The ladies’s faculty volleyball season is within the stretch run. We are going to run weekly updates on the sector of 64 till it is formally revealed by the choice committee on Nov. 30 (6 p.m. ET, ESPN).
There are 31 automated bids with 33 at-large groups chosen by the NCAA volleyball committee. Volleyball seeds the highest eight groups in every area, and the highest 4 in every area function first- and second-round hosts. The remainder of the bracket is stuffed out to steadiness it competitively and geographically. The best-remaining seeds additionally host the regionals, and the 2025 Remaining 4 is in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, on Dec. 18 with the finals on Dec. 21.
Bracket watch
Halloween weekend was a scary one for beforehand unbeaten Texas with a pair of losses. The Longhorns misplaced their grip on the SEC race after falling to Texas A&M in 5 units after which suffered a sweep to Kentucky. That additional solidified Nebraska’s spot because the No. 1 total group within the nation. The Cornhuskers, who have not misplaced a set since mid-September, are the one undefeated group left within the nation. In the meantime, Texas didn’t fall off the highest line. With a No. 2 RPI rating, the nation’s top-rated schedule and eight top-25 RPI wins, the Longhorns stay a agency No. 1 seed. The win for the Wildcats did catapult them to the highest line. Kentucky is unbeaten in convention play with 4 matches to play.
Prime seedings
No. 1 seeds: Nebraska, Kentucky, Texas, Pittsburgh
No. 2 seeds: Stanford, Texas A&M, Purdue, Arizona State
No. 3 seeds: Louisville, SMU, Creighton, Minnesota
No. 4 seeds: Indiana, Colorado, USC, BYU
No. 5 seeds: Miami, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kansas
No. 6 seeds: Tennessee, TCU, Iowa State, Baylor
No. 7 seeds: Penn State, Florida, Xavier, UTEP
No. 8 seeds: Missouri, UCLA, Michigan, South Dakota State
Remainder of the sector (alphabetical): American, Auburn, Ball State, Campbell, Coppin State, Cornell, Dayton, East Tennessee State, Fairfield, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Jacksonville, James Madison, Kansas State, Lengthy Island, Marquette, UMBC, Michigan State, Morehead State, Northern Arizona, Northern Iowa, Northern Kentucky, Prairie View A&M, Rice, San Diego, South Florida, Stephen F. Austin, UC Davis, Utah State, Utah Valley, Western Kentucky, Winthrop
(The remainder of the sector groups would not be seeded)
Bubble watch
Marquette fell to the fringes of the bubble with losses in three of its previous 4. Auburn strung collectively three wins because the final Bracketology to sneak into the sector. With Texas A&M and Texas on the schedule within the subsequent week, the Tigers’ keep within the area may very well be a brief one. Cincinnati misplaced 3 times to possible NCAA event groups (Kansas, Baylor and TCU) to tumble out of the sector, however with Colorado, Iowa State and Arizona State nonetheless to return, the alternatives to get again are a lot.
Final 4 In: Illinois, Michigan State, Auburn, Marquette
First 4 Out: Cincinnati, Florida State, Villanova, Arizona
Subsequent 4 Out: Oregon, Georgia, Utah, Tulsa
Convention breakdown
Large Ten: 11
Large 12: 8
ACC: 7
SEC: 7
Large East: 3
American: 2
CUSA: 2