Huskers #2 in AVCA Preseason Poll

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1 Stanford (43) 1575 30-4 4 
2 Nebraska (20) 1525 32-4 1 
3 Texas 1389 27-3 5 
4 Minnesota 1342 28-6 10 
5 Kentucky 1260 29-4 6 
6 Penn State 1227 33-2 3 
7 Florida (1) 1208 30-2 2 
8 BYU 1183 30-3 7 
9 Wisconsin 1146 22-10 12 
10 Southern California 1019 25-10 7 
11 UCLA 850 21-11 14 
12 Illinois 782 23-11 17 
13 Creighton 651 26-7 16 
14 San Diego 632 25-5 13 
15 Colorado 609 24-10 19 
16 Baylor 597 24-7 21 
17 Washington 503 25-8 15 
18 Oregon 443 18-12 RV 
19 Utah 424 24-10 13 
20 Pittsburgh 352 26-7 RV 
21 Iowa State 284 22-7 25 
22 Michigan State 250 24-9 8 
23 Purdue 225 23-10 18 
24 Cal Poly 209 27-3 22 
25 Colorado State 174 29-4 24 

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Marquette 163; Michigan 153; Missouri 148; Wichita State 103; Louisville 88; Kansas 66; Western Kentucky 58; Washington State 47; Hawai'i 27; Florida State 17; LSU 13; Miami (FL) 8; Oregon State 6; Missouri State 4




 






 
Interesting.  I know it's a crap shoot at this point, but this seems a bit of a high ranking.  We don't have a Setter yet, so that's pretty high. Foecke, Sweet, Maloney and Stivrins return, so 2/3 of the National Championship starting lineup, but we don't have another Middle (since McClellan left) and without Hunter, there's a few question marks.

 
Wow...seven teams from the B1G in the Top 25. Damn this is a stacked Volleyball conference.

knapplc said:
Interesting.  I know it's a crap shoot at this point, but this seems a bit of a high ranking.  We don't have a Setter yet, so that's pretty high. Foecke, Sweet, Maloney and Stivrins return, so 2/3 of the National Championship starting lineup, but we don't have another Middle (since McClellan left) and without Hunter, there's a few question marks.
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I think a lot of that is folks don't doubt Cook's coaching acumen, and last year's team was, in some aspects, worse off than this year's team. 

I fully expect them to figure out what ails them early on, and by B1G play, we'll see the women pick up where they left off last year. 

 
VectorVictor said:
Wow...seven teams from the B1G in the Top 25. Damn this is a stacked Volleyball conference.
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Funny seeing Penn State at #6, ESPECIALLY behind Kentucky.  I get that Skinner has a good program going in Kentucky, but they're "SEC good," not Big Ten good. 

I would put even money on Penn State against anyone in the Top 5, including Nebraska.

 
Mavric said:
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Heh. :D

They're due against us. We've won the last seven straight matches. 






So, looking at all the teams receiving votes (39 total), the Pac-12 leads the way with nine teams (because Oregon State eked in with six total points), the Big Ten is next with eight teams, then the Big XII and SEC have four teams each, and the ACC has three teams. The Big East has two teams (Creighton & Marquette), as does the WCC.

Adding up the points for each of these conferences, the Big Ten leads the way with 6,650 points (831 avg), the Pac-12 is next with 5,476 (684), the SEC is third with 2,629 (657) and the Big XII is fourth with 2,336 (584). The West Coast Conference's two schools (BYU and San Diego) have a total of 1,815 points and a 908 average - right behind the Big Ten.

 
knapplc said:
Funny seeing Penn State at #6, ESPECIALLY behind Kentucky.  I get that Skinner has a good program going in Kentucky, but they're "SEC good," not Big Ten good. 

I would put even money on Penn State against anyone in the Top 5, including Nebraska.
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I wouldn’t put money on PSU especially not early on. They lost 85% of their offense which is their top 4 in swings/kills and also one of their setters. They did get a good transfer and have a great incoming class but they really lost a ton from last years team and will be very young. 

 
We traded spots with Minnesota. They were #5, we were #3. 

That seems fair. In fact, losing at home by four, even to a top ten team, could have dropped us further.

Here's Volley Mob's cumulative Top 50, combining the AVCA poll, RPI and their own poll (  :rolleyes: ).

Lots of Husker opponents on this list. The Big Ten has half of the top ten teams. 





 


 


VolleyMob


AVCA


RPI


Average Rank:




1


BYU


1


1


2


1.333333333




2


Stanford


2


2


1


1.666666667




3


Texas


6


4


5


5




4


Minnesota


3


3


10


5.333333333




5


Illinois


7


7


3


5.666666667




6


Nebraska


4


5


9


6




6


Pittsburgh


8


6


4


6




8


Wisconsin


5


8


8


7




9


USC


12


15


6


11




10


Michigan


14


13


7


11.33333333




11


Penn State


11


9


17


12.33333333




12


Florida


9


11


20


13.33333333




13


Creighton


10


10


22


14




14


Cal Poly


13


12


18


14.33333333




15


Washington


16


18


11


15




16


Oregon


15


14


19


16




16


Kentucky


19


16


13


16




18


Washington State


18


21


12


17




19


Marquette


17


19


21


19




19


Purdue


25


17


15


19




21


Northern Iowa


27


26


16


23




22


UCLA


23


20


28


23.66666667




23


Baylor


24


24


24


24




24


South Carolina


30


28


23


27




25


Arizona


22


23


38


27.66666667




26


Arizona State


29


25


34


29.33333333




27


Missouri


28


33


30


30.33333333




28


Iowa


21


33


39


31




29


Tennessee


26


27


44


32.33333333




29


Louisville


34


22


41


32.33333333




31


Texas Tech


32


36


32


33.33333333




32


Cincinnati


33


30


42


35




33


Colorado


20


29


62


37




34


UCF


35


 


14


16.33333333




35


Kansas


 


32


25


19




36


Georgia


31


 


33


21.33333333




37


Loyola Marymount


 


35


46


27




38


Utah


 


31


56


29




38


Pepperdine


 


37


50


29




40


Dayton


 


 


26


8.666666667




41


Rice


 


 


27


9




42


Alabama


 


 


29


9.666666667




43


Syracuse


 


 


31


10.33333333




44


Texas State


 


 


35


11.66666667




45


Saint Mary’s


 


 


36


12




46


Wichita State


 


 


37


12.33333333




47


ETSU


 


 


40


13.33333333




48


Duke


 


 


43


14.33333333




49


Ohio State


 


 


45


15




50


UC Irvine


 


 


47


15.66666667




 
I'm a little surprised they didn't punish us for losing to Penn State, considering the fifth game wasn't that competitive. But I guess they're giving us props for going to five at Rec Hall.


 
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