2026 Big Ten Volleyball Tournament

Conference

🏟 Big Ten📍 Fishers, Indiana🗓 November 20 – November 25

First Round

12Seed 12

13Seed 13

10Seed 10

15Seed 15

11Seed 11

14Seed 14

Second Round

5Seed 5

TBD

7Seed 7

TBD

6Seed 6

TBD

8Seed 8

9Seed 9

Quarterfinals

1Seed 1

TBD

2Seed 2

TBD

3Seed 3

TBD

4Seed 4

TBD

Semifinals

TBD

Championship

TBD

Big Ten Tournament Projections(15 teams · 10k simulations)

Seed	Team	Elo	R1	R2	Quarters	Semis	Final	🏆 Win
1	Nebraska	2357	99%	99%	99%	95%	84%	61%
2	Wisconsin	2240	99%	99%	99%	86%	62%	26%
3	Purdue	2112	99%	99%	97%	66%	25%	7%
4	Southern California	2054	99%	99%	92%	53%	13%	3%
5	Penn St.	2009	99%	99%	87%	38%	7%	1%
6	Minnesota	2006	99%	99%	83%	31%	6%	1%
7	Indiana	1957	99%	97%	70%	16%	2%	—
8	UCLA	1911	99%	94%	55%	7%	1%	—
9	Michigan	1883	98%	91%	46%	5%	—	—
10	Oregon	1851	97%	86%	34%	2%	—	—
11	Washington	1751	91%	64%	14%	1%	—	—
12	Michigan St	1737	88%	57%	10%	—	—	—
13	Illinois	1709	84%	46%	6%	—	—	—
14	Northwestern	1663	76%	32%	3%	—	—	—
15	Iowa	1638	69%	22%	2%	—	—	—
16	Ohio St.	1553	46%	8%	—	—	—	—
17	Maryland	1475	27%	3%	—	—	—	—
18	Rutgers	1465	25%	2%	—	—	—	—

Values = P(reach that stage or further). Win = P(win conference tournament = auto NCAA bid). Seeded by Elo.

Big Ten Standings

15 qualify for tournamentThrough 2026-06-01 · 156 games remaining

Snapshot Week

Jun 1 Jun 8

Standings · Finishing Position Probabilities

#	Team	Conf	Overall	Proj Conf	Proj Ovr	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Nebraska	0–0	0–0	35.5–6.5	35.5–6.5	91	7.7	1.1	0.2	<1	<1
2	Wisconsin	0–0	0–0	28.9–5.1	28.9–5.1	6.0	57	22	9.3	3.8	1.3	0.6	0.1	<1
3	Purdue	0–0	0–0	27.1–8.9	27.1–8.9	2.5	19	31	20	12	7.6	4.5	2.2	1.0	0.4	<1	<1
4	Southern California	0–0	0–0	24.2–9.8	24.2–9.8	0.3	8.1	19	22	19	13	9.0	5.1	2.8	1.3	0.4	0.2	<1	<1
5	Minnesota	0–0	0–0	22.7–11.3	22.7–11.3	<1	3.8	10	16	19	17	13	10	5.9	3.0	1.1	0.5	0.2
6	Penn St.	0–0	0–0	22.4–11.6	22.4–11.6	0.1	2.7	9.1	14	18	18	14	11	7.0	3.6	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	<1	<1
7	Indiana	0–0	0–0	21.7–14.3	21.7–14.3	<1	1.3	4.5	8.8	12	15	17	15	12	8.2	3.8	1.9	0.9	0.2	<1	<1	<1
8	UCLA	0–0	0–0	19.5–14.5	19.5–14.5	<1	0.6	2.3	5.3	8.7	12	15	17	15	11	6.3	3.1	1.6	0.6	0.4	<1	<1
9	Michigan	0–0	0–0	18.2–15.8	18.2–15.8		0.1	0.8	2.5	5.2	8.8	12	17	18	15	10	5.9	2.9	1.3	0.4	0.2	<1	<1
10	Oregon	0–0	0–0	17.0–17.0	17.0–17.0		0.1	0.3	1.2	2.5	5.3	9.0	14	18	20	14	8.4	5.0	2.1	0.9	0.3	<1	<1
11	Washington	0–0	0–0	13.3–20.7	13.3–20.7			<1	0.1	0.2	0.6	1.6	3.2	7.1	11	18	19	16	11	7.0	3.3	1.0	0.3
12	Michigan St	0–0	0–0	13.0–21.0	13.0–21.0			<1	0.2	0.3	0.6	1.7	3.3	6.3	11	17	17	16	13	7.9	4.2	1.6	0.5
13	Illinois	0–0	0–0	12.0–22.0	12.0–22.0				<1	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.2	4.3	8.0	13	17	17	16	11	6.5	3.0	1.1
14	Northwestern	0–0	0–0	10.4–23.6	10.4–23.6					<1	<1	0.2	0.7	1.6	4.7	8.2	13	17	19	17	11	5.6	2.6
15	Iowa	0–0	0–0	9.4–24.6	9.4–24.6						<1	<1	0.3	0.8	2.1	5.4	8.8	14	19	20	15	9.4	4.5
16	Ohio St.	0–0	0–0	7.0–27.0	7.0–27.0								<1	0.1	0.4	1.1	3.0	5.7	10	18	26	22	14
17	Maryland	0–0	0–0	5.0–29.0	5.0–29.0									<1	<1	0.2	0.8	2.0	4.8	10	17	29	37
18	Rutgers	0–0	0–0	4.8–29.2	4.8–29.2										<1	0.2	0.8	1.7	3.7	8.2	16	29	40

Position columns: % of 10,000 simulated seasons finishing there. Row below cut line = P(reach tournament).

Finishing Position Range — Season Progression

NebraskaWisconsinMichiganPurdueSouthern CaliforniaMinnesotaIndianaPenn St.UCLAOregonWashingtonIllinoisMichigan StNorthwesternIowaOhio St.MarylandRutgers