Men's volleyball checks in at No. 2 in week six of coaches poll

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — BYU men’s volleyball has been voted at No. 2 in this week’s NVA/AVCA coaches poll. This is the first time in the 2021 season the Cougars have been dropped from the No. 1 spot. 

University of Hawaii (4-0) will move into first place, receiving 15 of 16 votes, the other vote going to BYU (6-2). Pepperdine (6-2) will move up to No. 3 with No. 4 UC Santa Barbara (0-0) and No. 5 Lewis (8-2) rounding out the top five. The Grand Canyon ‘Lopes (2-4), who took a match off of BYU Feb. 25, have moved up to No. 6 for their highest ranking in program history. 

The Cougars will travel to California this week, at Concordia Irvine Mar. 4 at 7:00 pm PST and at USC Mar. 5 time TBD.

 

NVA/AVCA DIVISION I-II MEN'S
COACHES POLL: MARCH 1, 2021

RankSchool (First-Place Votes Adjusted)Total Points Adjusted2021 RecordPrevious Rank
1Hawaii (15)2394-02
2BYU (1)2246-21
3Pepperdine1956-25
4UC Santa Barbara1900-03
5Lewis1538-23
6Grand Canyon1462-49
7McKendree1398-013
8Long Beach State1330-06
9UCLA1055-37
10Penn State10110-210
11UC Irvine800-28
12NJIT587-314
13UC San Diego500-211
14George Mason397-312
15Ohio State235-6NR

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Concordia Irvine 17; Ball State 13; Loyola-Chicago 9; Southern California 6

Dropped Out: Loyola Chicago 15