Long Beach State won a pair of Big West contests against then No. 4 UC Irvine to move to 21-0 and continue its reign as the No. 1 team in the AVCA Top 15 poll for the 12th straight week.
A loss to unranked USC dropped UCLA from No. 3 to No. 5 and bumped UC Irvine and Pepperdine up a spot to No. 3 and 4 respectively.
Hawaii moved up one place to No. 6 with two wins over UC San Diego and Ohio State climbed two spots to No. 7 with wins over Loyola and No. 10 Lewis.
Loyola, meanwhile, dropped two spots to No. 8. Cal State Northridge fell one position to No. 9 with a split against No. 11 UC Santa Barbara.
The only other movement came as Concordia Irvine and Grand Canyon swapped spots, ending up at No. 13 and 14. Concordia picked up a big win over No. 2 BYU on Thursday, while GCU lost to the Cougars on Saturday.
AVCA Division I-II Top 15 Poll – April 2, 2018
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2018 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State (25) | 375 | 21-0 | 1 |
| 2 | BYU | 321 | 19-5 | 2 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 309 | 17-7 | 4 |
| 4 | Pepperdine | 303 | 14-6 | 5 |
| 5 | UCLA | 295 | 20-6 | 3 |
| 6 | Hawai’i | 234 | 15-6 | 7 |
| 7 | Ohio State | 225 | 19-4 | 9 |
| 8 | Loyola-Chicago | 221 | 20-5 | 6 |
| 9 | CSUN | 177 | 13-8 | 8 |
| 10 | Lewis | 131 | 16-10 | 10 |
| 11 | UC Santa Barbara | 129 | 10-9 | 11 |
| 12 | Ball State | 95 | 15-11 | 12 |
| 13 | Concordia Irvine | 89 | 13-14 | 14 |
| 14 | Grand Canyon | 33 | 16-10 | 13 |
| 15 | Fort Wayne | 29 | 17-9 | 15 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: George Mason 24; Southern California 6; Stanford 3
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