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VBM Super 16: Minor top-half shuffling; Purdue, Dayton, Kansas get back in

VBM Super 16: Minor top-half shuffling; Purdue, Dayton, Kansas get back in

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The top 11 spots were more or less the same in this week’s VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, but there was some minor movement.

Two teams dropped out and we welcomed back Purdue, Dayton and Kansas:

Rank, Team, Points (Last week)
1. Nebraska, 192 (1)
2. Stanford, 179 (2)
3. Wisconsin, 163 (3)
4. Pittsburgh, 156 (6)
5. Louisville, 139 (4)
6. Oregon, 133 (5)
7. Texas, 123 (7)
8. Kentucky, 104 (8)
9. Tennessee, 97 (9)
10. Arkansas, 75 (10)
11. Washington State, 57 (12)
12. Purdue, 42 (NR)
13. Creighton, 37 (14)
14. Penn State, 32 (15)
15. Georgia Tech, 29 (11)
T-16. Dayton, 18 (NR)
T-16. Kansas, 18 (NR)

First place votes: Nebraska received all 12
Also receiving votes:
Arizona State, BYU, Florida State, Western Kentucky
Dropped out: Arizona State, BYU

Previous VBM Super 16 Media Poll Results

Week 8: November 13
Week 7:
November 6
Week 6:  
October 30
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 and co-host of Volleyball State podcast
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
Abby Benton (@numberonevolleyball) — played at DII Catawba and DIII William Peace and has 48.6K Instagram followers and more than 90K on TikTok
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

Benton: 3-6 was super hard! I put Oregon in the 3 spot because…

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