Top remains unchanged, Herrin and Carbondale debut in latest Coaches’ Poll

Darren Kinnard
Section618.com

Centralia continues to hold down the top spot in this week’s Section618.com Deep South Volleyball Coaches Poll. Fairfield actually received more first place votes, but remains a close second. Pinckneyville also received a first place votes and remains third.

We have two teams debuting in this week’s poll as Herrin (7th) and Carbondale (10th) make the top 10 with Edwards County and Carterville dropping out.

Here’s a look at the complete poll with class and first place votes in parentheses:

Rank Team Class Pts 1st Record Prev. Ranking
1 Centralia (3A) 102 (4) 2-0 1
2 Fairfield (2A) 101 (6) 5-0 2
3 Pinckneyville (2A) 94 (1) 2-0 3
4 Woodlawn (1) 60 3-0 6
5 Massac Co. 48 3-1 5
6 Nashville 41 3-1 4
7 Herrin 39 2-1 NR
8 Du Quoin 35 2-0 9
9 NCOE 30 2-0 8
10 Carbondale 18 2-0 NR

Others receiving votes: Marion (3A) 16, Edwards Co. (1A) 10, Carterville (2A) 6, Carmi-White Co. (2A) 4, West Frankfort (2A) 2