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Post by vbprisoner on Sept 17, 2018 11:30:07 GMT -5
Volleytalk Top 25 Ranking - week 4 - 9/17
(ranking, team, #1 votes, total points, 9/10 ranking)
1. BYU (20).................739....(1)
2. Stanford (9)............728....(2)
3. Nebraska................657....(4)
4. Wisconsin (1)..........647....(5)
5. Penn St...................606....(6)
6. Texas......................595....(3)
7. Illinois....................594....(8)
8. Minnesota...............556....(7)
9. Pittsburgh...............497....(9)
10. Oregon..................453....(10)
11. USC......................418....(11)
12. Florida...................392....(12)
13. Michigan................386....(14)
14. Creighton...............358....(13)
15. Cal Poly..................305....(18)
16. Purdue...................276....(17)
17. Marquette...............243....(15)
18. Baylor....................233....(16)
18. Washington.............233....(20)
20. Kentucky................229....(21)
21. UCLA.....................181....(22)
22. Washington St.........128....(19)
23. Colorado..................60....(25)
24. LMU........................56....(NR)
25. Louisville.................39....(23)
Next five in: Portland - 37, Kansas St. - 25, Utah - 13, Arizona - 11, ETSU - 9,
(9 other teams received at least 1 vote: Cincinnati, Alabama, Oregon St., Iowa, Syracuse, Michigan St., Tennessee, San Diego, UNI)
Dropped out: San Diego
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Post by lionsfan on Sept 17, 2018 11:40:32 GMT -5
Great job as always, vbprisoner! Thanks for doing this!
I had Northern Iowa at 25...should they also be listed as receiving at least 1 vote?
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Post by redincolorado on Sept 17, 2018 11:52:26 GMT -5
Great job as always, vbprisoner! Thanks for doing this! I had Northern Iowa at 25...should they also be listed as receiving at least 1 vote? It's to early in the season to pay much attention to the various polls. What DOES catch my attention is that undefeated BYU has only lost a measly four SETS thus far. |
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Post by vbprisoner on Sept 17, 2018 11:53:29 GMT -5
Great job as always, vbprisoner! Thanks for doing this! I had Northern Iowa at 25...should they also be listed as receiving at least 1 vote? Good catch lionsfan and I corrected. The 9 other teams receiving votes are not in order of votes/points. They were all under 10 points, but to make the top 25 a team must be listed on at least 5 ballots. |
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Post by nakedcrayon on Sept 17, 2018 12:14:12 GMT -5
I am OUTRAGED This is beyond ridiculous. I mean what the ... Nevermind thought this was AVCA poll. Carry on my wayward sons
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Post by donut on Sept 17, 2018 12:19:50 GMT -5
 Biggest movers: Cal Poly up 3 spots and Washington State down 3 spots.
 Other than the last 3 in each ranking, the biggest differences are Michigan (up 5 spots higher in the VT poll) and Washington (down 5 spots in the VT poll).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2018 12:22:57 GMT -5
Interesting that Georgia isn't getting any votes. Seems like they will be vying for the top tier of the SEC.
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Post by EyesOfTexas on Sept 17, 2018 12:23:20 GMT -5
I agree with these rankings. TX shot themselves in the foot. I predicted the to fall to 5th or 6th.
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Post by bprtbone on Sept 17, 2018 12:26:36 GMT -5
So much love still for that 4 loss Creighton team.
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Post by bigfan on Sept 17, 2018 12:30:23 GMT -5
WELL DONE
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Post by bigfan on Sept 17, 2018 12:32:18 GMT -5
Congratulations LMU on being ranked.
USD is having a crash and burn season..........................and there is no reason for it.
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 17, 2018 12:34:25 GMT -5
Interesting that Georgia isn't getting any votes. Seems like they will be vying for the top tier of the SEC. I had them in last week. Then they lost to Georgia Tech, so I took them back out this week. Still on my radar. |
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Post by bluepenquin on Sept 17, 2018 12:34:31 GMT -5
This was the same top 25 as I had. I kind of thought Louisville, Portland, and Kansas State were the real contenders for #25 - I went with Louisville since I had them rated higher to start the season and I would like to see more from the other two. So many (too many) have tried to disqualify for Top 25 consideration.
I switched my #1 this week - going the opposite direction (I voted BYU #1). There are two reasons why the change: 1) Every week I reevaluate everything - as opposed to starting with the previous poll and updating with current week results. 2) I am relying more and more on results and less at future projection.
At the end of the day (for me) - Stanford and BYU are easily the two best teams in the nation. BYU won the H2H - and when there is virtually nothing else to separate these two teams, that becomes more important. Even if it was a close 5 set match played in Utah. I also kept Texas at #4 - so I am not devaluing what Stanford did this week.
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Post by vbprisoner on Sept 17, 2018 12:35:16 GMT -5
Volleytalk Top 25 Ranking - week 4 - 9/17(ranking, team, #1 votes, total points, 9/10 ranking) 1. BYU (20).................739....(1) 2. Stanford (9)............728....(2) 4. Wisconsin (1)..........647....(5) Last week's #1 votes: 1. BYU (26).......................745 2. Stanford (4)...................723 --- vbprisoner : Did someone shift their vote to Wisconsin for #1 or is that an alternative/back-up poster? I was one of the posters who switched my number 1 vote to Stanford this week, from BYU last week. Sweeping and winning 3-1 against Texas, in addition to convincing victories against Penn State and Minnesota, outweighs a 2-3 H2H loss @ BYU in my book. There were 4 voters who had Stanford #1 last week, I was one of them along with huskerjen , and 5 voters this week went back to Stanford for probably the same reason you did. The Wisconsin #1 vote is a voter that has been voting since day 1 and I gave him sh*t the first time he did it in week 2 and then had to eat crow when Wisconsin beat Texas that week, but in week 3 poll he did not vote Wisconsin #1 coming off the Baylor defeat. Wisconsin was pretty much either #3 or #4 on 90% of the ballots and they did beat Marquette at Marquette so they are deserving of their top 5 ranking. |
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Post by Cruz'n on Sept 17, 2018 12:46:18 GMT -5
This was the same top 25 as I had. I kind of thought Louisville, Portland, and Kansas State were the real contenders for #25 - I went with Louisville since I had them rated higher to start the season and I would like to see more from the other two. So many (too many) have tried to disqualify for Top 25 consideration. I switched my #1 this week - going the opposite direction (I voted BYU #1). There are two reasons why the change: 1) Every week I reevaluate everything - as opposed to starting with the previous poll and updating with current week results. 2) I am relying more and more on results and less at future projection. At the end of the day (for me) - Stanford and BYU are easily the two best teams in the nation. BYU won the H2H - and when there is virtually nothing else to separate these two teams, that becomes more important. Even if it was a close 5 set match played in Utah. I also kept Texas at #4 - so I am not devaluing what Stanford did this week. I didn't have Louisville in. After getting smoked by Kentucky at home, -18, -13, -14, when I only have Kentucky at #22, I really didn't even consider them. I looked at 6 teams for my final two spots, went with LMU and Oregon State. And if LMU loses to Portland this weekend, I will likely replace LMU with Portland next week. Colorado State, ETSU, and Tennessee are on the radar for me, should others falter. |
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