San Diego moved up again is now the new No. 1 this week’s VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll.
BYU dropped a notch to No. 2 as it traded places with USD.
Hawai’i moved up a spot to No. 3, while Marquette jumped six spots to No. 4.
Western Kentucky stayed at No.5, as did Dayton at 6th.
Creighton moved up one spot to No. 7, Loyola Marymount made a jump from 11th into a tie for No. 7.
Back in this week are No. 20 UT San Antonio and No. 23 Tulsa.
| Rank | School | Total Points Adjusted | First Place Votes Adjusted | Win/Loss Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | San Diego | 242 | 5 | 8-2 | 2 |
| 2 | BYU | 235 | 3 | 11-1 | 1 |
| 3 | Hawai’i | 234 | 1 | 7-4 | 4 |
| 4 | Marquette | 212 | 1 | 10-2 | 10 |
| 5 | Western Kentucky | 208 | 0 | 12-2 | 5 |
| 6 | Dayton | 186 | 0 | 13-1 | 6 |
| T-7 | Creighton | 179 | 0 | 6-6 | 8 |
| T-7 | Loyola Marymount | 179 | 0 | 9-3 | 11 |
| T-9 | Missouri State | 166 | 0 | 9-5 | 8 |
| T-9 | Wichita State | 166 | 0 | 7-4 | 7 |
| 11 | Santa Clara | 154 | 0 | 9-3 | 3 |
| 12 | Long Beach State | 104 | 0 | 6-7 | 13 |
| T-13 | Coastal Carolina | 101 | 0 | 9-3 | 14 |
| T-13 | Northern Iowa | 101 | 0 | 9-5 | 16 |
| 15 | Lipscomb | 85 | 0 | 7-4 | 12 |
| 16 | Arkansas State | 73 | 0 | 8-6 | 14 |
| 17 | Southern Illinois | 71 | 0 | 9-5 | 17 |
| 18 | Cal Poly | 70 | 0 | 7-4 | 20 |
| 19 | Colorado State | 68 | 0 | 6-5 | 18 |
| 20 | UT San Antonio | 59 | 0 | 9-3 | NR |
| 21 | UNLV | 39 | 0 | 11-1 | 24 |
| 22 | UC Santa Barbara | 34 | 0 | 9-4 | 19 |
| T-23 | Tulsa | 33 | 0 | 11-1 | NR |
| T-23 | Xavier | 33 | 0 | 6-7 | 21 |
| 25 | Villanova | 25 | 0 | 9-4 | 23 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Boise State 23; South Dakota 22; San Diego State 20; Northern Arizona 18; Southern Miss 10; Wyoming 9; Pepperdine 8; Portland State 8; UCF 7; UNC Wilmington 7; Miami (OH) 5.
10 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 48 combined points.
Dropped Out: Northern Arizona 22; Portland State 25.
The VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll includes all teams not in the “power-five” conferences, the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12.
The pollsters
— Dan Conners, UC Davis
— Brian Doyon, Montana
— Greg Goral, Campbell University
— Kris Grunwald, UConn
— Justin Ingram, Southern Illinois University
— Steve Loeswick, North Florida
— Kent Miller, Saint Louis University
— Coley Pawlikowski, Stony Brook
— Jennifer Petrie, University of San Diego
— Dave Rehr, Arkansas State University
The conferences from which the teams will come:
— America East
— American Athletic
— Atlantic Sun
— Atlantic 10
— Big East
— Big Sky
— Big South
— Big West
— Colonial
— Conference USA
— Horizon League
— Ivy
— Metro Atlantic
— Mid-American
— Mid-Eastern
— Missouri Valley
— Mountain West
— Northeast
— Ohio Valley
— Patriot
— Southern
— Southland
— Southwestern
— Summit
— Sun Belt
— West Coast
— Western Athletic
[…] Here’s a synopsis of the information from the Mid-Majors Poll dated 9/20/2016 with the added categories of Nickname, Location, AND Conference. The original Mid-Majors Poll, however, can be found in its entirety on the Volleyball Magazine website at this URL. https://volleyballmag.com/mmpoll92016/ […]