Bracketology: Who still has chance for at-large bids to NCAA Tournament

Every match matters when it comes to the college men’s volleyball bracketology — even if Selection Sunday is still two months away.

Off the Block throughout February and March will release weekly bracketology updates of what teams still have a chance at the two at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.


Teams each week will be placed into four categories based on real-time match results — in contention, still kind of in contention, fringe of contention and out of contention.

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For these calculations and category placements, Off the Block used a variety of factors including a team’s overall record, projected conference RPI and historical win-loss data of at-large teams in recent years. In addition, the calculations do not use projected results of future matches.

Check out what college men’s volleyball teams still have a chance at earning an at-large bid.

IN CONTENTION
Four or more losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Ball State
BYU
CSUN
Hawai’i
King
Lewis
Long Beach State
Loyola
Ohio State
Pepperdine
Sacred Heart
Stanford
UC Irvine
UCLA

STILL KIND OF IN CONTENTION
Three losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Charleston
Coker
George Mason
Grand Canyon
Harvard
Limestone
Penn State
UC San Diego

FRINGE OF CONTENTION
One or two losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Barton
Mount Olive
NJIT
Princeton
Pfeiffer
Quincy
UC Santa Barbara

OUT OF CONTENTION
Out of at-large bid contention and needs to win conference tournament to make NCAA Tournament.
Alderson Broaddus
Belmont Abbey
Cal Baptist
Concordia-Irvine
Emmanuel
Erskine
Fort Wayne
Lees-McRae
Lincoln Memorial
Lindenwood
McKendree
North Greenville
St. Francis
USC