The undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes remained the unanimous #1 team in the NCAA in the latest AVCA rankings after receiving all 24 1st place votes. The Buckeyes had only ranked #1 in the AVCA polls 3 times in their history coming into the 2017 season (dating back to 1986). After winning last year’s NCAA title, however, they’ve now done so for 8 consecutive weeks going back to last season’s final ranking.
The top 3, in fact, remained identical, with Long Beach State at 2 and BYU at 3 – though Long Beach State’s margin over their conference rivals grew from 4 to 21 points. Mathematically, either 22 or 23 voters out of 24 chose LBSU as the #2 team in the country.
The first shakeup came as Hawaii used wins over UC San Diego and Cal Baptist to jump UCLA, who was 1-1 on the week. The 2nd-6th placed teams in the latest vote all represent the MPSF, thanks to Stanford jumping 2 spots to #6 after handing UCLA one of those wins.
For the second-straight week, the same 15 teams occupied the top 15, and aside from Stanford, no team’s rankings shifted by more than 1 position in the latest polls.
Full February 13th (After Week 6) Polls are Below:
| RANK | SCHOOL | POINTS | RECORD | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State (24) | 360 | 13-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Long Beach State | 334 | 11-2 | 2 |
| 3 | BYU | 313 | 10-2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hawai’i | 285 | 12-2 | 5 |
| 5 | UCLA | 262 | 10-4 | 4 |
| 6 | Stanford | 222 | 8-4 | 8 |
| 7 | Lewis | 215 | 9-3 | 6 |
| 8 | UC Irvine | 187 | 9-5 | 7 |
| 9 | Pepperdine | 172 | 5-4 | 9 |
| 10 | Loyola-Chicago | 147 | 7-4 | 10 |
| 11 | Ball State | 129 | 11-2 | 11 |
| 12 | UC Santa Barbara | 90 | 6-7 | 12 |
| 13 | Penn State | 76 | 8-4 | 14 |
| 14 | CSUN | 49 | 9-5 | 13 |
| 15 | George Mason | 262 | 5-5 | 15 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: Grand Canyon 5; UC San Diego 5
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