03-31-2026, 02:40 PM
(03-31-2026, 02:30 PM)paloalto Wrote: That's an informative post BC for those who follow volleyball. It surprises me about the first place votes. Of course, poll is subject to massive change after the upcoming weekend.
It seems reasonable to me. Based on the number of points (437), last week Stanford had 1 first place vote, 21 second place votes, and 1 third place vote. I think most voters would see how close the two teams were and see UCLA lose while Stanford go undefeated and switch the first place votes because that’s how these things usually go. A couple of voters likely viewed last week end as a blip and still believe that UCLA is the better overall team than Stanford (as witnessed by their recent head-to-head matchup) and kept the Bruins ahead.
In my heart of hearts, I think that on any given day we can beat any team in the country, including UCLA (in fact, we did), but that UCLA probably is the more complete team and that more often than not, UCLA is going to win. But the two teams are close. This week end will tell us a lot.
BC