Not surprisingly, after beating Wisconsin on Saturday, Nebraska has traded places with the Badgers and taken over first in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll.
Stanford stayed No. 3, but after that much of the rest of the poll was shuffled. Arizona State dropped out and Kansas made it back in. The top 16 follows and so do comments from pollsters.
Rank, Team, Points (Last week)
1. Nebraska, 192 (2)
2. Wisconsin, 177 (1)
3. Stanford, 171 (3)
4. Louisville, 150 (5)
5. Texas, 138 (6)
6. Washington State, 133 (4)
7. Pittsburgh, 112 (7)
8. Oregon, 103 (9)
9. BYU, 92 (10)
10. Arkansas, 88 (7)
11. Georgia Tech, 56 (13)
12. Tennessee, 48 (12)
13. Penn State, 46 (11)
14. Kentucky, 28 (NR)
15. Florida, 27 (15)
Tie, 16. Kansas, 17 (NR)
Tie, 16. Dayton, 17 (15)
First place votes: Nebraska got all 12
Also receiving votes: Creighton, Baylor, Purdue, Florida State, USC, The Citadel
Dropped out: Arizona State
Previous VBM Super 16 Polls
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
Voter comments
Gillman: I had to keep Wisconsin in the top two after that loss (would’ve kept Nebraska there if they fell, too). Those were the two…
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