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AVCA Polls

Weekly polls by the American Volleyball Coaches Association

AVCA Weekly Poll

October 4, 2011
AVCA Weekly Poll

Tweet   For the weekly AVCA poll, Click Here.  The internet concensus appears to be that the AVCA Poll is seriously flawed, and not worth the paper its not printed on.  So, as an alternative, here’s an article on fishing poles,                                                   The late President Gerald Ford prefered poles over polls, even as a child  
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Benchmarking Penn State (Why Poll Position Doesn’t Matter Very Much)

September 27, 2011
Benchmarking Penn State (Why Poll Position Doesn’t Matter Very Much)

Tweet By PhillyTom Every week this time of year, volleyball message boards light up with discussion of the AVCA poll rankings and who belongs in the top 10 and who doesn’t. Penn State does look a little funny at No. 9 with four losses, so that has been the subject of some guffaws this...
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Pole Position: AVCA Poll – 9-12-11

September 12, 2011
Pole Position: AVCA Poll – 9-12-11

Tweet Russ Rose voted Penn State fourth in the pre-season American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll. It looks like he may have been a bit optimistic — at least for now, as California is #1 (10-0; 51 first-place votes), Stanford #2 (6-0, 8 first-place votes), Illinois #3 (9-0), Washington #4 (7-0, 1 first-place vote),...
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Pole Position: AVCA Poll 9-5-11

September 5, 2011
Pole Position: AVCA Poll 9-5-11

Tweet The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) September 5, 2011 poll continues with California holding down the top spot (6-0; 48 first-place votes), Penn State #2 (4-1; 18 first-place votes), with Stanford (edging into the #3 spot, with a 4-0 record), Illinois (#4), Washington (#5) and UCLA (#8) all receiving one first-place vote. From...
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Pole Position: AVCA Poll 8-29-11

August 30, 2011
Pole Position: AVCA Poll 8-29-11

Tweet The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) has released its August 29, 2011 poll, with California holding down the top spot (3-0; 31 first-place votes), Penn State #2 (1-1; 11 first-place votes — down from 54 last week), Southern Cal #3 (1-1; 5 first-place votes) and Texas #4 (2-0; 9 first-place votes).    #5 Nebraska, #6 Stanford, #10 Hawaii, and #16 Oregon received...
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