Pepperdine has retained their #1 ranking in the AVCA Beach Rankings this week after an undefeated 4-0 weekend at the Gamecock Grand Slam. UCLA, on the other hand, forged their way up to the #2 slot from #4 after sweeping through their opponents at the LMU Invitational.
USC continues to drop in the rankings to #3 from #2 after a 3-2 weekend at the Outrigger Hawaii Invitational. At the same event, Hawaii ended the tournament with an undefeated record but still fell in the rankings – after taking down USC twice – to #5 from #3.
LSU creeps up in the list to #7 from #9 while LBSU falls back to #8 from #7.
Minor shifts were made in the back half of the top-20, aside from Florida Atlantic falling back to #20 from #15 and TCU dropping out of the rankings to be replaced with #19 Cal. Cal is riding an 11 match win streak after losing their first dual of the year to Saint Mary’s on February 24.
| RANK | SCHOOL | 2018 RECORD | PREVIOUS RANK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pepperdine | 10-2 | 1 |
| 2 | UCLA | 11-3 | 4 |
| 3 | Southern California | 8-4 | 2 |
| 4 | Florida State | 9-3 | 5 |
| 5 | Hawai’i | 7-3 | 3 |
| 6 | Cal Poly | 10-2 | 6 |
| 7 | LSU | 6-6 | 9 |
| 8 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | 7 |
| 9 | South Carolina | 9-1 | 8 |
| 10 | Arizona | 6-2 | 10 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 10-3 | 11 |
| 12 | Grand Canyon | 5-4 | 12 |
| 13 | Florida International | 6-5 | 13 |
| 14 | Stanford | 8-4 | 14 |
| 15 | Stetson | 6-5 | 16 |
| 16 | Loyola Marymount | 4-4 | 17 |
| 17 | Tulane | 5-3 | 18 |
| 18 | Washington | 2-1 | 19 |
| 19 | California | 7-1 | NR |
| 20 | Florida Atlantic | 6-6 | 15 |
Others receiving votes: TCU, Arizona State, Saint Mary’s, Florida Gulf Coast, College of Charleston, Cal State-Northridge, New Mexico, Houston Baptist, Coastal Carolina, San Jose State
