Exploring the Polls: It’s Cold at the Top

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Here’s DigNittany’s North Pole Poll (It’s Cold at the Top), in which we lift the AVCA poll votes of Russ Rose, Christy Johnson-Lynch and John Dunning (a link to all the votes can be found in the lower left-hand column of the AVCA poll page if you Click Here) and add the votes of our own lionsfan.

Yet another #1 (and #2) — it was a rough week for leaders.  Hey Wahine fans — we love you more than the AVCA!  B1G still looking good, with four teams in our Top 10 (only three in the AVCA):

DigNittanyVolleyball's North Pole Poll (It's Cold at the Top) 10-21-13

RankNorth
Pole
Poll
North
Pole
Poll
Points
Russ
Rose's
AVCA
Top 10
John
Dunning's
AVCA
Top 10
Christy
Johnson-
Lynch's
AVCA
Top10
Lionsfan's
Top 10
1Texas40TexasTexasTexasTexas
2Penn State35WashingtonPenn StatePenn StatePenn State
3Washington32Penn StateWashingtonWashingtonSouthern
Cal
4Southern
Cal
29Southern
Cal
Southern
Cal
Southern
Cal
Washington
5Florida23FloridaStanfordFloridaFlorida
6Stanford17StanfordFloridaStanfordMichigan State
7Hawai'i12Michigan StateHawai'iMinnesotaNebraska
8Minnesota11Hawai'iMinnesotaMissouriHawai'i
9Michigan State9MinnesotaMissouriHawai'iMinnesota
10 - tieNebraska5NebraskaSan DiegoSan DiegoStanford
10 - tieMissouri5

For comparison, here are the AVCA and Rich Kern Top 10 polls (with Pablo rankings — courtesy of Rich Kern):

AVCA, Rich Kern and Pablo - 10-21-13

SchoolAVCA Poll
10-21-13
Rich KernPabloWinsLossesConf.
Texas115132Big-12
Penn State221162B1G
Washington343151Pac-12
Southern
Cal
436172Pac-12
Florida554182SEC
Stanford662134Pac-12
Minnesota7713183B1G
Hawai'i888162Big West
San Diego9109153West Coast
Michigan State10910173B1G
Nebraska131111134B1G
Wisconsin161320164B1G
Michigan171420136B1G
Purdue212124136B1G
Ohio State242442146B1G