Buffs Receive Votes in AVCA Preseason Poll

[cmgoods]

AVCA Division I Coaches Preseason Poll: August 11, 2014

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Rank	School (First-Place Votes)	Total Points	2013 Record	2013 Final Rank
1​	Penn State (32)​	1417​	34-2​	1​
2​	Texas (11)​	1389​	27-3​	3​
3​	Stanford (7)​	1356​	27-6​	5​
4​	Washington​	1280​	30-3​	4​
5​	Southern California (2)​	1272​	29-6​	6​
6​	Wisconsin (8)​	1264​	28-10​	2​
7​	Nebraska​	1149​	26-7​	7​
8​	Purdue​	980​	23-12​	8​
9​	BYU​	924​	24-7​	13​
10​	Florida​	897​	28-4​	15​
11​	Illinois​	813​	18-15​	16​
12​	Minnesota​	802​	28-7​	10​
13​	Florida State​	695​	26-8​	11​
14​	San Diego​	628​	26-4​	9​
15​	Missouri​	547​	35-1​	12​
16​	Michigan State​	494​	23-12​	14​
17​	Hawai'i​	481​	25-5​	18​
18​	Colorado State​	472​	28-2​	21​
19​	Kentucky​	452​	22-9​	20​
20​	North Carolina​	378​	27-5​	25​
21​	Duke​	361​	28-5​	22​
22​	Kansas​	232​	26-8​	17​
23​	Creighton​	184​	23-9​	NR​
24​	American​	134​	32-3​	19​
25​	Arizona State​	129​	19-14​	NR​

Others Receiving Votes and appearing on two or more ballots: Oregon 115; Oklahoma 114; California 111; Marquette 102; Arizona 60; Iowa State 59; LSU 52; Colorado 32; UC Santa Barbara 26; Michigan 23; UCLA 23; Cal State Northridge 19; Long Beach State 11; New Mexico 9; UT San Antonio 3

Five schools were listed on only one ballot for a total of 17 combined points.​

 

[sackman]

9 out of 12 teams in the conference ranked or receiving votes. No, the PAC isn't a volleyball powerhouse at all.

 

[buffgal]

9 out of 12 teams in the conference ranked or receiving votes. No, the PAC isn't a volleyball powerhouse at all.

This! And :gobuffs:

I fully expect them to win the first three matches of the season when I will get to see them.

 

[BeBe]

They should win out in the non-conference schedule they have except maybe for the game at Creighton. I see that Creighton is ranked at #22 after finishing last season unranked. I didn't realize they were potentially that good so that will be a very interesting match. I need to start looking again at that idea of going to Creighton for that tourney.

 

[cmgoods]

The Creighton match looks like the only potential loss out of the nonconference schedule. Maybe Illinois too. I know nothing about them, but looking at last season's results, they beat some good teams and went to 5 sets with Penn State.

 

[BeBe]

The Creighton match looks like the only potential loss out of the nonconference schedule. Maybe Illinois too. I know nothing about them, but looking at last season's results, they beat some good teams and went to 5 sets with Penn State.

Right.... I forgot about Illinois. Guess I should have checked the non-con schedule ... memory fails again!