Ball State Rejoins AVCA Top 15; PSU, Pepperdine Up 2 Spots

  0 Wendy Mayer | February 19th, 2018 | Big West, College - Men's Indoor, Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA, MPSF, News, Rankings

After three weeks outside of the Top 15, Ball State earned a spot with wins over then No. 7 Loyola and No. 10 Lewis, climbing back into the AVCA poll at No. 14.

The Cardinals were last ranked in the Jan. 22 listing at No. 14.

Penn State moved up from 9 to 7 with wins over Sacred Heart and Harvard, while Pepperdine climbed from 12 to 10 after besting UC Irvine in four on Wednesday and USC in five on Saturday.

Loyola (from 6 to 8) and Grand Canyon (10 to 12) each fell two spots.

The top five teams remained the same, with Ohio State and UC Irvine swapping spots, checking in at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively.

Long Beach State is No. 1 for the sixth straight week after holding home court against No. 2 UCLA on Saturday in front of a record crowd. The poll’s top two teams will face off again on Wednesday, this time in Los Angeles.

AVCA Division I-II Men’s Poll – Feb. 19, 2018

Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points Adjusted 2018 Record Previous
Week
1 Long Beach State (25) 375 13-0 1
2 UCLA 348 14-2 2
3 Hawai’i 324 8-1 3
4 Ohio State 300 11-2 5
5 UC Irvine 268 11-3 4
6 BYU 256 10-4 7
7 Penn State 203 8-2 9
8 Loyola-Chicago 199 10-3 6
9 Lewis 171 9-4 8
10 Pepperdine 162 7-3 12
11 CSUN 133 7-4 11
12 Grand Canyon 91 11-5 10
13 UC Santa Barbara 65 4-4 13
14 Ball State 52 7-7 NR
15 Fort Wayne 26 9-4 14

Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Southern California 13; George Mason 8; Concordia Irvine 3

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Wendy Mayer has worked in athletics media relations for the last 20 years. The Northwest Missouri State alumna is currently senior writer for Volleymob.com after spending the last 15 years with Purdue athletics.

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