After breaking down the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC on Tuesdsay, this is a look at the rest of the nation, the other 27 conferences that compete in NCAA Division I volleyball.
The season is into the fourth round of conference play and although it’s early, the season is starting to take form.
First a look at Wednesday’s schedule, that includes a handful of ranked teams in action.
The Big Ten has two matches, highlighted by No. 6 Ohio State at No 10 Minnesota. Also, Rutgers is at Illinois.
There’s a full slate in the Big 12, including No. 1 Texas playing host to Kansas State. Also in the Big 12, Oklahoma is at Texas Tech, TCU at Kansas and West Virginia at Iowa State.
The other ranked Big 12 team, No. 18 Baylor, goes to No. 22 Rice of Conference USA.
No. 11 Georgia Tech plays the only ACC match the day against visiting Clemson.
There are two SEC matches, as No. 19 Kentucky is home for Ole Miss and Missouri goes to Alabama.
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American Athletic
The ACC should have gotten everyone’s attention by now, especially Houston, which stands 15-2 overall and 6-0 in the league after knocking off previously unbeaten UCF this past weekend.
Speaking of which, UCF is 13-1, 5-1, and tied with resurgent SMU (13-1, 5-1). But the stunning news is that UCF is ranked No. 11 in the NCAA RPI and Houston is No, 14. SMU is 54th.
UCF’s McKenna Melville is second in the nation at 5.44 kills/set, but Tulsa’s Kayley Cassaday leads with 299 kills. UCF leads the AAC in hitting percentage at .301, way ahead of SMU (.245). Accordingly, Abby Hansen leads the conference at .427, Claudia Dillon is next at .384 and Amber Olson leads at 11.44 assists per set. Houston has a 1-2 offensive punch of Abbie Jackson (261 kills) and Isabel Theut (243) and one of the best liberos in the country in Kate Georgiades (5.12 digs/set).
The Houston-UCF rematch is in the regular-season finale November 25. Houston has beaten LSU, Oregon State, Mississippi State, and took a set off Texas. UCF has beaten Syracuse, Kansas State, Miami and Kansas.
America East
UMBC (9-5, 2-0) holds a one-game lead in the loss column over Binghamton and Bryant, both 2-1 in AE play. UMBC has an RPI of 63. UMBC’s Mia Bilusic leads with 247 kills (4.41/set), 60 more than Binghamton’s Giula Bonifcio….
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