Long Beach State moved to 6-0 on the season, including wins over two other Top 15 teams in No. 7 Loyola and No. 11 Lewis, setting the 49ers up to take over the top spot as last week’s No. 1 Ohio State faltered against No. 6 BYU.
UCLA, which won its lone match of the week against then No. 5 UC Irvine, bumped up a spot to No. 2 followed by the Buckeyes. Undefeated Hawaii (6-0) and BYU (3-1) round out the Top 5.
No team moved more than one spot either up or down from the Jan. 8 poll.
AVCA Division I-II Poll – Jan. 15, 2018
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2018 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State (22) | 372 | 6-0 | 2 |
| 2 | UCLA (1) | 334 | 4-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ohio State (1) | 313 | 2-1 | 1 |
| 4 | Hawai’i (1) | 303 | 6-0 | 4 |
| 5 | BYU | 287 | 3-1 | 6 |
| 6 | UC Irvine | 259 | 4-1 | 5 |
| 7 | CSUN | 214 | 4-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Loyola-Chicago | 200 | 2-2 | 7 |
| 9 | Penn State | 153 | 2-0 | 9 |
| 10 | Pepperdine | 148 | 1-1 | 10 |
| 11 | Lewis | 140 | 1-3 | 11 |
| 12 | Grand Canyon | 86 | 5-1 | 13 |
| 13 | Southern California | 81 | 3-2 | 12 |
| 14 | Saint Francis | 55 | 4-2 | 15 |
| 15 | Ball State | 23 | 2-2 | 14 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Stanford 15; UC Santa Barbara 12; Fort Wayne 2; UC San Diego 2
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