Pittsburgh finished as the unanimous No. 1 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the regular season.
Nebraska is back to No. 2. Penn State, now No. 3, traded places with No. 4 Louisville. Stanford is No. 5, just one point behind.
Dayton, which moved back in, and Baylor cracking the list, tied at No. 16. Florida dropped out.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes, Previous ranking
1. Pittsburgh (176 points, 11 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (164, 1)
3. Penn State (153, 4)
4. Louisville (136, 3)
5. Stanford (135, 6)
6. Creighton (126, 5)
7. Wisconsin (106, 6)
8. Arizona State (93, 8)
9. SMU (82, 9)
10. Purdue (70, 11)
11. Kentucky (61, 13)
12. Texas (58, 12)
13. Kansas (55, 10)
14. Oregon (35, 14)
15. Utah (29, 15)
Tie — 16. Dayton (5, NR)
Tie — 16. Baylor (5, NR)
Also receiving votes: TCU, Minnesota
Dropped out: Florida
Note: One of our voters could not contribute this week, so there were just 11 ballots.
The voters
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat writer for Huskers Illustrated and co-host of the 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 and Volleyball World TV analyst, Fan Duel Reporter; 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
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