This is the first VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season and unbeaten Pittsburgh is a unanimous No. 1.
The Panthers got all 11 of the first-place votes. Nebraska was a solid No. 2.
As the voters noted in their comments, after that things could have gone a number of ways.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes
1. Pittsburgh (192 points, 12 first-place vote)
2. Nebraska (175)
3. Stanford (166)
4. Louisville (144)
5. Penn State (136)
6. Creighton (135)
7. Wisconsin (112)
8. Texas (109)
9. Kansas (95)
10. Purdue (81)
11. Oregon (60)
12. Georgia Tech (56)
13. Kentucky (53)
14. Arizona State (38)
15. Florida (26)
16. Minnesota (20)
Also receiving votes: TCU, Florida State, USC, Baylor, Washington, Georgia, SMU, North Carolina
The voters
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat writer for Huskers Illustrated and co-host of Volleyball State podcast
Abby Benton (@numberonevolleyball) — played at DII Catawba and DIII William Peace and has 54K Instagram followers and more than 116K on TikTok
Michella Chester (@michellachester) — THE volleyball voice of NCAA.com
Shelby Coppedge (@shelbycoppedge) — ESPN analyst, former Texas A&M-Corpus Christi DS
Emily Ehman @emilyehman) — Big Ten Network, ESPN, Volleyball World TV analyst; former Northwestern DS
Lee Feinswog (@VBMagazine) — editor of VolleyballMag
Daniel Gillman (@DanielGillman/@SixRotations) — host of Six Rotations for the AVCA, national play-by-play for multiple sports
Sam Gore (@sambgore) — veteran broadcaster/studio host who does ESPN volleyball play-by-play, host of the Fifth Set during the NCAA Tournament
Mick Haley (@Michaelhaley6) — ESPN analyst, former national-championship coach at Texas and USC and 2000 USA Olympic coach
Amy Pauly (@acpauly10) — Head coach of the Orlando Valkyries of the Pro Volleyball Federation and the team’s vice-president of volleyball operations; former assistant coach at USC, head coach at UAB; libero at Alabama
Dennis Punzel (@DennisPunzel) — Wisconsin beat writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, author of Point! Wisconsin
Ed Strong (@VBMagazine) — VolleyballMag super Tweeter
Voter comments
Arneal: Based on court play, Pitt and Nebraska have been the most impressive teams during the last week. The Panthers haven’t lost yet, so they get the nod over Nebraska. Penn State and Stanford are a half step back and will make this a fun conference season.
Creighton looked like they were on the edge of a…
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