Things look a little different in this second VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season, but the top teams remained the season, unbeaten Pittsburgh at No. 1 and Nebraska at No. 2.
After that, a few teams stayed the same but there was quite a bit of shuffling. As pollster Ed Strong said, it ” gets really messy around 7-11.”
We rank 16 teams because that’s how many get seeded in the NCAA Tournament and get to play at home the first two rounds. Voter comments follow.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes, Previous ranking
1. Pittsburgh (192 points, 12 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (179, 2)
3. Penn State (161, 5)
4. Louisville (160, 4)
5. Stanford (134, 3)
6. Creighton (132, 6)
7. Texas (118, 8)
8. Kansas (103, 9)
9. Wisconsin (89, 7)
10. Purdue (88, 10)
11. Oregon (80, 11)
12. Minnesota (57, 16)
13. Kentucky (42, 13)
14. Arizona State (22, 14)
15. Baylor (19, NR)
16. SMU (16, NR)
Also receiving votes: Florida, Florida State, Georgia Tech, USC, Auburn, TCU, North Carolina, Washington
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 analyst, 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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