[81alum]

Is Iowa State any good? Except for a peculiar stretch where we dropped seven in a row after taking a 24-11 lead in the second set, we didn't have much trouble at all with them.

In the preseason polls, Iowa State was not ranked but would have been 31st based on votes.  For comparison, Pac 12 schools that got some votes were UCLA at 36th, Colorado at 33rd, Arizona at 30th, C.al at 28th,  Oregon at 26th, and then the rankings begin with Arizona State at 25th, SC at 5th, Washington at 4th, and Stanford at 3rd.

As you can see it is expected to be the equivalent of the middle of the Pac 12.  The Big 12 is not a strong volleyball conference, but Iowa State seems to play second fiddle only to Oklahoma, but they split with Oklahoma last year.

Last year Iowa State wound up with an RPI of 27th.

[81alum]

Is Iowa State any good? Except for a peculiar stretch where we dropped seven in a row after taking a 24-11 lead in the second set, we didn't have much trouble at all with them.

In the preseason polls, Iowa State was not ranked but would have been 31st based on votes.  For comparison, Pac 12 schools that got some votes were UCLA at 36th, Colorado at 33rd, Arizona at 30th, C.al at 28th,  Oregon at 26th, and then the rankings begin with Arizona State at 25th, SC at 5th, Washington at 4th, and Stanford at 3rd.

As you can see it is expected to be the equivalent of the middle of the Pac 12.  The Big 12 is not a strong volleyball conference, but Iowa State seems to play second fiddle only to Oklahoma, but they split with Oklahoma last year.

Last year Iowa State wound up with an RPI of 27th.