Volleyball Polls

The Brigham
Young University-Hawaii women's volleyball team is primarily concerned with two
polls, one governed by the NCAA II and the
other by the American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA). The NCAA
II poll that affects the Seasiders is the Pacific Region Poll and is released
bi-weekly beginning midway through the season and continuing until the NCAA II
tournament selections are made. The AVCA
poll is a national poll and is released weekly beginning with the preseason
and ending after the NCAA II championship match.

The NCAA II conducts regional
polls throughout eight regions of the nation. These eight regional polls determine
which teams receive bids to the NCAA II championship tournament at the end of
each season and, consequently, are the most important of the polls. The Pacific
region poll is determined by the vote a six-member committe selected by the NCAA.

The
AVCA poll is determined by a panel of 35 AVCA-member coaches selected from the
nationwide membership of the AVCA. It is not considered by the NCAA II when determining
teams for the national tournament or for purposes of seeding those teams selected.