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…
