The top 15 teams remained the same in the Week 9 AVCA poll, but there were some slight shifts in positioning among those squads.
Long Beach State kept the No. 1 spot on lock after moving to a program-best 16-0 start with sweeps of Cal State Northridge on Friday and Sunday.
Hawaii is No. 2 for the second straight week after sweeps of then No. 13 Concordia Irvine on Friday and Sunday. The Rainbow Warriors will face tough tests this week, however, taking on No. 8 Lewis, No. 11 Penn State and No. 4 BYU at the Outrigger Resorts Invitational in Honolulu.
A week off bumped UC Irvine up a spot to No. 3, but the Anteaters hop back into action against a pair of Top 20 squads, facing vote getter Fort Wayne and No. 10 Ball State in Irvine on Wednesday and Thursday.
BYU shifted up to No. 4 with wins over then No. 8 Pepperdine and then No. 3 UCLA on Saturday. The Bruins fell to No. 5.
Other than UCLA’s two-spot drop, no team moved more than one position either up or down on the week.
AVCA Division I-II Top 15 Poll, March 5, 2018
| Rank | School (First-Place Votes) | Total Points Adjusted | 2018 Record | Previous Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long Beach State (25) | 375 | 16-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Hawai’i | 350 | 11-2 | 2 |
| 3 | UC Irvine | 309 | 12-4 | 4 |
| 4 | BYU | 303 | 14-4 | 5 |
| 5 | UCLA | 273 | 15-5 | 3 |
| 6 | Loyola-Chicago | 253 | 15-3 | 6 |
| 7 | Pepperdine | 213 | 10-4 | 8 |
| 8 | Lewis | 209 | 13-5 | 7 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 189 | 13-4 | 9 |
| 10 | Ball State | 124 | 10-7 | 11 |
| 11 | Penn State | 82 | 10-4 | 10 |
| 12 | CSUN | 76 | 8-7 | 12 |
| 13 | Grand Canyon | 71 | 12-6 | T-13 |
| T-14 | Concordia Irvine | 63 | 8-8 | T-13 |
| T-14 | UC Santa Barbara | 63 | 7-5 | 15 |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: George Mason 40; Fort Wayne 7
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