Karina Amos | Posted: 15 Mar 2021 | Updated: 15 Mar 2021

Men's volleyball ranked No. 2 in this week's NVA/AVCA POLL

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — BYU men’s volleyball has been voted the No. 2 team in this week’s NVA/AVCA poll.

University of Hawaii (7-0) stays in the No. 1 spot after winning back to back matches against No. 3 UC Santa Barbara (4-2).  Pepperdine (4-3) at No. 4 and Lewis (11-2), at No. 5 round out the top five. This is the second week in a row these same teams have held the top five positions. 

Ball State has entered the rankings at 15, with Ohio State dropping out. 

This week BYU will travel to No. 4 Pepperdine for a pair of matches March 19 and 20.
 

Rank

School (First-Place Votes Adjusted)

Total Points Adjusted

2021 Record

Previous Rank

1

Hawaii (15)

239

7-0

1

2

BYU (1)

225

10-2

2

3

UC Santa Barbara

199

4-3

3

4

Pepperdine

192

8-3

4

5

Lewis

176

11-2

5

6

UCLA

142

9-4

8

7

Grand Canyon

134

2-4

7

8

McKendree

126

8-1

6

9

Penn State

102

12-2

9

10

Long Beach State

94

0-0

9

11

NJIT

86

11-3

11

12

UC Irvine

61

1-5

12

13

UC San Diego

50

1-5

13

14

George Mason

28

8-5

15

15

Ball State

22

8-4

NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Ohio State 17; Concordia Irvine 16; Loyola-Chicago 3

3 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 8 combined points.

Dropped Out: Ohio State

Next Poll: March 22

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