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Major shakeup after 1-2 in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll

Major shakeup after 1-2 in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll

K-State’s Izzi Szulczewsk, left, and Liz Gregorski celebrate with fans after upsetting BYU last week/Will Huster Photography

Our voters had so many things to consider this week while compiling their VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Poll ballots.

Teams in last week’s poll that took losses included Stanford, Washington State (twice), BYU (twice), Penn State and Florida. Texas and Georgia Tech both had reverse-sweep victories.

Nebraska and Wisconsin remained 1-2. After that? Here you go:

Rank, Team, Points (Last week)
1. Nebraska, 192 (1)
2. Wisconsin, 180 (2)
3. Louisville, 160 (4)
4. Stanford, 154 (3)
5. Texas, 148 (5)
6. Oregon, 126 (8)
7. Pittsburgh, 120 (7)
8. Arkansas, 108 (10)
9. Washington State, 92 (6)
10. Tennessee, 78 (12)
11. Georgia Tech, 63 (11)
12. Kentucky, 58 (14)
13. Arizona State, 41 (NR)
14. Kansas, 26 (T16)
15. BYU, 24 (9)
16. Dayton, 23 (T16)

First place votes: Nebraska received all 12
Also receiving votes:
Creighton, Penn State, Purdue, Florida, Florida State
Dropped out: Penn State, Florida

Previous VBM Super 16 Polls

Week 5: October 23
Week 4:
October 16
Week 3: October 9
Week 2: October 2
Week 1: September 25

The voters

Emily Ehman @emilyehman) — Big Ten Network, ESPN analyst; former Northwestern DS
Ed Strong (@VBMagazine) — VolleyballMag.com super Tweeter
Michella Chester (@michellachester) — THE volleyball voice of NCAA.com
Daniel Gillman (@DanielGillman/@SixRotations) — host of Six Rotations for the AVCA, Cal Poly play-by-play
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat writer for Huskers Illustrated
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 Olympic coach
Dennis Punzel (@DennisPunzel) — Wisconsin beat writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, author of Point! Wisconsin
Fran Flory (@LSUCoachFran) — ESPN+ analyst, national champion at Texas, winningest coach in LSU history, AVCA Hall of Famer
Anne Marie Anderson (@AnneMAnderson, @annemarieandersontv) — Emmy Award winner, volleyball play-by-play veteran who works NCAA matches for the Pac-12 Network, Big Ten Network and ESPN; played at Hofstra, where she still ranks in the top 10 in blocks
Shelby Coppedge (@shelbycoppedge) — ESPN analyst, former Texas A&M-Corpus Christi DS
Lee Feinswog (@VBMagazine) — editor of VolleyballMag.com

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