2026 · NCAA D1 Women's Volleyball
Rankings
The AVCA coaches poll next to RallyIQ, our rally-level rating. Rows where the two differ by 10+ spots are flagged.
AVCA thru SEP. 13, 2026
No. 1
Nebraska
48 first-place votes
RallyIQ No. 1
Nebraska
+14.1 per 100
Top-25 overlap
20/25
teams in both
Disagreements
6
10+ spots apart
AVCA Coaches Poll
Top 25| # | Team | W-L | Pts | Prev | RIQ # | RallyIQ | SOR # | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  NebraskaBig Ten | 7-0 | 1560(48) | 1– | 1 | +14.1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 |  PittsburghACC | 10-0 | 1527(15) | 2– | 2 | +13.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 |  LouisvilleACC | 9-1 | 1419 | 5▲2 | 3 | +12.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 |  KentuckySEC | 7-2 | 1370 | 3▼1 | 4 | +11.7 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 |  SMUACC | 6-2 | 1206 | 8▲3 | 7 | +9.6 | 4 | −2 |
| 6 |  WisconsinBig Ten | 4-4 | 1173 | 6– | 16 | +8.6 | 8 | −10 |
| 7 |  TexasSEC | 4-4 | 1064 | 9▲2 | 10 | +9.4 | 21 | −3 |
| 8 |  StanfordACC | 5-2 | 1047 | 4▼4 | 14 | +8.8 | 24 | −6 |
| 9 |  Penn StateBig Ten | 6-1 | 1037 | 12▲3 | 23 | +7.6 | 15 | −14 |
| 10 |  FloridaSEC | 7-1 | 1007 | 10– | 12 | +9.1 | 7 | −2 |
| 11 |  PurdueBig Ten | 5-2 | 955 | 14▲3 | 13 | +8.9 | 23 | −2 |
| 12 |  Arizona StateBig 12 | 7-2 | 926 | 7▼5 | 5 | +10.2 | 12 | +7 |
| 13 |  TCUBig 12 | 6-2 | 906 | 11▼2 | 18 | +8.4 | 5 | −5 |
| 14 |  MinnesotaBig Ten | 4-2 | 766 | 13▼1 | 9 | +9.4 | 25 | +5 |
| 15 |  Texas A&MSEC | 4-5 | 626 | 19▲4 | 11 | +9.3 | 43 | +4 |
| 16 |  TennesseeSEC | 6-1 | 571 | 17▲1 | 6 | +9.9 | 14 | +10 |
| 17 |  ColoradoBig 12 | 8-0 | 519 | 23▲6 | 33 | +6.6 | 16 | −16 |
| 18 |  BaylorBig 12 | 6-2 | 443 | 20▲2 | 22 | +7.6 | 19 | −4 |
| 19 |  Southern CalBig Ten | 4-3 | 416 | 16▼3 | 27 | +7.2 | 30 | −8 |
| 20 |  CreightonBig East | 5-4 | 379 | 15▼5 | 40 | +6.0 | 56 | −20 |
| 21 |  IndianaBig Ten | 5-2 | 337 | 21– | 20 | +8.1 | 11 | +1 |
| 22 |  KansasBig 12 | 4-3 | 308 | 22– | 8 | +9.5 | 44 | +14 |
| 23 |  OregonBig Ten | 7-1 | 274 | 24▲1 | 31 | +6.7 | 10 | −8 |
| 24 |  BYUBig 12 | 5-1 | 216 | 25▲1 | 15 | +8.7 | 17 | +9 |
| 25 |  North CarolinaACC | 4-2 | 195 | 18▼7 | 28 | +7.1 | 27 | −3 |
Gap = poll rank − RallyIQ rank. Green: RallyIQ rates them higher than the coaches do. Red: the poll is higher on them than their rally results so far.
Strength of Record
A résumé ranking, not a power rating: the chance an average RallyIQ top-25 team would have won at least as many matches against the same schedule, home and away as played. A lower chance means a harder record to match. Wins above top-25 (WAT) is actual wins minus that team's expected wins.
| # | Team | W-L | SOR | WAT | AVCA | RIQ # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PittsburghACC | 10-0 | 1.9% | +2.87 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | LouisvilleACC | 10-1 | 13.5% | +1.93 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | NebraskaBig Ten | 9-0 | 19.3% | +1.40 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | SMUACC | 7-2 | 24.6% | +1.45 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | TCUBig 12 | 9-2 | 37.5% | +0.88 | 13 | 18 |
| 6 | KentuckySEC | 7-2 | 38.2% | +0.85 | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | FloridaSEC | 8-1 | 42.8% | +0.71 | 10 | 12 |
| 8 | WisconsinBig Ten | 6-4 | 51.0% | +0.46 | 6 | 16 |
| 9 |  VanderbiltSEC | 9-0 | 52.3% | +0.57 | — | 21 |
| 10 | OregonBig Ten | 8-1 | 54.0% | +0.48 | 23 | 31 |
| 11 | IndianaBig Ten | 6-2 | 55.0% | +0.38 | 21 | 20 |
| 12 | Arizona St.Big 12 | 9-2 | 55.4% | +0.39 | 12 | 5 |
| 13 |  Michigan St.Big Ten | 10-0 | 58.2% | +0.50 | — | 17 |
| 14 | TennesseeSEC | 7-1 | 58.3% | +0.43 | 16 | 6 |
| 15 | Penn St.Big Ten | 8-1 | 63.8% | +0.26 | 9 | 23 |
| 16 | ColoradoBig 12 | 9-1 | 66.2% | +0.18 | 17 | 33 |
| 17 | BYUBig 12 | 7-1 | 66.5% | +0.29 | 24 | 15 |
| 18 |  UCLABig Ten | 7-2 | 70.2% | +0.02 | — | 29 |
| 19 | BaylorBig 12 | 7-2 | 71.3% | +0.03 | 18 | 22 |
| 20 |  WashingtonBig Ten | 8-0 | 71.9% | +0.31 | — | 25 |
| 21 | TexasSEC | 4-4 | 72.4% | −0.20 | 7 | 10 |
| 22 |  Kansas St.Big 12 | 7-0 | 73.8% | +0.27 | — | 42 |
| 23 | PurdueBig Ten | 6-2 | 75.9% | −0.20 | 11 | 13 |
| 24 | StanfordACC | 6-3 | 78.3% | −0.41 | 8 | 14 |
| 25 | MinnesotaBig Ten | 5-2 | 83.4% | −0.40 | 14 | 9 |
Every final counts, including matches without usable play-by-play. Opponents are rated by RallyIQ.
RallyIQ Top 25, unranked by the AVCA
NCAA RPI
The NCAA hasn't published a 2026 RPI yet (the feed still shows the final Dec. 21 2025 table). It will appear here once the first release is out.