San Diego, which avenged a previous West Coast Conference loss to BYU this past Saturday, has taken over the top spot in the VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll presented by the NIVC.
Not that it was a major shakeup, because was No. 2 last week and flip-flopped with BYU, which dropped one spot.
Nos. 3 through 9 stayed the same — Cal Poly, Creighton, Western Kentucky, Wichita State, Colorado State, Missouri State, Northern Iowa — while Hawai’i moved up a notch to No. 10.
VCU made a big jump, up five spots to No. 11. New this week are No. 24 College of Charleston and No. 25 High Point.
The VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll includes all teams not in the “power-five” conferences (ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12).
The National Invitational Volleyball Championship (Nov. 26-Dec. 12, 2017) will be an annual tournament involving 64 of the nation’s top women’s Division I Volleyball teams. All games, including the semifinals and championship, are hosted by participating schools. Every round is single elimination. The event offers 32 automatic berths, one to each established conference, and 32 at-large berths. The NIVC field and bracket is announced late on the evening of the NCAA Tournament selections. The NIVC is committed to offering deserved opportunities to women’s volleyball programs; the event offers teams an opportunity to get more practices in, to experience playoff-atmosphere games, to play in front of passionate fans and to use their NIVC success and experience as a springboard to the next season.
Rank | School | Points | W/L | Previous | |
1 | San Diego | 644 (21) | 17-4 | Â 2 | |
2 | BYU | 620(3) | 21-2 | Â 1 | |
3 | Cal Poly | 587 | 21-2 | Â 3 | |
4 | Creighton | 568(1) | 18-5 | Â 4 | |
5 | Western Kentucky | 545(1) | 25-2 | Â 5 | |
6 | Wichita State | 526 | 20-3 | Â 6 | |
7 | Colorado State | 506 | 22-2 | Â 7 | |
8 | Missouri State | 473 | 20-5 | Â 8 | |
9 | Northern Iowa | 410 | 21-6 | Â 9 | |
10 | Hawai’i | 389 | 16-7 | 11 | |
11 | VCU | 367 | 25-2 | 16 | |
12 | Marquette | 354 | 17-7 | 13 | |
13 | Dayton | 343 | 18-7 | 10 | |
14 | North Texas | 298 | 22-2 | 15 | |
15 | UC Irvine | 281 | 18-4 | 12 | |
16 | North Dakota | 244 | 24-5 | 14 | |
17 | Austin Peay | 218 | 23-4 | 17 | |
18 | SMU | 198 | 16-7 | 18 | |
19 | Denver | 179 | 17-5 | 19 | |
20 | Rice | 115 | 19-6 | 21 | |
21 | Lipscomb | 97 | 13-10 | 24 | |
22 | Kennesaw State | 88 | 15-4 | 25 | |
23 | Miami (OH) | 81 | 18-8 | 20 | |
24 | College of Charleston | 70 | 22-4 | NR | |
25 | High Point | 46 | 20-6 | NR |