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