Week 14 VolleyTalk Top 20 Rankings

[Volleyfan024]

Not far from the AVCA poll at all this week.

Rank/Team(1st)	Points	Last Week	AVCA
1. Long Beach (14)	280	1	1
2. UCLA	266	2	2
3. Grand Canyon	243	5	3
4. Hawaii	241	4	4
5. UC Irvine	227	3	5
6. BYU	208	6	6
7. Stanford	173	7	7
8. Pepperdine	172	11	8
9. Penn State	171	8	9
10. Ball State	159	10	11
11. Loyola	155	13	12
12. Ohio State	129	9	10
13. CSUN	113	16	15
14. Lewis	96	14	14
15. USC	88	12	13
16. George Mason	60	RV	16
17. Princeton	50	15	17
18. UC San Diego	43	17	19
19. McKendree	34	18	18
20. Lindenwood	16	RV	RV

Also Receiving Votes: UCSB (9), Harvard (4), St. Francis (2), Purdue Fort Wayne (1)

[noblesol]

For the Top Twenty and even some just in the RV category, the separation between tiers is about as tight as I've ever seen it.

Tier 1:
1. Long Beach
2. UCLA
3. Grand Canyon
4. Hawaii
5. UC Irvine
................
Tier 2:
6. BYU
7. Stanford
8. Pepperdine
9. Penn State
10. Ball State
11. Loyola
12. Ohio State
13. CSUN
14. Lewis
15. USC
16. George Mason
17. Princeton
18. UC San Diego
19. McKendree
20. Lindenwood
21. UCSB
.........
Tier 3:


Losing to a lower adjacent tier is a minor upset. Losing to a team two tiers or lower is a major upset.