Alameda, thanks for the keeping the beat on sports this weekend, which finished with a great win against SDSU at home. Gaels still don't get any respect after being ranking #33 by the official rankings (AVCA) back on August 18th, they have since failed to regain any votes by AVCA, while Texas A&M still stands at #31 AFTER losing to Saint Mary's. Mid-West bias? When you put the 4 polls together it's almost embarrassing for AVCA and VB Mag. Gaels are the highest ranked by two other publications without any votes in the two polls that actual count.

http://www.richkern.com/vb/rankings/FreePageRankings.asp
Comparing Rankings for week of Sep 7
School RichKern
Poll
Pablo
Rankings
AVCA*
Poll
VB Mag*
Poll
Conference
Penn State 1 1 1 1 Big Ten
Texas 2 3 2 2 Big 12
Washington 3 5 3 3 Pac-10
Florida 4 22 4 4 Southeastern
Nebraska 5 4 5 6 Big 12
Michigan 6 14 7 5 Big Ten
Minnesota 7 12 9 8 Big Ten
Hawaii 8 9 6 7 Western Athletic
UCLA 9 8 8 9 Pac-10
California 10 6 13 11 Pac-10
Iowa State 11 11 11 10 Big 12
Oregon 12 7 12 11 Pac-10
Illinois 13 10 14 14 Big Ten
Stanford 14 2 10 13 Pac-10
USC 15 15 15 15 Pac-10
Saint Louis 16 27 16 16 Atlantic 10
Kentucky 17 42 17 17 Southeastern
Pepperdine 18 38 19 19 West Coast
UC Irvine 19 29 20 18 Big West
Michigan State 20 57 18 20 Big Ten
Wichita State 21 24 23 Missouri Valley
Arizona 22 23 25 Pac-10
Florida State 23 43 22 26 Atlantic Coast
Saint Marys 24 29 West Coast
Long Beach State 24 20 28 27 Big West
San Diego 26 17 24 22 West Coast
Utah 27 17 26 21 Mountain West
LSU 28 40 27 23 Southeastern
Dayton 29 87 30 Atlantic 10
Santa Clara 30 39 37 West Coast
Texas A&M 31 13 31 Big 12
Baylor 32 47 29 25 Big 12
Kansas State 33 19 21 24 Big 12
Ohio 34 49 39 28 Mid-American
Purdue 35 21 35 Big Ten
Northern Iowa 36 72 40 Missouri Valley
Notre Dame 37 68 36 Big East
New Mexico State 38 16 Western Athletic
Pittsburgh 38 104 41 Big East
Tennessee 40 43 33 Southeastern
UCSB 41 92 32 Big West
New Mexico 42 59 Mountain West
Duke 42 31 34 Atlantic Coast
Washington State 42 41 43 Pac-10
Colorado State 45 49 Mountain West
Oregon State 45 64 Pac-10
* Listings below 25 and 20 are not recognized by the AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll or Volleyball magazine, respectively, and are used only for comparison purposes with the other polls. The ranking numbers shown are based only by the order of the teams listed in the actual polls.

"Who will fight for old Saint Mary's?" S. Madigan 11/15/1930 Polo Grounds, New York
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