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  • Volleyball community mourns, reacts to passing of McGown

    Hall of Fame coach and two-time NCAA champion Carl McGown passed away on Friday.

    Check out some of the tweets from the volleyball community following news of the former BYU men’s volleyball coach’s passing. (more…)

  • Hall of Famer, former BYU coach McGown passes away at 79

    Hall of Fame coach Carl McGown who led BYU to two national championships passed away on Friday afternoon.

    McGown, 79, took over the BYU men’s volleyball program when it was still a club sport and transformed it into NCAA Division I program that annually contended for the national championship. (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…)

  • Video: UC Irvine coaches, players discuss season-opening sweep

    Check out Off the Block special contributor Jonathan Bates’ postmatch interviews with UC Irvine assistant coach Mark Presho and outside attacker Thomas Hodges following the team’s season-opening sweep against Concordia-Irvine on Thursday. (more…)

  • Media poll voters: College men’s volleyball preseason predictions

    With the college men’s volleyball almost here, the time has come for members of the National Media Poll to go out on a limb and make their preseason predictions.

    Like any preseason prognostication it’s a best guess at what will happen during the four-month long season. The best thing about college men’s volleyball, though, is all the conference championships and national title will be decided on the court. (more…)

  • Video: College men’s volleyball opening week preview

    Watch Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes breakdown the matches this week that kick off the 2017 college men’s volleyball season, including the nation’s season-opener tonight between No. 8 UC Irvine and Concordia-Irvine. (more…)

  • Recap: Complete breakdown of preseason rankings, individual honors

    Sure the ultimate awards and titles come at the end of the season, but there are still plenty of college men’s volleyball teams and players earning preseason accolades.

    Check out the complete breakdown of all the preseason rankings and individual honors. (more…)

  • CSUN signs multiple California all-conference high school recruits

    Multiple players with high school all-conference and most valuable player accolades will join CSUN beginning 2018.

    CSUN coach Jeff Campbell announced recently that high school seniors Daniel Akerlind, Taylor Ittner, Cole Chaffee and Ryan DeWeese have all signed national letters of intent with the Matadors. (more…)

  • Off the Block releases watch list for 2017 Karch Kiraly Award

    Thirty-three college men’s volleyball outside attacker attackers have been selected to the 2017 watch list for the annual Karch Kiraly Award.

    Off the Block unveiled on Monday the preseason watch list for the national award that is presented to the best outside attacker attacker in NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball during the regular season. (more…)

  • 2017 non-conference schedules for all college men’s volleyball teams

    Teams across the nation have responded to the NCAA Tournament selection committee’s emphasis in recent years of scheduling more non-conference matches.

    Check out all the non-conference matches for NCAA Division I-II men’s volleyball teams scheduled for the upcoming 2017 season.

    No. 1 OHIO STATE
    Jan. 6 vs. USC
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 2 UCLA
    Jan. 10 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    Jan. 13 at No. 9 Stanford
    Jan. 14 at No. 9 Stanford
    Jan. 20 at St. Francis
    Jan. 24 vs. No. 13 Penn State
    Jan. 27 vs. Barton
    Jan. 28 vs. No. 4 Long Beach State
    March 3 vs. St. Francis
    March 10 vs. UC San Diego
    March 11 vs. No. 8 UC Irvine
    March 28 at No. 13 Penn State

    No. 2 UCLA
    Jan. 3 at No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 13 Penn State (at Ohio State)
    Jan. 7 at No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 29 vs. Princeton
    March 8 vs. No. 6 Lewis
    March 11 vs. Harvard
    March 17 vs. Sacred Heart
    March 18 vs. Concordia-Irvine

    No. 3 BYU
    Jan. 6 at No. 6 Lewis
    Jan. 7 at No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 12 vs. McKendree
    Jan. 13 vs. Concordia-Irvine
    Jan. 14 vs. McKendree
    Feb. 18 vs. UC San Diego
    March 21 vs. Princeton

    No. 4 LONG BEACH STATE
    Jan. 6 vs. Fort Wayne (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 vs. McKendree (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 7 vs. Quincy (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 27 vs. St. Francis (at Ohio State)
    Jan. 28 at No. 1 Ohio State
    March 10 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    March 11 vs. No. 11 Loyola
    March 18 vs. Sacred Heart
    March 31 vs. Concordia-Irvine

    No. 5 PEPPERDINE
    Jan. 4 vs. McKendree
    Jan. 13 at No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 14 at No. 6 Lewis

    No. 6 LEWIS
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 3 BYU
    Jan. 7 vs. NJIT
    Jan. 13 vs. Harvard
    Jan. 14 vs. No. 5 Pepperdine
    Jan. 20 at No. 13 Penn State
    Jan. 21 at St. Francis
    Feb. 25 vs. Mount Olive
    March 8 at No. 2 UCLA
    March 9 at USC
    March 11 at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara

    No. 7 HAWAI’I
    Jan. 5 vs. Erskine
    Jan. 6 vs. Princeton
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 15 Ball State
    Jan. 11 vs. Grand Canyon
    Jan. 13 vs. Grand Canyon
    Jan. 27 vs. Grand View
    Jan. 28 vs. Grand View
    Feb. 14 at McKendree
    Feb. 15 at Lindenwood

    No. 8 UC IRVINE
    Jan. 3 vs. Fort Wayne
    Jan. 6 vs. Grand Canyon
    March 8 at St. Francis
    March 10 vs. No. 15 Ball State (at Ohio State)
    March 11 at No. 1 Ohio State

    No. 9 STANFORD
    Jan. 6 vs. Mount Olive (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 vs. Quincy (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 7 vs. McKendree (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 13 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 14 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    March 3 vs. Lees-McRae (at Penn State)
    March 4 at No. 13 Penn State

    No. 10 GEORGE MASON
    Jan. 6 at Belmont Abbey
    Jan. 7 at Limestone
    Jan. 10 at No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 20 vs. King
    Jan. 21 vs. No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 26 at No. 15 Ball State
    Jan. 27 at Fort Wayne
    March 3 vs. McKendree
    March 4 vs. Coker
    March 10 at No. 4 Long Beach State
    March 11 vs. No. 14 CSUN (at Long Beach State)
    March 13 at USC
    March 24 vs. Barton

    No. 11 LOYOLA
    Jan. 3 vs. No. 2 UCLA
    Jan. 5 vs. NJIT
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 3 BYU
    Jan. 13 vs. No. 5 Pepperdine
    Jan. 14 vs. Harvard
    Jan. 19 at No. 13 Penn State
    Jan. 21 at No. 10 George Mason
    March 10 vs. No. 14 CSUN (at Long Beach State)
    March 11 at No. 4 Long Beach State
    March 24 at St. Francis
    March 25 at No. 13 Penn State

    No. 12 UC SANTA BARBARA
    Jan. 6 vs. McKendree
    Jan. 6 vs. Mount Olive
    Jan. 7 vs. Fort Wayne
    March 3 at No. 13 Penn State
    March 4 vs. Lees-McRae (at Penn State)
    March 11 vs. No. 6 Lewis
    March 13 vs. Harvard
    March 16 vs. Concordia-Irvine

    No. 13 PENN STATE
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 2 UCLA (at Ohio State)
    Jan. 7 vs. USC (at Ohio State)
    Jan. 13 at No. 15 Ball State
    Jan. 14 at Fort Wayne
    Jan. 19 vs. No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 20 vs. No. 6 Lewis
    Jan. 24 at No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 27 vs. Mount Olive
    Jan. 28 vs. Coker
    March 3 vs. No. 12 UC Santa Barbara
    March 4 vs. No. 9 Stanford
    March 17 vs. Cal Baptist
    March 24 at No. 6 Lewis
    March 25 at No. 11 Loyola
    March 28 vs. No. 1 Ohio State

    No. 14 CSUN
    Dec. 30 vs. Concordia-Irvine
    Jan. 4 vs. UC Merced
    Jan. 6 vs. Quincy (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 vs. Fort Wayne (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 7 vs. Mount Olive (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 26 vs. Cal Lutheran
    Jan. 27 vs. Hope International
    March 10 vs. No. 11 Loyola (at Long Beach State)
    March 11 vs. No. 10 George Mason (at Long Beach State)

    No. 15 BALL STATE
    Jan. 5 vs. Princeton (at Hawai’i)
    Jan. 6 vs. Erskine (at Hawai’i)
    Jan. 7 at No. 7 Hawai’i
    Jan. 12 vs. St. Francis
    Jan. 13 vs. No. 13 Penn State
    Jan. 20 at Harvard
    Jan. 21 at Sacred Heart
    Jan. 26 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    Jan. 27 vs. NJIT
    March 10 vs. No. 8 UC Irvine (at Ohio State)
    March 11 vs. UC San Diego (at Ohio State)
    March 18 vs. Alderson Broaddus

    BARTON
    Jan. 13 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    Jan. 27 at No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 28 vs. St. Francis (at Ohio State)
    Feb. 14 vs. Coker
    March 24 at No. 10 George Mason
    March 28 vs. St. Andrews
    April 4 at Coker

    BELMONT ABBEY
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    Jan. 20 vs. Coker
    Feb. 3 at Coker
    Feb. 17 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    March 15 vs. NJIT
    March 17 vs. Quincy (at King)
    March 24 vs. Cal Baptist

    CAL BAPTIST
    Jan. 6 vs. Lindenwood
    Jan. 6 vs. St. Francis
    Jan. 7 vs. Concordia-Irvine
    Feb. 3 vs. Grand Canyon
    March 11 at Concordia-Irvine
    March 17 at No. 13 Penn State
    March 18 at St. Francis
    March 21 at Limestone
    March 22 at Erskine
    March 24 at Belmont Abbey
    April 12 vs. UC San Diego

    CHARLESTON
    Jan. 13 at King
    Jan. 14 at Lees-McRae
    Jan. 20 vs. St. Andrews
    Jan. 21 vs. Lees-McRrae
    Jan. 27 vs. McKendree
    Jan. 31 vs. Bluefield College
    Feb. 3 at St. Andrews
    Feb. 4 vs. Cincinnati Christian (at St. Andrews)
    Feb. 4 at St. Andrews
    Feb. 14 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    March 10 at Lincoln Memorial
    March 11 at Lincoln Memorial
    March 13 at North Greenville
    March 21 at Bluefield College
    April 5 at Alderson Broaddus

    EMMANUEL
    Jan. 7 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    Jan. 7 vs. Rust
    Jan. 13 at Southern Virginia
    Jan. 14 at Eastern Mennonite
    Jan. 20 at McKendree
    Jan. 21 at Quincy
    Feb. 18 vs. Webber
    Feb. 18 vs. Coker
    Feb. 25 at Lincoln Memorial
    April 1 at Coker

    ERSKINE
    Jan. 5 at No. 7 Hawai’i
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 15 Ball State (at Hawai’i)
    Jan. 7 vs. Princeton (at Hawai’i)
    Feb. 7 at Coker
    March 11 at Alderson Broaddus (at Bluefield College)
    March 11 at Bluefield College
    March 22 vs. Cal Baptist
    March 28 vs. Coker

    FORT WAYNE
    Jan. 3 at No. 8 UC Irvine
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 4 Long Beach State (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 14 CSUN (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 7 at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara
    Jan. 13 vs. St. Francis
    Jan. 14 vs. No. 13 Penn State
    Jan. 19 at Harvard
    Jan. 20 at Sacred Heart
    Jan. 22 at Alderson Broaddus
    Jan. 27 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    Jan. 28 vs. NJIT
    March 1 at Lourdes

    GRAND CANYON
    Jan. 6 at No. 8 UC Irvine
    Jan. 7 at UC San Diego
    Jan. 11 at No. 7 Hawai’i
    Jan. 13 at No. 7 Hawai’i
    Feb. 3 at Cal Baptist
    Feb. 4 at Concordia-Irvine
    Feb. 18 vs. Benedictine Mesa
    Feb. 18 vs. Cal Lutheran
    March 23 vs. Princeton
    March 24 vs. Princeton
    April 7 vs. Concordia-Irvine

    HARVARD
    Jan. 13 at No. 6 Lewis
    Jan. 14 at No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 19 vs. Fort Wayne
    Jan. 20 vs. No. 15 Ball State
    Feb. 4 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    March 7 vs. Coker
    March 11 at No. 2 UCLA
    March 13 at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara
    March 14 at USC

    KING
    Jan. 10 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    Jan. 13 vs. Charleston
    Jan. 20 at No. 10 George Mason
    Jan. 21 at Eastern Mennonite
    Jan. 21 vs. Lancaster Bible (at Eastern Mennonite)
    Feb. 14 at Lincoln Memorial
    March 4 at Alderson Broaddus
    March 10 vs. Southern Virginia
    March 10 vs. Lindenwood
    March 11 vs. Eastern Mennonite
    March 11 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    March 18 vs. Quincy

    LEES-McRAE
    Jan. 13 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    Jan. 14 vs. Charleston
    Jan. 20 at Alderson Broaddus
    Jan. 21 at Charleston
    Jan. 27 at Lincoln Memorial
    March 3 vs. No. 9 Stanford (at Penn State)
    March 4 vs. No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (at Penn State)
    March 11 vs. Lindenwood

    LIMESTONE
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    March 10 at Warner
    March 11 at Webber
    March 17 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    March 21 vs. Cal Baptist

    LINDENWOOD
    Jan. 6 at Cal Baptist
    Jan. 6 vs. Concordia-Irvine (at Cal Baptist)
    Jan. 7 vs. St. Francis (at Cal Baptist)
    Jan. 13 vs. Grand View
    Feb. 9 vs. Missouri Baptist
    Feb. 15 vs. No. 7 Hawai’i
    March 10 at King
    March 11 at Lees-McRae

    McKENDREE
    Jan. 4 at No. 5 Pepperdine
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 4 Long Beach State (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 9 Stanford (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 13 at No. 3 BYU
    Jan. 14 at No. 3 BYU
    Jan. 20 vs. Emmanuel
    Jan. 27 at Charleston
    Jan. 28 at Alderson Broaddus
    March 3 at No. 10 George Mason
    March 4 at St. Francis

    MOUNT OLIVE
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 9 Stanford (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 14 CSUN (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 9 at Cal Lutheran
    Jan. 27 at No. 13 Penn State
    Feb. 25 at No. 6 Lewis
    Feb. 26 vs. Lincoln Memorial

    NORTH GREENVILLE
    Jan. 6 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    Jan. 11 at NJIT
    Jan. 12 at Princeton
    Jan. 21 vs. Coker
    Feb. 4 at Coker
    March 13 vs. Charleston
    March 14 at Lincoln Memorial

    NJIT
    Jan. 5 at No. 11 Loyola
    Jan. 6 at No. 6 Lewis
    Jan. 11 vs. North Greenville
    Jan. 20 vs. Kean
    Jan. 21 vs. UC Santa Cruz
    Jan. 27 at No. 15 Ball State
    Jan. 28 at Fort Wayne
    Feb. 2 at Rutgers-Newark
    March 9 at Coker
    March 15 at Belmont Abbey
    April 12 vs. Springfield

    PFEIFFER
    March 18 vs. Southern Virginia

    PRINCETON
    Jan. 5 vs. No. 15 Ball State (at Hawai’i)
    Jan. 6 at No. 7 Hawai’i
    Jan. 7 vs. Erskine (at Hawai’i)
    Jan. 12 vs. North Greenville
    Jan. 29 at No. 2 UCLA
    Feb. 1 at UC San Diego
    Feb. 3 at Concordia-Irvine
    March 11 vs. Coker
    March 21 at No. 3 BYU
    March 23 at Grand Canyon
    March 24 at Grand Canyon

    QUINCY
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 14 CSUN (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 6 vs. No. 9 Stanford (at UC Santa Barbara)
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 4 Long Beach State (at UC Santa Barbara
    Jan. 13-14 at Culver-Stockton Invitational
    Jan. 20 vs. Missouri Baptist
    Jan. 21 vs. Emmanuel
    Jan. 25 vs. Loras
    March 16 at Lincoln Memorial
    March 17 vs. Belmont Abbey (at King)
    March 18 at King
    March 23 at Culver-Stockton
    March 25 at Missouri Baptist
    March 28 vs. Culver-Stockton

    SACRED HEART
    Jan. 13 vs. North Greenville
    Jan. 14 vs. North Greenville
    Jan. 20 vs. Fort Wayne
    Jan. 21 vs. No. 15 Ball State
    Feb. 2 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    Feb. 3 vs. Alderson Broaddus
    Feb. 4 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    Feb. 5 vs. Lincoln Memorial
    March 17 at No. 2 UCLA
    March 18 at No. 4 Long Beach State
    March 19 at USC

    ST. FRANCIS
    Jan. 6 vs. Concordia-Irvine (at Cal Baptist)
    Jan. 6 at Cal Baptist
    Jan. 7 vs. Lindenwood (at Cal Baptist)
    Jan. 12 at No. 15 Ball State
    Jan. 13 at Fort Wayne
    Jan. 20 vs. No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 21 vs. No. 6 Lewis
    Jan. 27 vs. No. 4 Long Beach State (at Ohio State)
    Jan. 28 vs. Barton (at Ohio State)
    March 3 at No. 1 Ohio State
    March 4 vs. McKendree
    March 8 vs. No. 8 UC Irvine
    March 18 vs. Cal Baptist
    March 24 at No. 11 Loyola
    March 25 at No. 6 Lewis

    UC SAN DIEGO
    Jan. 7 vs. Grand Canyon
    Jan. 21 at Concordia-Irvine
    Jan. 28 vs. Hope International
    Feb. 1 vs. Princeton
    Feb. 18 at BYU
    March 10 at No. 1 Ohio State
    March 11 vs. No. 15 Ball State (at Ohio State)
    March 17 vs. Concordia-Irvine
    April 12 at Cal Baptist

    USC
    Jan. 3 at Concordia-Irvine
    Jan. 6 at No. 1 Ohio State
    Jan. 7 vs. No. 13 Penn State (at Ohio State)
    March 9 vs. No. 6 Lewis
    March 13 vs. No. 10 George Mason
    March 14 vs. Harvard
    March 19 vs. Sacred Heart