Ricky Nelson’s 2012 Week 7 top 10

Plenty to ponder this week with all of the losses by top 10 teams. Also, could Dominican, DePauw, Randolph-Macon and maybe UW-Platteville and Stockton get on multiple ballots? Please?

The AVCA Week 7 poll comes out Tuesday.

My rank, (my Week 6 rank, AVCA Week 6 rank), noteworthy results this week 1 (1, 1). Washington-St. Louis 24-2 W: Emory. L: Chicago. 2 (2, 2). Calvin 21-2 W: UW-Whitewater, Dominican. L: Elmhurst. 3 (4, 5). Hope 22-2 W: UW-Whitewater, Elmhurst, Dominican. 4 (3, 3). Wittenberg 16-4 W: DePauw. 5 (5, 6). Emory 22-4 W: Case Western Reserve. L: Washington-St. Louis. 6 (6, 7). St. Thomas 28-1 7 (7, 4). Christopher Newport 25-2 W: Southwestern, UMass Boston. 8 (8, 10). Otterbein 19-6 W: Heidelberg, Ohio Northern. 9 (10, 8). Cal Lutheran 18-4 W: Occidental. 10 (9, 9). Elmhurst 20-7 W: Calvin. L: Hope, UW-Whitewater, Dominican.

The Standout Stats and Standings/Big Matchups pages are updated.

My top five matches of the week: 10/17 Chicago vs. Dominican 10/19 Elmhurst vs. Wartburg 10/19 Elmhurst vs. UW-Stevens Point 10/20 Northwestern vs. St. Scholastica 10/20 Dominican vs. Benedictine

-Ricky Nelson