The Gauchos are on the move and into the top five of the national media poll.
UC Santa Barbara after getting two conference wins last week against nationally ranked teams jumped up four spots to No. 4 in the newest Volleyball Magazine Poll released Tuesday afternoon.
Check out this week’s top 10 college men’s volleyball media poll and the video breakdown of how Off the Block editor Vinnie Lopes voted in this week’s poll.
Volleyball Magazine Men’s Division I-II Top 10 Poll
1. Loyola — 99 (9) points
2. BYU — 91 (1) points
3. UCLA — 79 points
4. UC Santa Barbara — 61 points
5. Pepperdine — 58 points
6. Long Beach State — 50 points
7. UC Irvine — 36 points
8. USC — 21 points
9. Hawai’i — 18 points
10. Stanford — 16 points
Volleyball Magazine Poll ballot (Vinnie Lopes, OTB editor)
1. Loyola
2. BYU
3. UCLA
4. Penn State
5. UC Santa Barbara
6. Long Beach State
7. Pepperdine
8. Lewis
9. Hawai’i
10. USC