2026 season · Big Ten

Leaders

Minnesota leads the Big Ten in team aces per set at 1.91 through Nov 8. 2 teams are tied for second at 1.87.

Data through · last match Nov 8

Season totals and rates from every final box score. Top 50 shown; ties share a rank.

At a glance

Team aces per set

18 qualified · Min. 12 matches.

#TeamSSA/S
1Minnesota logoMinnesotaBig Ten801.91
2Michigan St. logoMichigan St.Big Ten901.87
2Washington logoWashingtonBig Ten821.87
4Indiana logoIndianaBig Ten841.65
4Nebraska logoNebraskaBig Ten811.65
6Rutgers logoRutgersBig Ten1011.61
7Penn St. logoPenn St.Big Ten891.52
8Oregon logoOregonBig Ten901.47
9Illinois logoIllinoisBig Ten921.39
10Iowa logoIowaBig Ten1061.37
11Southern California logoSouthern CaliforniaBig Ten861.24
12Wisconsin logoWisconsinBig Ten921.20
13Michigan logoMichiganBig Ten941.19
14Maryland logoMarylandBig Ten881.13
15Purdue logoPurdueBig Ten831.11
15Ohio St. logoOhio St.Big Ten941.11
17UCLA logoUCLABig Ten941.10
18Northwestern logoNorthwesternBig Ten930.89

Qualifiers

  • Every per-set and percentage stat requires playing in at least 75% of the team's sets. Team sets come from final scoreboards.
  • Hitting %: also 3.0 attack attempts per team set. Ace %: also 1.5 serve attempts per team set. Reception error %: also 4.0 reception attempts per team set.
  • Season totals have no minimum.
  • Teams need at least 12 box scores to appear (half the typical D1 team's count). This keeps out non-D1 opponents that show up in a single match. Sideout % and break % use play-by-play and need it for at least half of a team's matches.
  • Blocks = solo blocks + 0.5 × block assists. Ace % = aces ÷ serve attempts. Hitting % = (K − E) ÷ TA.