This is the first VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll of the season and unbeaten Pittsburgh is a unanimous No. 1.
The Panthers got all 11 of the first-place votes. Nebraska was a solid No. 2.
As the voters noted in their comments, after that things could have gone a number of ways.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes
1. Pittsburgh (192 points, 12 first-place vote)
2. Nebraska (175)
3. Stanford (166)
4. Louisville (144)
5. Penn State (136)
6. Creighton (135)
7. Wisconsin (112)
8. Texas (109)
9. Kansas (95)
10. Purdue (81)
11. Oregon (60)
12. Georgia Tech (56)
13. Kentucky (53)
14. Arizona State (38)
15. Florida (26)
16. Minnesota (20)
Also receiving votes: TCU, Florida State, USC, Baylor, Washington, Georgia, SMU, North Carolina
The voters
Lincoln Arneal (@Lincoln_VB) — Nebraska beat writer for Huskers Illustrated and co-host of 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…
