PROVO, Utah — The American Volleyball Coaches Association released its 2024 Preseason Coaches Poll on Wednesday afternoon, with the Cougars ranked No. 9 headed into their season opener this Friday.
BYU will be hosting four of the top-10 teams in Provo this season, including UC Irvine, Grand Canyon, Stanford and reigning national champion UCLA. In the 2023 season, the Cougars accomplished a perfect 14-0 home record and 19-7 overall record and headed into their season unranked in last year's preseason poll.
The Cougars bring back outside hitter Miks Ramanis who was named an All-America honorable mention by the AVCA in its 2023 awards, his first honor from the AVCA. Ramanis was also named First Team All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in 2023. Middle blocker Gavin Julien was named All-MPSF Honorable Mention and Trent Moser was named to the 2023 MPSF All-Freshman Team. Both Julien and Moser return for the 2024 season.
2024 AVCA Preseason Coaches Poll
| Rank | School | 2023 Record |
| 1 | UCLA | 31-2 |
| 2 | Long Beach State | 21-5 |
| 3 | Hawaii | 29-3 |
| 4 | UC Irvine | 18-11 |
| 5 | Ohio State | 23-10 |
| 6 | Penn State | 27-4 |
| 7 | Grand Canyon | 22-8 |
| 8 | Stanford | 15-13 |
| 9 | BYU | 19-7 |
| 10 | Loyola-Chicago | 21-7 |