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Post by traveler on Nov 18, 2019 11:34:03 GMT -5
1 Texas (51) 1581 19-2 1
2 Pittsburgh (11) 1514 26-1 2
3 Baylor (1) 1454 21-1 3
4 Stanford (1) 1431 20-4 4
5 Wisconsin 1311 19-5 7
6 Nebraska 1293 22-3 6
7 Minnesota 1231 20-4 5
8 Penn State 1183 21-4 8
9 Marquette 1055 25-3 9
10 Washington 949 21-5 13
11 Colorado State 911 26-1 12
12 Creighton 829 22-4 14
13 BYU 781 22-4 10
14 Kentucky 771 20-6 17
15 Florida 749 21-4 11
16 Utah 638 19-8 15
17 Purdue 613 18-7 16
18 Hawai'i 472 22-3 18
19 Western Kentucky 453 28-1 19
20 San Diego 373 21-5 24
21 Rice 334 24-2 21
22 Washington State 264 22-6 22
23 Michigan 188 18-8 23
24 California 150 20-6 20
25 Illinois 62 13-12 25
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Southern California 49; UCLA 48; Stephen F. Austin 46; Missouri 34; Texas A&M 19
Three teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 14 combined points.
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Post by stillkicking on Nov 18, 2019 18:22:35 GMT -5
Thanks, Traveler, I am just wondering out loud, not that it means anything, but at 13-12 how is Illinois in the top 25.
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Post by traveler on Nov 18, 2019 18:38:02 GMT -5
AKR. I was toying with a comment about the range of the top 25 teams' wins (low 13, high 28, average 21.2) and losses (high 12, low 1 [4 occurrences]). Utah, MI and IL have the highest number of losses, and Utah, with 8, is ranked 16, above both MI and IL. IL has the lowest number of wins, 13, 5 below MI and Purdue.
I am guessing that there is a pro-B1G bias, some deserved. When 4/14 teams are ranked 5-8, that is going to affect the records of the next highest.
I wonder if the AVCA voters are looking at that; past years' performance; or something else, such as All-Americans on the roster.
Much as I feel for the IL players, some of whom are really good, I thought the way the match played out on Friday would result in their exit from the top 25. Which says to me that the quality of the match play was not one of the factors in today's ballots. (And, of course, I should be a realist:I doubt the voters have time to watch the matches.)
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Post by NittanyLions on Nov 18, 2019 22:10:08 GMT -5
Current RPI for PSU this week is # 13
And Bluepenquin's RPI Futures has them ending the season at # 15, assuming only 1 more loss in conference play.
The RPI Futures ranking had us at # 17 for weeks; I guess that beat down of the Illini really meant something. LOL!
Speaking of 1 more loss, I think that this current PSU team can upset Minnesota; PSU is better at serving and passing.
The Gophers have been struggling in both those aspects of the game, although, they have better pin hitters.
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Post by jojonito on Nov 19, 2019 13:39:15 GMT -5
Current RPI for PSU this week is # 13 And Bluepenquin's RPI Futures has them ending the season at # 15, assuming only 1 more loss in conference play. The RPI Futures ranking had us at # 17 for weeks; I guess that beat down of the Illini really meant something. LOL! Speaking of 1 more loss, I think that this current PSU team can upset Minnesota; PSU is better at serving and passing. The Gophers have been struggling in both those aspects of the game, although, they have better pin hitters. Really hope that Purdue ends up in the top 25. They are #21 now and could still stay in the top 25 if they win out (I think); (they are predicted to lose one more match and end up #27). They are playing Rutgers, Michigan twice and Michigan State away. Michigan has been playing decently, beat ILL twice, Nebraska at home. Michigan could be hard to beat twice. I'm thinking that if Purdue wins out and possibly stays top 25 that could possibly keep PSU in top 16 even if they lose to both Minn and Wisc. This is where the unpredictability of the various matches shows up. Who knows what can happen with the RPI if some "good" wins by PSU turn out to be not so good wins if some teams that PSU beat tank the rest of the season. Not to say it will happen; don't really think it will. However, this is where the Oregon win in the beginning of the year which looked really good, turned out to be a drag on the RPI as Oregon turned out to be a not so good team due to injuries and who knows what else. |
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