BTN.com staff, December 22, 2014
The final AVCA Division I Coaches Poll is out, and, to no surprise, back-to-back national champion Penn State finishes the season as a unanimous No. 1.
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The Nittany Lions, who beat BYU on Saturday night to claim their sixth title in the last eight years, garnered all 60 first-place votes.
Big Ten champion Wisconsin, which lost in the regional final to Penn State, finished No. 4, while Nebraska (No. 8), Illinois (No. 11) and Ohio State (No. 13) also finished in the top 25.
In other words, the Big Ten had five of the top 13 teams. Not bad.
Michigan State is receiving the most votes (33) among unranked teams. Purdue is also receiving votes (20).
|
Rank |
School (First Place Votes) |
Total Points Adjusted |
2014 Record |
Previous Rank |
|
1 |
Penn State (60) |
1500 |
36-3 |
4 |
|
2 |
Stanford |
1432 |
33-2 |
1 |
|
3 |
BYU |
1374 |
30-5 |
12 |
|
4 |
Wisconsin |
1306 |
31-3 |
2 |
|
5 |
Texas |
1276 |
27-3 |
6 |
|
6 |
Florida |
1183 |
28-4 |
5 |
|
7 |
North Carolina |
1115 |
29-3 |
7 |
|
8 |
Nebraska |
1074 |
23-10 |
11 |
|
9 |
Washington |
1049 |
31-3 |
3 |
|
10 |
Florida State |
921 |
30-3 |
8 |
|
11 |
Illinois |
900 |
26-8 |
10 |
|
12 |
Colorado State |
853 |
31-3 |
9 |
|
13 |
Ohio State |
744 |
23-12 |
18 |
|
14 |
Oregon |
681 |
23-10 |
16 |
|
15 |
UCLA |
659 |
22-12 |
17 |
|
16 |
Arizona |
613 |
24-10 |
14 |
|
17 |
Kentucky |
497 |
27-6 |
13 |
|
18 |
Utah |
443 |
20-13 |
20 |
|
19 |
Long Beach State |
407 |
27-5 |
15 |
|
20 |
Oregon State |
376 |
20-13 |
NR |
|
21 |
Colorado |
333 |
20-14 |
19 |
|
22 |
Arizona State |
231 |
20-14 |
22 |
|
23 |
Hawai'i |
204 |
22-7 |
23 |
|
24 |
Arkansas-Little Rock |
96 |
30-5 |
NR |
|
25 |
Duke |
74 |
22-8 |
21 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Michigan State 33; Southern California 30; Purdue 20; LSU 17; Western Kentucky 13; Dayton 11; Alabama 9; Iowa State 8; Miami (FL) 8; Kansas 7
