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  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • College men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • Bracketology numbers and notes to know for this weekend

    Now down to less than three months before the NCAA men’s volleyball committee meets to finalize the NCAA Tournament field, and the matches this weekend could have big implications on the bracketology.

    Check out everything you need to know about the college men’s volleyball bracketology so far this season and for the upcoming matches this weekend. (more…)

  • Leaderboard: National stat leaders in college men’s volleyball

    One month through the regular season and several players and teams have already established themselves among the nation’s best in the top offensive and defensive statistical categories. Check out the individual and team national statistical leaders in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball for this week. (more…)

  • Recap: College men’s volleyball weekly polls, award recipients

    Check out all the national rankings and individuals who earned national and conference player of the week honors in college men’s volleyball this week.

    National Awards

    Sports Imports/AVCA National Player of the Week Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Setter of the Week: Dante Chakravorti, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Opposite of the Week: Karl Apfelbach, UC Irvine
    Off the Block National Outside Attacker of the Week: David Wieczorek, Pepperdine
    Off the Block National Middle Attacker of the Week: TJ Murray, Lewis
    Off the Block National Libero of the Week: Florian Ruhm, Limestone
    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Freshman of the Week: Jake Hanes, Ohio State; Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine

    Big West

    Big West Player of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine
    Big West Defensive Player of the Week: Scott Stadick, UC Irvine; Joe Worsely, Hawai’i
    Big West Freshman of the Week: Joel Schneidmiller, UC Irvine

    ConfCarolians

    ConfCarolinas Player of the Week: Angelos Mandilaris, Barton

    EIVA

    EIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Jack Heavey, Harvard
    EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: Jack Reese, George Mason

    Independent Teams

    Off the Block Independent Teams Player of the Week: Aleksander Perisic, Queens

    MIVA

    MIVA Offensive Player of the Week: Jake Hanes, Ohio State
    EIVA Defensive Player of the Week: TJ Murray, Lewis

    MPSF

    MPSF Offensive Player of the Week: Micah Ma’a, UCLA
    MPSF Defensive Player of the Week: Daenan Gyimah, UCLA

    AVCA National Coaches Poll

    1. Long Beach State — 375 (25) points
    2. UCLA — 341 points
    3. Hawai’i — 324 points
    4. UC Irvine — 294 points
    5. Ohio State — 287 points
    6. BYU — 248 points
    7. Loyola — 225 points
    8. Lewis — 192 points
    9. Penn State — 165 points
    10. Grand Canyon — 130 points
    11. CSUN — 126 points
    12. Pepperdine — 122 points
    13. USC — 69 points
    14. UC Santa Barbara — 40 points
    15. Fort Wayne — 24 points
    Others receiving votes: Ball State 14; George Mason 10; St. Francis 6; UC San Diego 6

    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll

    1. Long Beach State — 100 (10) points
    2. UCLA — 87 points
    3. Hawai’i — 74 points
    4. UC Irvine — 73 points
    5. Ohio State — 58 points
    6. BYU — 51 points
    7. Loyola — 46 points
    8. Lewis — 20 points
    9. Penn State — 13 points
    10. Grand Canyon — 11 points
    Others receiving votes: Pepperdine 8; CSUN 6; Fort Wayne 3

    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. Division II National Coaches Poll

    1. Lewis — 45 (9) points
    2. UC San Diego — 35 points
    3. Concordia-Irvine — 23 points
    4. McKendree — 13 points
    5. Lindenwood — 9 points
    Others receiving votes: Barton 3; King 3; Charleston 1

  • OTB, Springbak release new college men’s volleyball national media poll

    Grand Canyon for the first time its program history has earned a spot in the national media poll.

    The Antelopes following two weekend victories moved to No. 10 in the new Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. that was unveiled on Tuesday.

    The Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll is the only rankings in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball solely determined by media members. The 10 teams receiving the most votes are ranked in the National Media Poll, while other schools earning votes but finishing outside of the top 10 are considered teams receiving votes.

    A new national media poll is released every Tuesday during the regular season on Off the Block’s website.

    Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Media Poll

    Rank Team Record Points Previous Trend
    1 Long Beach State 9-0 100 (10) 1 —
    2 UCLA 8-1 87 2 —
    3 Hawai’i 7-1 74 4 +1
    4 UC Irvine 9-1 73 5 +1
    5 Ohio State 5-2 58 5 —
    6 BYU 5-3 51 3 -3
    7 Loyola 6-2 46 7 —
    8 Lewis 5-3 20 10 +2
    9 Penn State 3-2 13 8 -1
    10 Grand Canyon 8-2 11 RV +1

    Others receiving votes: Pepperdine 8; CSUN 6; Fort Wayne 3
    Dropped out of rankings: CSUN

  • Finalists announced for OTB/Springbak National Player of Month

    Off the Block selected the finalists, and now it is up to the fans to determine who should win the Off the Block/Springbak, Inc. National Player of the Month. (more…)

  • College men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)

  • Quick hits: 5 things to take away from the weekend in college volleyball

    The weekend can get a lot hectic during the college men’s volleyball. That’s why Off the Block is providing the top five things to take away from all the NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball matches this weekend. (more…)

  • Top college men’s volleyball matches to follow tonight

    Check out all the matches today involving NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams and how to follow them live. (more…)