San Diego remained No. 1 in this week’s VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll, but the Toreros’ victory over BYU sent the Cougars from No. 2 to No. 3 as Hawai’i moved up a notch.
San Diego got nine of 10 first-place votes, while Hawai’i got the other.
Western Kentucky and Creighton stayed at Nos. 4 and 5, respectively, while Dayton moved up two spots to No. 6 and Long Beach State jumped five spots to No. 7.
The poll welcomed two newcomers this week, South Dakota at No. 24 and Miami, Ohio, at No. 25.
| Rank | School | Total Points Adjusted | First Place Votes Adjusted | Win/Loss Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | San Diego | 249 | 9 | 13-2 | 1 |
| 2 | Hawai’i | 237 | 1 | 11-4 | 3 |
| 3 | BYU | 232 | 0 | 14-2 | 2 |
| 4 | Western Kentucky | 217 | 0 | 16-2 | 4 |
| 5 | Creighton | 211 | 0 | 10-6 | 5 |
| 6 | Dayton | 191 | 0 | 16-1 | 8 |
| 7 | Long Beach State | 174 | 0 | 10-7 | 12 |
| 8 | Wichita State | 167 | 0 | 10-5 | 9 |
| 9 | Marquette | 152 | 0 | 12-4 | 6 |
| 10 | Loyola Marymount | 145 | 0 | 11-5 | 7 |
| 11 | Missouri State | 141 | 0 | 11-7 | 10 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 138 | 0 | 12-6 | 13 |
| 13 | Colorado State | 117 | 0 | 9-5 | 15 |
| 14 | UT San Antonio | 101 | 0 | 12-3 | 16 |
| 15 | Coastal Carolina | 94 | 0 | 12-4 | 17 |
| 16 | Northern Iowa | 91 | 0 | 11-7 | 19 |
| 17 | Southern Illinois | 86 | 0 | 13-6 | 14 |
| 18 | Santa Clara | 78 | 0 | 10-7 | 11 |
| 19 | Lipscomb | 77 | 0 | 9-5 | 20 |
| 20 | UNLV | 71 | 0 | 15-1 | 21 |
| 21 | Cal Poly | 58 | 0 | 8-6 | 18 |
| 22 | Northern Arizona | 37 | 0 | 14-3 | 23 |
| 23 | UC Santa Barbara | 34 | 0 | 10-6 | 22 |
| 24 | South Dakota | 24 | 0 | 15-2 | NR |
| 25 | Miami, Ohio | 19 | 0 | 11-4 | NR |
Others receiving votes and listed on two or more ballots: San Diego State 16, Boise State 15, UCF 11, Villanova 11, Wyoming 10, Xavier 6, Pepperdine 3.
4 teams mentioned on only one ballot for a total of 37 combined points.
Dropped Out: Boise State 24, UCF 25.
The VolleyballMag.com Mid-Major Poll includes all teams not in the “power-five” conferences, the ACC, SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12.
The pollsters
— Dan Conners, UC Davis
— Brian Doyon, Montana
— Greg Goral, Campbell University
— Kris Grunwald, UConn
— Justin Ingram, Southern Illinois University
— Steve Loeswick, North Florida
— Kent Miller, Saint Louis University
— Coley Pawlikowski, Stony Brook
— Jennifer Petrie, University of San Diego
— Dave Rehr, Arkansas State University
The conferences from which the teams will come:
— America East
— American Athletic
— Atlantic Sun
— Atlantic 10
— Big East
— Big Sky
— Big South
— Big West
— Colonial
— Conference USA
— Horizon League
— Ivy
— Metro Atlantic
— Mid-American
— Mid-Eastern
— Missouri Valley
— Mountain West
— Northeast
— Ohio Valley
— Patriot
— Southern
— Southland
— Southwestern
— Summit
— Sun Belt
— West Coast
— Western Athletic
