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Every match matters when it comes to the college men’s volleyball bracketology — even if Selection Sunday is still two months away.
Off the Block throughout February and March will release weekly bracketology updates of what teams still have a chance at the two at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Teams each week will be placed into four categories based on real-time match results — in contention, still kind of in contention, fringe of contention and out of contention.
For these calculations and category placements, Off the Block used a variety of factors including a team’s overall record, projected conference RPI and historical win-loss data of at-large teams in recent years. In addition, the calculations do not use projected results of future matches.
Check out what college men’s volleyball teams still have a chance at earning an at-large bid.
IN CONTENTION
Four or more losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Ball State
BYU
Hawai’i
King
Lewis
Long Beach State
Loyola
Ohio State
Pepperdine
Sacred Heart
Stanford
STILL KIND OF IN CONTENTION
Three losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Coker
CSUN
Grand Canyon
UC Irvine
UCLA
FRINGE OF CONTENTION
One or two losses from dropping out of at-large bid contention.
Barton
Mount Olive
George Mason
Harvard
Limestone
Penn State
UC San Diego
OUT OF CONTENTION
Out of at-large bid contention and needs to win conference tournament to make NCAA Tournament.
Alderson Broaddus
Belmont Abbey
Cal Baptist
Charleston
Concordia-Irvine
Emmanuel
Erskine
Fort Wayne
Lees-McRae
Lincoln Memorial
Lindenwood
McKendree
NJIT
North Greenville
Princeton
Pfeiffer
Quincy
St. Francis
UC Santa Barbara
USC