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Top 16 seeds, AVCA Top 25, RPI
The NCAA women’s volleyball season is heating up.
Selection Sunday for the 2025 NCAA tournament is Nov. 30. The tournament begins Dec. 4 and finishes in Kansas City with the Final Four on Dec. 18-21.
The bracket will feature 64 teams made up of 31 automatic qualifying teams and 33 at-large selections.
On Saturday, the NCAA released their Division I committee’s initial top 16 seeds projection. Those are below along, with the latest AVCA Top 25 rankings and NCAA RPI rankings.
NCAA volleyball D-I committee top 16
Oct. 18
- Nebraska
- Texas
- Pittsburgh
- Kentucky
- SMU
- Louisville
- Arizona State
- Purdue
- TCU
- Creighton
- Stanford
- Wisconsin
- Texas A&M
- Indiana
- Penn State
- Minnesota
AVCA Top 25 rankings
Oct. 19
- Nebraska (58)
- Texas (3)
- Kentucky
- Pittsburgh
- Stanford
- Arizona State
- SMU
- Louisville
- Texas A&M
- TCU
- Purdue
- Wisconsin
- Creighton
- Kansas
- Miami (Fla.)
- Tennessee
- BYU
- Penn State
- Baylor
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- USC
- Indiana
- Colorado
- UCLA
Others receiving votes: Florida, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa State, UTEP, Western Kentucky, Georgia Tech.
NCAA women’s volleyball RPI
Oct. 20
- Texas (16-0)
- Nebraska (18-0)
- Pittsburgh (15-3)
- SMU (14-4)
- Kentucky (14-2)
- Arizona State (16-2)
- Louisville (14-4)
- Stanford (16-3)
- Purdue (15-3)
- Creighton (15-5)
- TCU (16-3)
- Texas A&M (15-3)
- Indiana (15-3)
- Minnesota (15-4)
- Wisconsin (13-3)
- Miami, Fla. (15-4)
- Penn State (11-7)
- BYU (16-3)
- Colorado (16-3)
- Illinois (12-5)
- USC (13-5)
- Tennessee (14-3)
- Baylor (11-6)
- Kansas (14-7)
- South Dakota State (13-3)
- UTEP (18-2)
- Michigan State (15-3)
- Xavier (18-2)
- UCLA (11-7)
- Florida (10-7)
- Iowa State (15-3)
- Michigan (12-7)
- Washington (9-9)
- North Carolina (15-2)
- Georgia Tech (9-8)
- Cincinnati (10-7)
- Marquette (12-6)
- San Diego (15-4)
- Northern Iowa (15-5)
- Arizona (11-6)