[Hieronymus]

Georgia Tech goes up by 1 and now rank 15 after being demolished by Stanford.  AVCA ranking is lame

I always wondered about coaches polls being like Russian judging (diving, ice skating, ...).  The outcome of the polls/judging affects your team so you uprank your team and downrank your strongest competitors.  The poor saps that don't employ that strategy wind up lower.

I don't know that the coaches do that, but there is a motive to do that.

The good news is I don’t think those rankings matter much if at all for seeding; so it’s mostly just an in-season conversation piece.

[Hieronymus]

Georgia Tech goes up by 1 and now rank 15 after being demolished by Stanford.  AVCA ranking is lame

I always wondered about coaches polls being like Russian judging (diving, ice skating, ...).  The outcome of the polls/judging affects your team so you uprank your team and downrank your strongest competitors.  The poor saps that don't employ that strategy wind up lower.

I don't know that the coaches do that, but there is a motive to do that.

The good news is I don’t think those rankings matter much if at all for seeding; so it’s mostly just an in-season conversation piece.