The final week of the regular season is not at a shortage for big matches, especially in the Big Ten, where the league title is still up for grabs and in the Pac-12 where teams are jockeying for positioning behind conference champ No. 3 Stanford.
There are 41 matches on the slate involving VolleyMob Top 25 teams or those receiving votes with the potential for a few more depending on results in both the Big East and Missouri Valley Tournaments, which feature No. 13 Creighton and No. 25 Missouri State and vote-getter Northern Iowa.
Of those 41, eight are head to head meetings between Top 25 teams and another three include a ranked team and a vote getter or two votegetters. Two matches feature a pair of Top 10 squads.
Wednesday’s slate brings four key matchups, including three in the Pac-12. No. 19 UCLA heads to votegetter Oregon State, No. 12 USC is set to face No. 22 Oregon and No. 16 Utah takes on No. 3 Stanford. In the Big Ten, No. 17 Purdue has its chance for payback against vote getter Michigan in Match 2 of a rare back-t0-back series.
Purdue wraps up its regular season against No. 11 Michigan State on Friday. No. 1 Penn State plays the first of two head-to-head Top 25 matches with huge title race implications, hitting the road to face No. 18 Wisconsin.
Also on Friday’s schedule are two more Pac-12 duels with No. 22 Oregon facing rival Oregon State and No. 16 Utah battling No. 21 Colorado.
The top-ranked Nittany Lions wrap up the week at No. 7 Minnesota on Saturday, while No. 4 Texas closes out the Big 12 slate at No. 9 Baylor. A Pac-12 showdown in Los Angeles finishes the regular season Top 25 schedule as No. 19 UCLA heads to No. 12 USC.
| Date | Time | Visitor | Home |
| Nov. 21 | 9 p.m. | Loyola Marymount | #10 BYU |
| 9 p.m. | Pepperdine | #14 San Diego | |
| Nov. 22 | 2 p.m. | #24 Wichita State | Memphis |
| 4 p.m. | #19 UCLA | Oregon State (RV) | |
| 5 p.m. | #12 USC | #22 Oregon | |
| 6 p.m. | #21 Colorado | California | |
| 7 p.m. | Auburn | #2 Florida | |
| 7 p.m. | Arizona | #8 Washington | |
| 7 p.m. | Michigan (RV) | #17 Purdue | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Louisville (RV) | Boston College | |
| 8 p.m. | Oklahoma | #4 Texas | |
| 8 p.m. | #6 Kentucky | Arkansas | |
| 8 p.m. | #5 Nebraska | Northwestern | |
| 8 p.m. | Iowa | Illinois (RV) | |
| 9 p.m. | #16 Utah | #3 Stanford | |
| Nov. 24 | 1 p.m. | Louisville (RV) | Syracuse |
| 1:30 p.m. | Villanova | #13 Creighton | |
| 2 p.m. | Memphis | #24 Wichita State | |
| 3:30 p.m. | Butler | Marquette (RV) | |
| 4 p.m. | Pittsburgh (RV) | Virginia Tech | |
| 5 p.m. | Drake/Indiana State | #25 Missouri State | |
| 7 p.m. | #11 Michigan State | #17 Purdue | |
| 7:30 p.m. | Indiana State/Valparaiso | Northern Iowa (RV) | |
| 8 p.m. | #1 Penn State | #18 Wisconsin | |
| 8 p.m. | Rutgers | #7 Minnesota | |
| 5 p.m. | #6 Kentucky | Georgia | |
| 10 p.m. | #22 Oregon | Oregon State (RV) | |
| 10 p.m. | #16 Utah | #21 Colorado | |
| 11 p.m. | Washington State | #8 Washington | |
| Nov. 25 | 2 p.m. | West Virginia | #15 Kansas |
| 2 p.m. | UC Davis | Colorado State (RV) | |
| 2:30 p.m. | #2 Florida | Missouri | |
| 3 p.m. | #4 Texas | #9 Baylor | |
| 3 p.m. | Texas Tech | #20 Iowa State | |
| 4 p.m. | Pittsburgh (RV) | Virginia | |
| 7 p.m. | #11 Michigan State | Indiana | |
| 7 p.m. | #1 Penn State | #7 Minnesota | |
| 7 p.m. | Illinois (RV) | Ohio State | |
| 8 p.m. | Rutgers | #18 Wisconsin | |
| 8 p.m. | Iowa | #5 Nebraska | |
| 10 p.m. | #3 Stanford | California | |
| 10 p.m. | #19 UCLA | #12 USC |
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