Jan. 4, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s volleyball team opens the 2012 season ranked eighth in the first American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll. The Buckeyes are also ranked seventh in Volleyball Magazine Men’s Division I-II Top 10 Poll.
Two other schools from the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association are ranked in the AVCA poll in Loyola-Chicago (10th) and Lewis (13th), while Loyola-Chicago is also ninth by Volleyball Magazine.
Ohio State is coming off the program’s first national title, defeating UC Santa Barbara in five sets in May 2011. The squad concluded the year with a 26-6 record and went 11-1 in the conference. The Buckeyes have won five-consecutive regular season MIVA championships and the last four MIVA tournament championships.
The Scarlet and Gray open the 2012 season at the UC Santa Barbara Invitational, Jan. 6-7. The team kicks off the tournament with a rematch of last year’s NCAA championship match, facing No. 14 UC Santa Barbara at 10 a.m. PT Friday.
AVCA Division I-II Men’s Coaches Top 15 Poll
Preseason Poll: Jan. 4, 2012
Rank School (First-Place Votes) Total Points 2011 Record 2011 Final Rank
1 BYU (11) 247 20-8 5
2 UC Irvine (3) 237 19-12 4
3 UCLA (1) 199 16-15 10
4 Stanford 190 19-9 7
5 Southern California 174 23-4 3
6 Long Beach State 158 15-14 6
7 Penn State 153 24-7 9
8 Ohio State (1) 122 26-6 1
9 Pepperdine 104 11-15 11
10 Loyola-Chicago 103 21-8 12
11 Hawaii 100 15-13 8
12 Cal State Northridge 78 7-22 NR
13 Lewis 61 20-11 13
14 UC Santa Barbara 53 18-15 2
15 Pacific 28 11-19 15
Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 13; George Mason 4
Volleyball Magazine Men’s Division I-II Top 10 Poll
Poll #1, Jan. 4, 2012
Points 2011 Final Poll
1. BYU (6) 96 5
2. UC Irvine (3) 89 4
3. UCLA 73 10
4. Stanford (1) 71 6
5. Penn State 61 8
6. Southern California 47 2
7. Ohio State 36 1
8. Long Beach State 33 7
9. Loyola 20 RV
10. Pepperdine 12 NR
Others Receiving Votes: Cal State Northridge, Hawaii, Lewis
