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…
