VOLLEYTALK TOP 25 - week 11 - 11/05

[vbprisoner]

Volleytalk Top 25 - week 11 - 11/05

(rank, # 1st place votes, total points, previous week ranking)

1. Stanford (14)...............733..........1
2. BYU (15).....................727..........2
3. Minnesota (1)..............700..........3
4. Illinois.........................660..........4
5. Nebraska.....................590..........7
6. Texas..........................583..........6
7. Penn St.......................535..........8
8. Kentucky.....................492..........12
9. Wisconsin....................491..........5
10. Creighton...................490..........9
11. Southern Cal (USC).....463..........13
12. Pittsburgh..................448..........10
13. Oregon......................371..........11
14. Michigan....................365..........15
15. Purdue.......................328..........16
16. Cal Poly......................298..........18
17. Florida.......................297..........14
18. Washington St.............255..........17
19. Marquette...................225..........19
20. Central Florida (UCF)....104..........22
21. Tennessee...................102..........23
22. Arizona........................97...........21
23. Missouri.......................74...........20
24. UCLA...........................65...........NR
25. Baylor..........................41...........NR

Next 5 in: Washington - 38, Northern Iowa - 28, Colorado - 29, Louisville - 20, Illinois St. - 17

Also receiving votes: Florida St. - 15, Colorado St. - 14, San Diego - 10, South Carolina - 8, Cincinnati - 4, Kansas - 4, Pepperdine - 4, Rice - 2, Michigan St. 1, Oklahoma - 1, Texas St. - 1

Dropped out of Top 25 - Louisville, Northern Iowa

Previous week ranking: green = moved up, red = moved down, white = same

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[vbprisoner]

Comparison chart complements of Millennium 

[tallguy86]

Pretty dramatic moves for Kentucky and Florida, which were right next to each other last week.

[bigfan]

Wisconsin too high

[bigfan]

Nov 5, 2018 12:49:59 GMT -5 vbprisoner said:

Volleytalk Top 25 - week 11 - 11/05

Thanks for doing this and all the hard work.

[volleyfan24]

I am tired of the B1G bias in the poll really Wisconsin loses twice at home. While Pitt wins two away games and they drop? Also one Nebraska win at home in 5 and they leapfrog Texas. C’mon guys the Big Ten is the best conference in Women’s College Volleyball but let’s at least give credit where it’s due to other schools.

Surprised Kentucky got a big jump although they were just outside my top ten last week and I think they would have beaten Florida at home even with a healthy Thayer Hall but I had them at 10 in my rankings they have been trending up for awhile.

[mcmike]

Team    1st 2nd 3rd 4th       ideal
Stanford 14 15   1       733   750   25x30
BYU      15  7   8       727   720   24x30
MN        1  8  23       700   690   23x30
ILL       0  0   0  30   660   660   22x30

[Deleted]

The UCF bias is what bothers me.

[volleyguy]

Yawn

[Deleted]

Wow. I had Wisconsin at 16.

[Deleted]

Wisconsin needs to start proving it on the court. Right now, they look a lot like 2017. Good on paper, but not top 10 on the court.

Penn State may be the opposite.

[bprtbone]

Nov 5, 2018 12:49:59 GMT -5 vbprisoner said:

Also receiving votes: Michigan St. 1

LOLOL. That 7 match losing streak is quite the inspiration for a T25 vote.

[Deleted]

Nov 5, 2018 13:26:27 GMT -5 bprtbone said:

Nov 5, 2018 12:49:59 GMT -5 vbprisoner said:

Also receiving votes: Michigan St. 1

LOLOL. That 7 match losing streak is quite the inspiration for a T25 vote.

That was me, at #25. I think they've improved a lot, and I wanted to throw them a lil love after taking Minnesota to five in the Pav. For most of the season, my #25 spot has gone to a team that thought deserved some lovin for a good week (Syracuse, Auburn, TCU). It's also gone to a team that I've been mad at (like Oregon).

Regardless, let's not pretend like anyone's 20-25 makes any damn sense.

[bayarea]

I have a feeling that the poll votes were really scattered all over the place this week, even for the top ten, compared to previous weeks.

[vbprisoner]

Tidbits from this week's poll:

1. Stanford picks up one more 1st place vote this week.

2. Illinois was ranked #4 on every voters ballot.

3. #8 Kentucky-492, #9 Wisconsin-491, #10 Creighton-490 are all separated by 1 point.

4. 23 different teams got at least 1 vote between #19 - #25 this week.

# Conference teams ranked:

B1G - 7
PAC - 6
SEC - 4
Big East - 2
Big 12 - 2
AAC - 1
ACC - 1
Big West - 1
WCC - 1