2016 final standings and rankings

AVCA COACHES POLL (2016 Final)
1. Ohio State
2. BYU
3. UCLA
4. Long Beach State
5. UC Santa Barbara
6. Stanford
7. Pepperdine
8. Hawai’i
9. Lewis
10. Loyola
11. George Mason
12. Penn State
13. Ball State
14. CSUN
15. St. Francis
Others receiving votes: UC Irvine, Erskine, Cal Baptist
MEDIA POLL (2016 Final)
1. Ohio State
2. BYU
3. UCLA
4. Long Beach State
5. Stanford
6. UC Santa Barbara
7. Pepperdine
8. Hawai’i
9. George Mason
10. Lewis
Others receiving votes: UC Irvine, Erskine, Loyola, St. Francis

The Conference Carolinas, EIVA, MIVA and MPSF all receive an automatic bid to the six-team NCAA Tournament. Each conference will have a postseason tournament at the end of the regular season to determine their conference champion.

MPSF STANDINGS
Team MPSF Overall MB
z-1. BYU 19-3 27-4
y-2. UCLA 17-5 25-7 -2
y-3. Long Beach State 17-5 25-8 -2.5
y-4. Stanford 17-5 19-6 -2
x-5. UC Santa Barbara 14-8 22-10 -5
x-6. Pepperdine 12-10 13-11 -7
x-7. Hawai’i 11-11 16-12 -8
x-8. UC Irvine 7-15 10-20 -12
9. CSUN 7-15 14-15 -12
10. Cal Baptist 6-16 14-16 -13
11. USC 5-17 7-19 -14
12. UC San Diego 0-22 5-23 -19

MIVA STANDINGS
Team MIVA Overall MB
z-1. Ohio State 15-1 31-2
y-2. Loyola 12-4 20-8 -3
y-3. Ball State 12-4 20-9 -3
y-4. Lewis 10-6 19-13 -5
x-5. Grand Canyon 8-8 17-12 -7
x-6. McKendree 5-11 11-14 -10
x-7. Quincy 4-12 18-23 -11
x-8. IPFW 3-13 10-19 -12
9. Lindenwood 3-13 5-17 -12

EIVA STANDINGS
Team EIVA Overall MB
z-1. Penn State 12-2 19-10
x-2. George Mason 10-4 18-12 -2
x-3. Harvard 9-5 13-11 -3
x-4. St. Francis 9-5 19-10 -3
5. NJIT 7-7 8-18 -5
6. Sacred Heart 5-9 7-17 -7
7. Princeton 4-10 4-18 -8
8. Charleston 0-14 4-24 -12

CC STANDINGS
Team CC Overall MB
z-1. Erskine 15-3 21-7
y-2. Pfeiffer 15-3 16-8
y-3. Barton 14-4 22-7 -1
x-4. Belmont Abbey 11-7 18-11 -4
x-5. Mount Olive 11-7 12-12 -4
x-6. North Greenville 7-11 11-14 -8
i-T-7. Emmanuel 6-12 11-13 -9
x-T-7. Limestone 6-12 10-15 -9
x-9. King 5-13 8-24 -10
10. Lees-McRae 0-18 1-25 -15

INDEPENDENTS
Team IND Overall MB
1. Coker 14-9
2. Concordia-Irvine 10-7
3. Alderson Broaddus 11-12
4. Holy Names 1-18

LEGEND
x – Clinched postseason berth
y – Clinched home court for first round of postseason
z – Clinched conference regular season title and home court for conference tournament
i – Ineligible for postseason because of transition from NAIA to NCAA

GEOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF TEAMS