2026 Big West Volleyball Championship

Bracketology·Conference Races·At-Large Odds·NCAA Bracket— auto-bid races, conference by conference.

Conference

Snapshot Week

Preseason

As of Preseason

Reflects results through the preseason. Seeds appear as they clinch; matchups and winners as games are played.

🏟 Big West

First Round

3Seed 3

6Seed 6

4Seed 4

5Seed 5

Semifinals

1Seed 1

TBD

2Seed 2

TBD

Championship

TBD

Big West Tournament Projections(12 teams · 10k simulations)

Seed	Team	Elo	Quarters	Semis	Final	🏆 Win
1	Cal Poly	1931	99%	96%	75%	51%
2	UC Santa Barbara	1784	97%	79%	43%	19%
3	Long Beach St.	1766	96%	77%	39%	16%
4	Utah Valley	1637	77%	43%	14%	5%
5	Sacramento St.	1635	79%	46%	15%	5%
6	CSUN	1549	75%	33%	8%	2%
7	UC Irvine	1518	51%	21%	5%	1%
8	UC San Diego	1346	10%	3%	—	—
9	UC Riverside	1336	8%	2%	—	—
10	California Baptist	1259	2%	—	—	—
11	CSU Bakersfield	1255	5%	1%	—	—
12	Cal St. Fullerton	1148	—	—	—	—

Values = P(reach that stage or further). Win = P(win conference tournament = auto NCAA bid). Seeds reflect average simulated finish position.

Big West Standings

6 qualify for tournamentPreseason projection · 107 games remaining

Standings · Finishing Position Probabilities

#	Team	Conf	Overall	Proj Conf	Proj Ovr	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Cal Poly	0–0	0–0	15.7–2.3 15–17 W	21.5–6.5 20–23 W	61	22	10	4.1	2.1	0.6	0.2	<1
2	UC Santa Barbara	0–0	0–0	13.5–4.5 12–15 W	20.3–10.7 19–22 W	16	28	22	15	10	6.0	2.4	0.6	0.1	<1	<1
3	Long Beach St.	0–0	0–0	13.4–4.6 12–15 W	20.3–8.7 19–22 W	14	25	24	16	11	5.9	2.8	0.8	0.2	<1	<1
4	Sacramento St.	0–0	0–0	11.2–6.8 10–13 W	17.2–11.8 15–19 W	3.1	8.9	14	18	19	16	12	5.5	2.4	1.0	0.2	<1
5	Utah Valley	0–0	0–0	10.4–6.6 9–12 W	15.7–12.3 14–18 W	2.4	7.1	12	17	19	19	14	6.3	2.3	0.9	0.2	<1
6	CSUN	0–0	0–0	10.8–7.2 9–13 W	15.8–14.2 14–18 W	1.4	6.2	12	17	19	19	13	6.9	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.1
7	UC Irvine	0–0	0–0	9.3–8.7 8–11 W	15.2–14.8 13–17 W	0.7	3.2	5.6	9.5	14	18	22	14	7.0	3.5	1.5	0.4
8	UC San Diego	0–0	0–0	5.8–12.2 4–7 W	8.8–20.2 7–11 W	<1	0.1	0.5	1.4	2.5	5.6	11	18	21	19	13	7.5
9	UC Riverside	0–0	0–0	5.3–11.7 4–7 W	9.6–17.4 8–11 W		<1	0.2	0.7	1.9	4.7	11	21	22	19	13	6.1
10	CSU Bakersfield	0–0	0–0	5.0–13.0 3–7 W	8.1–21.9 6–10 W	<1	<1	0.1	0.5	1.3	3.2	7.4	15	19	20	19	15
11	California Baptist	0–0	0–0	4.0–14.0 2–5 W	8.3–19.7 7–10 W		<1	<1	0.1	0.6	1.5	3.8	9.4	16	22	26	21
12	Cal St. Fullerton	0–0	0–0	2.6–15.4 1–4 W	7.9–24.1 6–9 W				<1	<1	0.1	0.8	2.6	6.5	14	26	51

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

Finishing Position Range — Season Progression

Cal PolyUC Santa BarbaraLong Beach St.Sacramento St.Utah ValleyCSUNUC IrvineUC San DiegoUC RiversideCSU BakersfieldCalifornia BaptistCal St. Fullerton