This is the inaugural VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, the first of its kind in coverage of NCAA Division I women’s volleyball. We’ve had requests over the years to do this, and the time is now as our sport and the excitement around it continues to grow on every level.
We’ve compiled a fantastic panel of media voters who cover the sport both regionally and nationally and, of course, follow NCAA volleyball every day around the country.
We chose to rank 16 teams because that’s how many teams get seeds in the NCAA Tournament. We also asked our voters to offer comments, and some of those appear after the list of pollsters.
Wisconsin is the top team and got eight of the 12 first-place votes and 185 points. Nebraska got the other four first-place votes and got 184 points, the slimmest of margins.
Here is the first VolleyballMag.com Super 16 with records and poll points in parentheses:
1. Wisconsin (11-0, 8 first-place votes, 185 points)
2. Nebraska (11-0, 4 first-place votes, 184)
3. Stanford (9-2, 163)
4. Florida (10-1, 148)
5. Louisville (11-1, 147)
6. Washington State (12-1, 134)
7. Oregon (12-1, 114)
8. BYU (13-1, 101)
9. Pittsburgh (11-2, 82)
10. Texas (7-3, 81)
11. Tennessee (11-1, 69)
12. Georgia Tech (52)
13. Minnesota (5-5, 43)
14. Arkansas…
