Karina Amos | Posted: 1 Mar 2021 | Updated: 8 Mar 2021

Men's volleyball checks in at No. 2 in week six of coaches poll

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — BYU men’s volleyball has been voted at No. 2 in this week’s NVA/AVCA coaches poll. This is the first time in the 2021 season the Cougars have been dropped from the No. 1 spot. 

University of Hawaii (4-0) will move into first place, receiving 15 of 16 votes, the other vote going to BYU (6-2). Pepperdine (6-2) will move up to No. 3 with No. 4 UC Santa Barbara (0-0) and No. 5 Lewis (8-2) rounding out the top five. The Grand Canyon ‘Lopes (2-4), who took a match off of BYU Feb. 25, have moved up to No. 6 for their highest ranking in program history. 

The Cougars will travel to California this week, at Concordia Irvine Mar. 4 at 7:00 pm PST and at USC Mar. 5 time TBD.

 

NVA/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN'S
COACHES POLL: MARCH 1, 2021

Rank School (First-Place Votes Adjusted) Total Points Adjusted 2021 Record Previous Rank
1 Hawaii (15) 239 4-0 2
2 BYU (1) 224 6-2 1
3 Pepperdine 195 6-2 5
4 UC Santa Barbara 190 0-0 3
5 Lewis 153 8-2 3
6 Grand Canyon 146 2-4 9
7 McKendree 139 8-0 13
8 Long Beach State 133 0-0 6
9 UCLA 105 5-3 7
10 Penn State 101 10-2 10
11 UC Irvine 80 0-2 8
12 NJIT 58 7-3 14
13 UC San Diego 50 0-2 11
14 George Mason 39 7-3 12
15 Ohio State 23 5-6 NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Concordia Irvine 17; Ball State 13; Loyola-Chicago 9; Southern California 6

Dropped Out: Loyola Chicago 15

 

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