The NCAA dropped its list of upcoming championships and that includes sites for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons in women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball and beach volleyball.
In NCAA Division I volleyball, unranked Arizona knocked off BYU, ranked No. 20 in the AVCA top 25; and Kentucky, No. 13 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, held off visiting Oklahoma in five as the pesky Sooners continued to take ranked SEC teams to the limit.
Texas, Wisconsin, Arizona State and TCU all won.
And Marist came so close, but the Red Wolves lost in five at Siena to drop to 0-13.
Athletes Unlimited begins its volleyball season on Thursday in Mesa, Arizona.
It all follows in this edition of Volleyball Today:
NCAA sets volleyball championship sites
Margaritas on the River Walk …
The NCAA announced 240 national-championship sites across a multitude of sports for the next few years, including women’s volleyball, men’s volleyball and beach volleyball.
The women are headed back to San Antonio for the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship, the first time in that Texas city since 2011 when UCLA beat Illinois in the final. Then in 2027 it’s back to Columbus, Ohio, where the final four and AVCA convention have been conducted in 2016 and 2021.
The final four is in Louisville this season and back in Kansas City (and the world’s best BBQ) in 2205.
The men will play their championship in Las Vegas for the first time when that event heads to Nevada in 2027 and 2028.
The tournament is in Columbus next May and at UCLA in 2026.
Beach volleyball, which has only been held in Gulf Shores, Alabama, heads to Huntington Beach next spring and in 2026, but returns to the Redneck Riveria in 2027 and 2028.
Click here for the complete NCAA news release.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
There are two Big 12 matches when Kansas, ranked No. 8 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, goes to Colorado, and Kansas State is at Texas Tech.
Three of the Big Ten’s ranked teams are in action as No. 2 Nebraska goes to Illinois, No. 3 Penn State is home for Maryland and No. 11 Oregon is at Ohio State.
There are four unbeaten teams left, 3-0 South Dakota State, 12-0 Pittsburgh, 12-0 Washington and 9-0 San Jose State.
Two of them play Thursday when South Dakota State is home for Kansas City in The Summit League and San Jose State goes to Colorado State in the Mountain West.
In the Sun Belt, Georgia Southern (10-1) opens conference…
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