Ricky Nelson’s 2012 Week 8 top 10

The AVCA Week 8 poll comes out Tuesday.

My rank, (my Week 7 rank, AVCA Week 7 rank), noteworthy results this week 1 (1, 1). Washington-St. Louis 24-2 Idle. 2 (2, 4). Calvin 23-2 W: Hope. 3 (4, 3). Wittenberg 19-4 W: Hiram, Marietta. 4 (3, 2). Hope 24-3 L: Calvin. 5 (5, 6). Emory 27-4 W: Eastern, Juniata, Heidelberg. 6 (6, 7). St. Thomas 30-1 W: Augsburg. 7 (7, 5). Christopher Newport 28-2 W: Averett, Piedmont. 8 (9, 8). Cal Lutheran 21-4 W: La Verne, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. 9 (10, 10). Elmhurst 25-7 W: Wartburg, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Eau Claire. 10 (NR, 14). Mount Union 20-5 W: Otterbein. Dropped out: No. 8 Otterbein (20-7).

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

My top five matches of the week: 10/23 Elmhurst vs. North Central (Ill.) 10/24 Wartburg vs. Coe 10/24 Saint Benedict vs. Bethel 10/26 UW-Whitewater vs. UW-River Falls 10/27 Cornell vs. St. Norbert

-Ricky Nelson