The top six teams stayed the same in this week’s VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, but Wisconsin and Kansas each moved up a spot, Dayton made it in and Kentucky returned.
The poll and voter comments follow.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes, Previous ranking
1. Pittsburgh (191 points, 11 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (181 1 first-place vote, 2)
3. Penn State (164, 3)
4. Louisville (154, 4)
5. Creighton (140, 5)
6. Stanford (132, 6)
7. Wisconsin (126, 8)
8. Kansas (102, 9)
9. Texas (92, 7)
10. Purdue (71, 10 )
11. SMU (70, 11)
12. Oregon (69, 12)
13. Arizona State (57, 13)
14. Minnesota (32, 15)
15. Dayton (15, NR)
16. Kentucky (11, NR)
Also receiving votes: TCU, North Carolina, USC, Georgia Tech, Utah, BYU, Texas A&M
Dropped out: USC, TCU
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
Haley: Looking at the statistics, Pitt and Nebraska are superior, the only other school holding their own is Creighton. Therefore, they deserve a top-four seed.
Pauly: The big jump for me this week was Wisconsin. I moved them up to…
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