2016 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament Bracket Released

NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament Bracket Released

The 64 team NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament bracket has been released. Here is everything you need to know about the 2016 postseason.

Nov 28, 2016 by Megan Kaplon
NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament Bracket Released
The 64-team NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament bracket was announced Sunday. Here is everything you need to know.

Only 16 of the teams in the tournament get seeded. The top 16 seeds in this year's tournament are:

1. Nebraska
2. Minnesota
3. Wisconsin
4. Texas
5. Kansas
6. Stanford
7. UNC
8. Washington
9. Michigan State
10. UCLA
11. Florida
12. Michigan
13. BYU
14. Kansas State
15. Missouri
16. Penn State

Each of the 16 seeded teams will host the first and second rounds. Below is the detailed schedule of first-round matches. We will update this schedule with TV/stream information as it is released.

Thursday, December 1


UW Field House | Madison, Wisconsin
Marquette vs. Washington State, 5 PM CT
No. 3 Wisconsin vs. Howard, 7:30 PM CT

Hearnes Center | Columbia, Missouri
Purdue vs. Iowa State, 4:30 PM CT WATCH
No. 15 Missouri vs. Northern Illinois, 6:30 PM CT WATCH

Cliff Keen Arena | Ann Arbor, Michigan
Oregon vs. Miami (Ohio), 5:30 PM ET
No. 12 Michigan vs. American, 7:30 PM ET

Horejsi Family Athletics Center | Lawrence, Kansas
UNI vs. Creighton, 4 PM CT
No. 5 Kansas vs. Samford, 6:30 PM CT

Friday, December 2


Devaney Center | Lincoln, Nebraska
Wichita State vs. TCU, 4:30 PM CT
No. 1 Nebraska vs. New Hampshire, 7 PM CT

Rec Hall | University Park, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh vs. Dayton, 5 PM ET
No. 16 Penn State vs. LIU Brooklyn, 7:30 PM ET

Jenison Field House | East Lansing, Michigan
Cleveland State vs. Arizona, 5 PM ET
No. 9 Michigan State vs. Fairfield, 7:30 PM ET

Alaska Airlines Arena | Seattle, Washington
Kentucky vs. Colorado State, 5 PM PT
No. 8 Washington vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 7:30 PM PT

Smith Fieldhouse | Provo, Utah
Utah vs. UNLV, 5 PM MT
No. 13 BYU vs. Princeton, 7 PM MT

Gregory Gymnasium | Austin, Texas
Texas A&M vs. SMU, 4 PM CT
No. 4 Texas vs. UTRGV, 6:30 PM CT

Ahearn Fieldhouse | Manhattan, Kansas
Ohio State vs. Missouri State, 5 PM CT
No. 14 Kansas State vs. Lipscomb, 7:30 PM CT

Lemerand Athletic Facility | Gainesville, Florida
Florida State vs. Cincinnati, 4:30 PM ET
No. 11 Florida vs. Alabama State, 7 PM ET

Maples Pavilion | Stanford, California
Western Kentucky vs. Boise State, 4:30 PM PT
No. 6 Stanford vs. Denver, 7 PM PT

Carmichael Arena | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
James Madison vs. Coastal Carolina, 4:30 PM ET
No. 7 North Carolina vs. High Point, 6:30 PM ET

Pauley Pavilion | Los Angeles, California
San Diego vs. Baylor, 5:30 PM PT
No. 10 UCLA vs. Murray State, 8 PM PT

Sports Pavilion | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hawaii vs. USC, 4:30 PM CT
No. 2 Minnesota vs. North Dakota, 7 PM CT

The four regional hosts will not be announced until the conclusion of the second round on Saturday, December 3. Presumably, the host sites will be awarded to the highest remaining seed in each quadrant of the bracket that submitted a bid to host.

2016 NCAA DI women's volleyball bracket