The Van Windens are very good, but they lost Nelson, Greisen, and Niemen. I don't see where they make up that production based on recent recruiting classes. They don’t. Nelson, Greisen, and Niemen are huge losses for Poly. |
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