The AVCA has released its final 2017 NCAA Men’s Division I-II Coaches’ Poll, and it comes as little surprise that Ohio State has been selected as the unanimous #1 team in the country after winning their 2nd-straight NCAA title and 3rd of the decade.
In the final poll of the regular season, Long Beach State had been the #1 team, receiving 20 of the 24 votes after winning the MPSF title. In the tournament, though, Long Beach State was rolled out in the semi-finals thanks to a 32-0 sweep by conference foes BYU. That jumped BYU all the way from #4 to #2, and left Long Beach State 3rd.
Hawaii, the other semi-final loser (they fell 3-0 to eventual champions Ohio St., finish the season at #4.
The only other change in the poll is that Penn St. (21-11) jumped ahead of USC (14-14) and Ball State (19-10) for the #10 spot. Penn State finished their season in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament, where they pushed Hawaii to 5 sets. Neither USC nor Ball St. qualified for the NCAA tournament, nor for the finals of their respective conference championship tournaments.
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2016 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State (24) | 360 | 32-2 | 2 |
| 2 | BYU | 335 | 26-5 | 4 |
| 3 | Long Beach State | 312 | 27-4 | 1 |
| 4 | Hawai’i | 289 | 27-6 | 3 |
| 5 | UC Irvine | 263 | 20-7 | 5 |
| 6 | UCLA | 223 | 17-10 | 6 |
| 7 | Lewis | 188 | 23-7 | 7 |
| 8 | Pepperdine | 172 | 10-12 | 8 |
| 9 | Stanford | 159 | 13-13 | 9 |
| 10 | Penn State | 148 | 21-11 | 12 |
| 11 | Southern California | 117 | 14-14 | 10 |
| 12 | Ball State | 115 | 19-10 | 11 |
| 13 | Grand Canyon | 109 | 19-11 | 13 |
| 14 | Loyola-Chicago | 54 | 16-12 | 14 |
| 15 | CSUN | 15 | 12-15 | 15 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Saint Francis 11; Barton 8; UC Santa Barbara 2
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