Long Beach State coming off its win against first-place BYU has surprassed its conference rival in the new national media poll.
The 49ers received two first-place votes and moved one spot ahead of the Cougars to No. 2 in the Volleyball Magazine Poll released Tuesday.
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 — 98 (8) points
2. Long Beach State — 91 (2) points
3. BYU — 80 points
4. UC Santa Barbara — 68 points
5. Pepperdine — 57 points
6. UCLA — 49 points
7. Stanford — 34 points
8. UC Irvine — 29 points
9. USC — 23 points
10. Hawai’i — 13 points
Others receiving votes: Lewis, IPFW
Volleyball Magazine Poll ballot (Vinnie Lopes, OTB editor)
1. Loyola
2. Long Beach State
3. BYU
4. UC Santa Barbara
5. Pepperdine
6. UCLA
7. IPFW
8. Stanford
9. USC
10. UC Irvine