2026 Southland Volleyball Tournament

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

Snapshot Week

Preseason
As of Preseason

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

🏟 Southland
Quarterfinals
1Seed 1
8Seed 8
4Seed 4
5Seed 5
2Seed 2
7Seed 7
3Seed 3
6Seed 6
Semifinals
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
Championship
TBD
TBD
Southland Tournament Projections(12 teams · 10k simulations)
SeedTeamEloQuartersSemisFinal🏆 Win
1SF Austin175799%90%64%41%
2UTRGV167099%81%47%23%
3Southeastern La.164299%79%42%20%
4UIW155399%60%23%9%
5A&M-Corpus Christi147597%41%14%4%
6Lamar137392%24%5%1%
7Houston Christian128265%10%2%—
8East Texas A&M129168%10%2%—
9McNeese118144%3%1%—
10Nicholls111627%2%——
11New Orleans10307%———
12Northwestern St.9522%———

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

Southland Standings
8 qualify for tournamentPreseason projection · 98 games remaining

Standings · Finishing Position Probabilities

#TeamConfOverallProj ConfProj Ovr123456789101112
1SF Austin0–00–0
13.9–2.1
13–15 W
24.1–5.9
23–26 W
4427177.62.80.70.2<1<1
2UTRGV0–00–0
13.0–3.0
12–14 W
20.6–6.4
19–22 W
232822157.23.10.80.2<1<1
3Southeastern La.0–00–0
13.5–3.5
12–15 W
24.2–8.8
23–26 W
242426156.73.00.80.2<1<1
4UIW0–00–0
11.1–4.9
10–13 W
14.8–10.2
13–16 W
5.612182520124.81.90.60.1<1
5A&M-Corpus Christi0–00–0
10.0–6.0
9–12 W
13.1–12.9
11–15 W
2.56.211192519104.82.00.70.1<1
6Lamar0–00–0
9.2–7.8
8–11 W
15.3–15.7
13–17 W
0.61.84.711212616104.92.50.90.1
7East Texas A&M0–00–0
6.5–9.5
5–8 W
11.2–19.8
9–13 W
<10.30.92.77.113232117103.51.2
8Houston Christian0–00–0
6.8–10.2
5–8 W
11.9–18.1
10–14 W
<10.30.82.87.113212018114.21.5
9McNeese0–00–0
5.1–10.9
4–6 W
9.6–19.4
8–11 W
<10.10.62.15.714212319104.2
10Nicholls0–00–0
4.2–11.8
3–5 W
11.7–19.3
10–13 W
<10.31.02.98.1142127187.9
11New Orleans0–00–0
2.8–14.2
1–4 W
7.5–24.5
6–9 W
<10.10.51.54.88.6183136
12Northwestern St.0–00–0
1.8–14.2
1–3 W
6.6–25.4
5–8 W
<10.10.61.64.5123249

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

Finishing Position Range — Season Progression

SF AustinUTRGVSoutheastern La.UIWA&M-Corpus ChristiLamarEast Texas A&MHouston ChristianMcNeeseNichollsNew OrleansNorthwestern St.
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