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Plenty of shuffling between Nos. 5-16 in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll

Plenty of shuffling between Nos. 5-16 in VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll

Merritt Beason hits past the Penn State block in Nebraska’s win over Penn State/Nebraska photo

After a topsy-turvey week in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball, it’s no surprise that there was a shakeup in spots 5-16 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll. 

Wisconsin-Nebraska-Stanford-Washington State remained Nos. 1-4. Louisville jumped three spots to No. 5 and Arkansas jumped seven spots into a tie at No. 7.

Oregon fell four spots to No. 9 and Arizona State, after a week in which it was upset by Oregon State but then swept at Oregon, moved up two spots to No. 14.

Voter comments follow.

Rank, Team, Points (Last week)
1. Wisconsin, 174 (1)
2. Nebraska, 167 (2)
3. Stanford, 154 (3)
4. Washington State, 142 (4)
5. Louisville, 131 (8)
6. Texas, 123 (6)
T-7. Arkansas, 91 (13)
T-7. Pittsburgh, 91 (7)
9. Oregon, 88 (5)
10. BYU, 87 (10)
11. Penn State, 68 (13)
12. Tennessee, 66 (9)
13. Georgia Tech, 34 (12)
14. Arizona State, 25 (16)
T- 15. Dayton, 15 (NR)
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15. Florida, 15 (11)

First-place votes: Wisconsin (9), Nebraska (2)
Also receiving votes: Kansas, Auburn, Florida State, Kentucky, Creighton, Purdue
Dropped out: Kansas
We had one voter unable to participate this week.

Previous VBM Super 16 Polls

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
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