Pittsburgh held onto its No. 1 spot in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll as our top five places stayed the same. Nebraska remained No. 2, but the gap narrowed. Pitt got eight of the 12 of the first-place votes. Nebraska, which had one the week before, got the other eight.
Kansas moved up two spots to No. 6, Arizona State made the biggest jump, four notches to No. 9, while Texas took the biggest tumble, four spots to a tie for 13th.
The poll and voter comments follow.
Rank, Team, Points, First-Place Votes, Previous ranking
1. Pittsburgh (188 points, 8 first-place votes, 1)
2. Nebraska (184, 4 first-place votes, 2)
3. Penn State (164, 3)
4. Louisville (156, 4)
5. Creighton (148, 5)
6. Kansas (120, 8)
7. Wisconsin (115, 7)
8. Stanford (112, 6)
9. Arizona State (88, 13)
10. SMU (84, 11 )
11. Purdue (80, 10)
12. Oregon (46, 12)
T-13. Texas (42, 9)
T-13. Minnesota (42, 14)
T-15. Dayton (22, 15)
T-16. Kentucky (22, 16)
Also receiving votes: Georgia Tech, TCU, BYU, Florida
Dropped out: None
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…
