NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate volleyball among its Division I members in the United States. It has been contested every winter since 1981, except 2020.^[1]

NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament
Association	NCAA
Sport	College indoor volleyball
Founded	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Division	Division I
No. of teams	64
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Penn State (8)
Most titles	Stanford (9)
Broadcaster(s)	ABC
Official website	NCAA.com

Penn State won the most recent tournament, defeating Louisville 3–1 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Stanford has been the most successful program, with nine national titles.

History

From 1970 through 1980, before the NCAA governed women's collegiate athletics, the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women conducted the women's collegiate volleyball championships.

Volleyball was one of twelve women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same twelve (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA won the fight and assumed the AIAW's authority and membership.

The first NCAA championship tournament was held in 1981, with 20 schools competing for the title. The tournament expanded gradually, moving to 28 teams in 1982, 32 in 1986, 48 in 1993, 56 in 1997, and finally to its current size of 64 in 1998.

There is also an NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Championship, which until 2012 was open to members of all three NCAA divisions,, as there are far fewer men's programs than women's. However, starting in the 2011–12 school year (2011 women's season, 2012 men's season), a Division III championship was established. The National Collegiate championship now involves only Division I and II members; under NCAA rules, D-II schools can compete under D-I rules in any sport that does not have a dedicated D-II national championship.

Champions

• The following is a list of Division I champions and runners-up with the champion's overall record, city, site and other national semifinal participants.

See Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships for the Division I volleyball champions from 1970 to 1981. NOTE: In 1981 there were both NCAA and AIAW champions.

NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship[2]
Year	Host City (University)	Host Arena		Final				Third Place Final / Semifinalists
				Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1981	Los Angeles (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion		USC (27–10)	3–2	UCLA		San Diego State	3–0	Pacific
1982	Stockton, California (Pacific)	Alex G. Spanos Center		Hawaiʻi (33–1)	3–2	USC		San Diego State	3–2	Stanford
1983	Lexington, Kentucky (Kentucky)	Memorial Coliseum		Hawaiʻi (2) (34–2)	3–0	UCLA		Stanford	3–1	Pacific
1984	Los Angeles (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion		UCLA (33–6)	3–2	Stanford		Pacific	3–1	San Jose State
1985	Kalamazoo, Michigan (Western Michigan)	Read Fieldhouse		Pacific (36–3)	3–1	Stanford		USC	3–2	UCLA
1986	Stockton, California (Pacific)	Alex G. Spanos Center		Pacific (2) (39–3)	3–0	Nebraska		Texas, Stanford
1987	Indianapolis	Market Square Arena		Hawaiʻi (3) (37–2)	3–1	Stanford		Illinois, Texas
1988	Minneapolis (Minnesota)	Williams Arena		Texas (34–5)	3–0	Hawaiʻi		Illinois, UCLA
1989	Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi)	Blaisdell Arena		Long Beach State (32–5)	3–0	Nebraska		UT Arlington, UCLA
1990	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House		UCLA (2) (36–1)	3–0	Pacific		LSU, Nebraska
1991	Los Angeles (UCLA)	Pauley Pavilion		UCLA (3) (31–5)	3–2	Long Beach State		LSU, Ohio State
1992	Albuquerque, New Mexico (New Mexico)	University Arena		Stanford (31–2)	3–1	UCLA		Long Beach State, Florida
1993	Madison, Wisconsin (Wisconsin)	UW Field House		Long Beach State (2) (32–2)	3–1	Penn State		BYU, Florida
1994	Austin, Texas (Texas)	Frank Erwin Center		Stanford (2) (32–1)	3–1	UCLA		Penn State, Ohio State
1995	Amherst, Massachusetts (Massachusetts)	Mullins Center		Nebraska (32–1)	3–1	Texas		Stanford, Michigan State
1996	Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland State)	CSU Convocation Center		Stanford (3) (31–2)	3–0	Hawaiʻi		Nebraska, Florida
1997	Spokane, Washington (Washington State)	Spokane Arena		Stanford (4) (33–2)	3–2	Penn State		Long Beach State, Florida
1998	Madison, Wisconsin (Wisconsin)	Kohl Center		Long Beach State (3) (36–0)	3–2	Penn State		Nebraska, Florida
1999	Honolulu, Hawaii (Hawaiʻi)	Stan Sheriff Center		Penn State (36–1)	3–0	Stanford		Long Beach State, Pacific
2000	Richmond, Virginia (VCU)	Richmond Coliseum		Nebraska (2) (34–0)	3–2	Wisconsin		Hawaiʻi, USC
2001	San Diego (San Diego State)	Cox Arena		Stanford (5) (33–2)	3–0	Long Beach State		Arizona, Nebraska
2002	New Orleans (New Orleans)	New Orleans Arena		USC (2) (31–1)	3–1	Stanford		Hawaiʻi, Florida
2003	Dallas	Reunion Arena		USC (3) (35–0)	3–1	Florida		Hawaiʻi, Minnesota
2004	Long Beach, California (Long Beach State)	Long Beach Arena		Stanford (6) (30–6)	3–0	Minnesota		USC, Washington
2005	San Antonio (UTSA)	Alamodome		Washington (32–1)	3–0	Nebraska		Santa Clara, Tennessee
2006	Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska)	Qwest Center		Nebraska (3) (33–1)	3–1	Stanford		UCLA, Washington
2007	Sacramento, California (Sacramento State)	ARCO Arena		Penn State (2) (34–2)	3–2	Stanford		California, USC
2008	Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska)	Qwest Center		Penn State (3) (38–0)	3–0	Stanford		Nebraska, Texas
2009	Tampa, Florida (South Florida)	St. Pete Times Forum		Penn State (4) (38–0)	3–2	Texas		Hawaiʻi, Minnesota
2010	Kansas City, Missouri (UMKC)	Sprint Center		Penn State (5) (32–5)	3–0	California		Texas, USC
2011	San Antonio (UTSA)	Alamodome		UCLA (4) (30–6)	3–1	Illinois		Florida State, USC
2012	Louisville, Kentucky (Louisville)	KFC Yum! Center		Texas (2) (29–4)	3–0	Oregon		Michigan, Penn State
2013	Seattle, Washington (Washington)	KeyArena		Penn State (6) (34–2)	3–1	Wisconsin		Texas, Washington
2014	Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)	Chesapeake Energy Arena		Penn State (7) (36–3)	3–0	BYU		Stanford, Texas
2015	Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska)	CenturyLink Center Omaha		Nebraska (4) (32–4)	3–0	Texas		Kansas, Minnesota
2016	Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)	Nationwide Arena		Stanford (7) (27–7)	3–1	Texas		Minnesota, Nebraska
2017	Kansas City, Missouri (UMKC & Kansas)	Sprint Center		Nebraska (5) (33–4)	3–1	Florida		Penn State, Stanford
2018	Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota)	Target Center		Stanford (8) (34–1)	3–2	Nebraska		BYU, Illinois
2019	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Duquesne)	PPG Paints Arena		Stanford (9) (30–4)	3–0	Wisconsin		Baylor, Minnesota
2020[a]	Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska)	CHI Health Center Omaha		Kentucky (24–1)	3–1	Texas		Washington, Wisconsin
2021	Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)	Nationwide Arena		Wisconsin (31–3)	3–2	Nebraska		Louisville, Pittsburgh
2022	Omaha, Nebraska (Nebraska)	CHI Health Center Omaha		Texas (3) (28–1)	3–0	Louisville		Pittsburgh, San Diego
2023	Tampa, Florida (South Florida)	Amalie Arena		Texas (4) (28–4)	3–0	Nebraska		Pittsburgh, Wisconsin
2024	Louisville, Kentucky (Louisville)	KFC Yum! Center		Penn State (8) (35–2)	3–1	Louisville		Pittsburgh, Nebraska
2025	Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas)	T-Mobile Center
2026	San Antonio, Texas (UTSA)	Alamodome
2027	Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)	Nationwide Arena

1. Due to COVID-19, the NCAA moved its 2020–21 championship events in fall sports from fall 2020 to spring 2021. The NCAA is labeling the tournament as the "2020" edition, but the season as "2020–21".

Statistics

Team titles

Penn
State

Stanford

UCLA

Nebraska

⇙ Hawaiʻi

Long
Beach
State

USC

Texas

Pacific

Kentucky

Washington

Wisconsin

Schools with national championships
— 9 championships, – 8 championships, – 5 championships, – 4 championships, – 3 championships
– 2 championships, – 1 championship

Team	Number	Year won
Stanford	9	1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2016, 2018, 2019
Penn State	8	1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2024
Nebraska	5	1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2017
Texas	4	1988, 2012, 2022, 2023
UCLA	4	1984, 1990, 1991, 2011
Hawaiʻi	3	1982, 1983, 1987
Long Beach State	3	1989, 1993, 1998
USC	3	1981, 2002, 2003
Pacific	2	1985, 1986
Kentucky	1	2020
Washington	1	2005
Wisconsin	1	2021

Results by team and year

•  •  First Round (48 teams 1993 through 1996, 56 teams 1997, 64 teams 1998 through present, except 2020)
•  20   28   32  Second Round (20 teams 1981, 28 teams 1982 through 1985, 32 teams 1986 to present)
•  16  Round of 16
•  QF  Quarterfinals
•  SF  Semifinals
•  RU  National Runner-up
•  CH  National Champion
•  16   32  The team achieved the placement shown, but the participation was later vacated. These vacated appearances are not included in the total columns.

Starting in 1993, the top 4 teams in each region were seeded. The 4 teams seeded No. 1 are shown with double underline, and 12 teams seeded between No. 2 and No. 4 are shown with dotted underline.

School	Conference	#	16	E8	F4	CG	CH	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Stanford	ACC	43	38	32	23	17	9	QF	SF	SF	RU	RU	SF	RU	16	16	QF	QF	CH	16	CH	SF	CH	CH	16	RU	32	CH	RU	16	CH	32	RU	RU	RU	16	QF	32	QF	QF	SF	32	CH	SF	CH	CH		32	QF	QF	QF
Penn State	Big Ten	44	36	21	14	11	8	16	28	16	16	28	16	32	32	32	QF	16	16	RU	SF	16	QF	RU	RU	CH	QF	32	32	QF	16	16	QF	CH	CH	CH	CH	16	SF	CH	CH	16	16	SF	QF	QF	16	32	16	16	CH
Nebraska	Big Ten	43	40	33	18	11	5		16	28	QF	QF	RU	QF	16	RU	SF	QF	16	32	QF	CH	SF	QF	SF	16	CH	SF	QF	16	QF	RU	CH	QF	SF	QF	16	32	QF	QF	QF	CH	SF	CH	RU	QF	QF	RU	16	RU	SF
Texas	SEC	41	36	28	15	9	4		16	16	QF	QF	SF	SF	CH	QF	QF	16	QF	QF	32	RU	16	16	QF	32		32	32		16	32	QF	QF	SF	RU	SF	QF	CH	SF	SF	RU	RU	QF	QF	16	RU	QF	CH	CH	16
UCLA	Big Ten	38	29	22	12	8	4	RU	QF	RU	CH	SF	32	16	SF	SF	CH	CH	RU	QF	RU	QF		32	32	QF	QF	QF	32	QF	QF	16	SF	QF	16	32	32	CH	32		16	16	QF	16		32	32	16
Hawaii	Big West	42	28	19	9	5	3	QF	CH	CH	28	16	QF	CH	RU	QF	16	QF		QF	16	QF	RU	•	QF	16	SF	16	SF	SF	16	16	QF	32	QF	SF	32	16	32	32	32	QF	32	•	•	16		32	•	32	•
Long Beach State	Big West	27	13	10	8	5	3					28		32	16	CH	QF	RU	SF	CH	QF	32	16	SF	CH	SF	16	RU	•	•	32	•	32	32	32	•	•	•			32
USC	Big Ten	40	24	17	10	4	3	CH	RU	28	QF	SF		32	32	32		16	16	32	QF	16	16	16	16	32	SF	QF	CH	CH	SF	32	16	SF	32	32	SF	SF	QF	QF	32	QF	•	QF	32	32			32	32	32
Pacific	West Coast	24	19	11	7	3	2	SF	QF	SF	SF	CH	CH	QF	QF	16	RU	16	QF	16	16	32	16	32	16	SF	16	16	32	32	•
Wisconsin	Big Ten	28	22	13	6	4	1										16	16		32	•		16	QF	QF	32	RU	16	32	32	QF	QF	16	32						RU	QF	16	QF	16	QF	RU	SF	CH	QF	SF	QF
Washington	Big Ten	28	17	12	5	1	1						32		QF	32					32		32	16					32	QF	SF	CH	SF	32	QF	32	QF	32	16	SF	16	QF	QF	32	16	QF	SF	16	•		•
Kentucky	SEC	26	15	5	1	1	1			QF				QF	16		16		16	32												•	32	•	•	16	•	16	16	32	32	•	32	QF	16	16	CH	32	16	16	QF
Florida	SEC	35	31	17	8	2	-							16				QF	SF	SF	16	QF	SF	SF	SF	QF	16	QF	SF	RU	32	QF	16	16	16	16	16	QF	16	32	QF	QF	32	RU	16	16	QF	16	16	32	16
Louisville	ACC	33	10	5	3	2	-		28								32	32	32	•	•	32	16		16	•	•	32	32	32	16	16	•	•	•	•	32	32	32	•		32		•	32	QF	16	SF	RU	QF	RU
Minnesota	Big Ten	29	21	9	6	1	-									16				16			32	32		16	16	32	16	SF	RU	32	QF	•	32	SF	16	16	QF	16		SF	SF	16	16	SF	16	QF	16	32	32
Illinois	Big Ten	28	19	7	4	1	-					16	QF	SF	SF	QF	32	32	QF	32	•	16			16	32		32		16	•				16	16	16	RU		16	16	16		16	SF	•		16			•
BYU	Big 12	37	24	11	3	1	-	16	16	16	28	QF	QF	QF	16		32	32	QF	SF	32	32	QF	QF	QF	16	16	•		32		•	32	QF					16	16	RU	16	16	16	SF	32	16	16	32	32	•
California	ACC	17	9	4	2	1	-		16	16				32	32	16													32	16	32	32	16	SF	QF	QF	RU	•	•	32
Oregon	Big Ten	21	10	4	1	1	-				16		32	32		32																	•	16	16	32		•	RU	32	16	•	32	32	QF		16	•	QF	QF	16
Pittsburgh	ACC	20	6	5	4	-	-		28		28		32	32			16	32	32	•	32									32	•												32	32	32	32	QF	SF	SF	SF	SF
Ohio State	Big Ten	25	19	4	2	-	-									16	32	SF	32	16	SF	16	16	16	32	32	16	16	16		QF	32	16			32	16	16	32		16	16	16				16	16	QF
San Diego State	Mountain West	14	8	3	2	-	-	SF	SF	QF	16	28	16		16	32	16				32	16	32					•											•
LSU	SEC	16	5	3	2	-	-						QF	32		16	SF	SF	16													•	•	32	•	32	•			32	32			•					32
Arizona	Big 12	29	13	4	1	-	-	16	16	16	28	16	32	32	32	16				16	16		32	•	32	16	QF	SF	QF	•	32	QF				•	•	•		32	32	•	16		•
Michigan State	Big Ten	20	7	3	1	-	-														•	SF	QF	32	•	32	32	32	16	•			•	16		•		32	16	16	32	32	32	QF
Michigan	Big Ten	20	7	2	1	-	-																	32		32	32		•	32	32		•	16	16	QF	•	16	SF	•		32	16	•	16	32		•
Florida State	ACC	26	5	2	1	-	-			28		28		32	32	32	32		32	32				•	•				•							QF	32	SF	32	16	16	32	16	•	•	•		32	•	•	•
UT Arlington	WAC	9	4	2	1	-	-					28	16	16	QF	SF	32											•	•																						•
Tennessee	SEC	19	6	1	1	-	-	20	16	16	16									32							•				16	SF	•		•	32	32	32	•						32			32	•	16	•
San Diego	West Coast	26	5	1	1	-	-													•			•	32	32	32		32	•	•	16	32	16	•	•		32	32	•	16	•	32	•	32	16	32	32	•	SF
San Jose State	Mountain West	12	5	1	1	-	-		16	28	SF	16	16	16	32	32	32								•		•	32
Baylor	Big 12	13	5	1	1	-	-																			32		•								16		•					32	32	32	SF	16	16	16	32	32
Kansas	Big 12	13	3	1	1	-	-																							32	32	•							32	16	•	SF	32	•				16	32	32	32
Santa Clara	West Coast	16	1	1	1	-	-												32	•					•	32	32	•	•	•	•	SF	•	•	32				•		•	•
Purdue	Big Ten	26	17	5	-	-	-	16	QF	16	28	16		16			32														32	16	16	32	16		QF	16	16	QF		32	32	32	32	16	QF	QF	32	16	16
UC Santa Barbara	Big West	30	10	4	-	-	-	QF	28	16	28	28	32	32	32	32	16	16	16	32	32	32	32	QF	16	QF	QF	•	16	•	32	•	•			•				•						32				•
Cal Poly	Big West	17	8	4	-	-	-	QF	QF	QF	16	QF	32	16	32	16										•	32		•				32	16										32	•	32
Texas A&M	SEC	27	10	2	-	-	-	16	28			16	32							32	32	16	32	16	32	QF	32	QF	32	16	32	•				16		32	32	32	•	32	•			16				•	16
Pepperdine	West Coast	27	7	2	-	-	-	20	28		28		32	32	32	32	32	32						•	16	16	32	16	QF	16		16	•	•	•			QF	•						32		32	•	•	•
Washington State	West Coast	18	5	2	-	-	-											32		32	•	32	QF	16			32	•	QF							•							32	32	16	•	32	32	32	16
Iowa State	Big 12	17	5	2	-	-	-															32											32	16	QF	16	•	QF	16	•	32	32	•	32		•		•	32	•
Georgia Tech	ACC	14	4	2	-	-	-														32	32	32				•	•	32	QF	16					•											32	QF	32	16	32
Creighton	Big East	14	4	2	-	-	-																														32		32	32	•	16	QF	32	32	32	•	32	•	16	QF
Notre Dame	ACC	21	6	1	-	-	-								16				32	QF	16	16	32	16	32	•	32	•	32	•	32	16	•			•			•					•		•	32
Missouri	SEC	19	5	1	-	-	-																				•	•	32	•	32	QF	32	•			16	•		32		32	16	16	32	32	32			32	16
Western Michigan	MAC	14	5	1	-	-	-		28	QF	16	28	16	16	32	32											•								16			•			•									32	•
Duke	ACC	20	4	1	-	-	-				16	28	32					32	32	16	16						•	32	•			32	32	32	32	•	QF	•		32	•				•
North Carolina	ACC	20	3	1	-	-	-		28	28					32	32									32	32	•	32	16			•			32		32	32	32	•	QF	32	16					•			32
Oklahoma	SEC	13	3	1	-	-	-							32	QF									32									16	32		•	16	•	32	32	•					•					32
Houston	Big 12	13	2	1	-	-	-									32		32	32	32	QF	•	•	•	•	•	•																						16	32
Arkansas	SEC	13	2	1	-	-	-																32	32	16	32		•		32	•	32	•						•	•									32	QF
Oral Roberts	Summit	9	1	1	-	-	-															QF	•	32	•	•	•	•	•				•
Fresno State	Mountain West	5	1	1	-	-	-				QF							32							•				•																					•
Wyoming	Mountain West	4	1	1	-	-	-						32			QF	32				•
Colorado State	Mountain West	32	10	-	-	-	-			28	16	16	32	16	16							•	32	32	32	16	16	16	•	16	•	32	•	32	32	16	32	32	•	•	16	•	•	32	•	•					•
Arizona State	Big 12	21	7	-	-	-	-	16	16	28		28	16	32	32				16	32	16	16				•	32		32				32						•	•	32	•								16	32
Colorado	Big 12	21	4	-	-	-	-									32		32	32	16	16	•	32	16	32	•	32	32		•	•	•	32							32	32			16	•				•
Utah	Big 12	19	4	-	-	-	-																		32	32	32	16	•	32	•	32	32		16					32	32		•	16	32	16	32	32			32
Northern Iowa	Missouri Valley	26	3	-	-	-	-						32	32				32			32	32			•	16	32	16	16	32			32	•	•	32	•	32	32			•	•	32	•	•			32	•	32
Kansas State	Big 12	18	3	-	-	-	-																32	•	32	32	16	32	32	16	32	32		32	•			16	•		•	•	32					•
Loyola Marymount	West Coast	16	3	-	-	-	-						16								•	•	16	32		32	•			32	•	•							•		•	16			32				•		32
Marquette	Big East	13	3	-	-	-	-																															32	•	32	•	32	•	•	16	32		•	16	32	16
Georgia	SEC	12	3	-	-	-	-					16	16					32	32	16	32	32									•									•						•			32	•
New Mexico	Mountain West	9	3	-	-	-	-	16							32		16	16	32	32	32															•	•
Texas Tech	Big 12	9	2	-	-	-	-										16	16	32			32	•		•		•	•																				•
American	Patriot	18	1	-	-	-	-																	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•		16	•	32	•	•		•
Dayton	Atlantic 10	18	1	-	-	-	-																							32	•	•		32	•	32	32	•	32		32	32	•		•	•	32	32		32	16
Illinois State	Missouri Valley	17	1	-	-	-	-		28	28	28	28			32	32			16	•			32	•	•									•							32				•	•	•	•
Western Kentucky	CUSA	17	1	-	-	-	-																						•			•		•	•		•	•	32		•	32	•	32		32	16	32	32	32	•
Cincinnati	Big 12	13	1	-	-	-	-	20																		•	•	32	•	•					32	•	32	32					•		32	16
Miami (FL)	ACC	13	1	-	-	-	-																						16							•	•	32	•	•	32	•		32				32	•	32	32
Wichita State	American	12	1	-	-	-	-																								32			32	32	32	•	•	16	•		32	•	32							•
Ohio	MAC	10	1	-	-	-	-																							•	32	16	•	•	•	32	32			•		•
Northwestern	Big Ten	8	1	-	-	-	-	16	28	28	28																		•	•		32					32
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	7	1	-	-	-	-															•											32	16	32	•	•	•
Saint Mary's	West Coast	7	1	-	-	-	-																							•	16	•			•	32			32						•
Indiana	Big Ten	5	1	-	-	-	-															•			32	32			•								16
Oregon State	West Coast	4	1	-	-	-	-			28																		•													16			•
Temple	American	4	1	-	-	-	-																	•	•	•			16
St. John's	Big East	3	1	-	-	-	-																										32	16												•
Texas State	Sun Belt	14	-	-	-	-	-						32					32							•						•	•		•		•		•		•					32	•	32			•	•
Fairfield	MAAC	14	-	-	-	-	-																	•	•	•	•	•											•	•		•	•	•		•		•		•	•
Missouri State	CUSA	13	-	-	-	-	-		28								32			•										•		•	32	•	•		•	•				•	•	•
UCF	Big 12	13	-	-	-	-	-														•	•	•	32				•	•	32											•				•	32	•	32	32
Florida A&M	SWAC	13	-	-	-	-	-															P	P			•		•	•	32	•	•	•	•	•	•												•	•		•
LIU	Northeast	13	-	-	-	-	-																								•	32	•	•	•	•			•	•	•		•	•			•			•
South Carolina	SEC	11	-	-	-	-	-				28											32		32	•		32	•	32																32	32		•			•
Ball State	MAC	11	-	-	-	-	-												32	•	32	32				•	•		•									•								•		32	•
Sacramento State	Big Sky	11	-	-	-	-	-																	•	32	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	32																	•
Miami (OH)	MAC	10	-	-	-	-	-	20									32					•	•	•	32									•	•								•	•
Milwaukee	Horizon	10	-	-	-	-	-																		•	•	•	•	•				•		•	•		•		•
Alabama A&M	SWAC	10	-	-	-	-	-																				•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•
Charleston	CAA	10	-	-	-	-	-																						•		•	32	•	•		•			32	•				•							•
New Mexico State	CUSA	10	-	-	-	-	-																							•	•		•	•	32				•	•		•			•	•
Yale	Ivy League	10	-	-	-	-	-																								32				32			•	•	•	•				•				•	•	•
Hofstra	CAA	9	-	-	-	-	-															•	•	•		•	•						32						•		•				•
Clemson	ACC	8	-	-	-	-	-													•	32			•	32	•								32	32	•
Princeton	Ivy League	8	-	-	-	-	-														•	P		•		•	•							•									•	•		•
Stephen F. Austin	Southland	8	-	-	-	-	-														•			•		•							32												•	•			•	•
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	8	-	-	-	-	-																•		•											•					•	•	32	•						•
New Hampshire	America East	8	-	-	-	-	-																		•				•	•										•	•	•	•								•
Rice	American	8	-	-	-	-	-																								•				•	•									•	32	•	32	32
Lipscomb	ASUN	8	-	-	-	-	-																											•		•	•	•			•	•	•				•
High Point	Big South	8	-	-	-	-	-																														•						•	•	•		32		•	•	•
Maryland	Big Ten	7	-	-	-	-	-										32					32	32	32						32	32	32
Northern Illinois	MAC	7	-	-	-	-	-													32			•	32	32			•										•					•
George Mason	Atlantic 10	7	-	-	-	-	-													•	•	32	32						•	•						•
South Florida	American	7	-	-	-	-	-													•		•	32	32	•		•		32
Loyola Chicago	Atlantic 10	7	-	-	-	-	-															•				•	•				•	•																	•		32
Colgate	Patriot	7	-	-	-	-	-															P	•			•													•									•	•	•	•
Liberty	CUSA	7	-	-	-	-	-																	•		•		•						•	•			•	•
Albany	America East	7	-	-	-	-	-																								•		•	32	•		•	•								•
Northern Colorado	Big Sky	7	-	-	-	-	-																													•		•	•		•					•		•	•
Samford	SoCon	7	-	-	-	-	-																															•			•		•		•	•	•		•
Idaho	Big Sky	6	-	-	-	-	-												32	32	32	•								•	•
Siena	MAAC	6	-	-	-	-	-														P	•	P									•	•	•	•						•
Southeast Missouri State	Ohio Valley	6	-	-	-	-	-														P		•		•	•	32																			•		•
James Madison	Sun Belt	6	-	-	-	-	-																			•	•																•	•					•	•
Robert Morris	Horizon	6	-	-	-	-	-																			•	•	•	•	•												•
Utah State	Mountain West	6	-	-	-	-	-																				32	32				•					•												•	•
Winthrop	Big South	6	-	-	-	-	-																						•	•	•	•	•													•
Cleveland State	Horizon	6	-	-	-	-	-																											•					•			•	•	•							•
TCU	Big 12	6	-	-	-	-	-																													32						•	32						32	32	32
Alabama State	SWAC	6	-	-	-	-	-																																	•	•		•	•	•	•
Denver	Summit	6	-	-	-	-	-																																		•	•	•	•	•	•
Howard	MEAC	6	-	-	-	-	-																																			•	•	•	•	•		•
Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5	-	-	-	-	-												32		•	•				•																•
Cal State Northridge	Big West	5	-	-	-	-	-												32				•							•	•									32
Towson	CAA	5	-	-	-	-	-														P										•															32	•	•	•
UMBC	America East	5	-	-	-	-	-															P			•																						•	•	•	•
Little Rock	Ohio Valley	5	-	-	-	-	-																•	•	•		•														32
Nevada	Mountain West	5	-	-	-	-	-																		•			•	•		•	•
Penn	Ivy League	5	-	-	-	-	-																					•	•	•						32	•
Alabama	SEC	5	-	-	-	-	-																									•	•	•						•	32
Ole Miss	SEC	5	-	-	-	-	-																										•	•			•											•			32
Delaware	CUSA	5	-	-	-	-	-																											32	•		•	32												•
Jackson State	SWAC	5	-	-	-	-	-																															•	•			•					•			•
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	5	-	-	-	-	-																																			•	•				•	•			•
Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	5	-	-	-	-	-																																						32			32	•	•	•
South Dakota	Summit	5	-	-	-	-	-																																						•		•	•	•		•
Lamar	Southland	4	-	-	-	-	-			28	28									•															•
Idaho State	Big Sky	4	-	-	-	-	-						32	32			32																							•
NC State	ACC	4	-	-	-	-	-							32																									•					32							•
Eastern Washington	Big Sky	4	-	-	-	-	-									32									•	•		32
Bowling Green	MAC	4	-	-	-	-	-											32																					32								•		•
George Washington	Atlantic 10	4	-	-	-	-	-													32	32	32					•
Radford	Big South	4	-	-	-	-	-													•							•													•				•
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	4	-	-	-	-	-																					•		•							•			•
Murray State	Missouri Valley	4	-	-	-	-	-																							•											•		•		•
Belmont	Missouri Valley	4	-	-	-	-	-																										•		•				•			•
Tulsa	American	4	-	-	-	-	-																											•			32	32	•
UNLV	Mountain West	4	-	-	-	-	-																											•									32				32		•
Sacred Heart	MAAC	4	-	-	-	-	-																														•	•								•		•
Morehead State	Ohio Valley	4	-	-	-	-	-																															•		•							32				•
SMU	ACC	4	-	-	-	-	-																																			•	32							32	32
Wright State	Horizon	4	-	-	-	-	-																																							•	32		•	•
Rhode Island	Atlantic 10	3	-	-	-	-	-					28						32					•
UC Irvine	Big West	3	-	-	-	-	-								32															32	•
Weber State	Big Sky	3	-	-	-	-	-								32																																32			•
Montana	Big Sky	3	-	-	-	-	-										32	32			32
Cornell	Ivy League	3	-	-	-	-	-													•												•	•
Valparaiso	Missouri Valley	3	-	-	-	-	-														P	P	P							•	•	•
Brown	Ivy League	3	-	-	-	-	-																•		•																							•
Morgan State	MEAC	3	-	-	-	-	-																	•	•		•
Florida Atlantic	American	3	-	-	-	-	-																		•	•						•
Northern Arizona	Big Sky	3	-	-	-	-	-																			•																•			•
UTSA	American	3	-	-	-	-	-																				•										•			•
FIU	CUSA	3	-	-	-	-	-																					32							•	32
Jacksonville	ASUN	3	-	-	-	-	-																								•									•	•
Binghamton	America East	3	-	-	-	-	-																									•				•			•
Jacksonville State	CUSA	3	-	-	-	-	-																									•	•			32
VCU	Atlantic 10	3	-	-	-	-	-																									•												•		•
Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	3	-	-	-	-	-																										•		32	•
North Dakota State	Summit	3	-	-	-	-	-																												•		•	•
Niagara	MAAC	3	-	-	-	-	-																													•	•	•
Auburn	SEC	3	-	-	-	-	-																														32												32	•
Central Arkansas	ASUN	3	-	-	-	-	-																																•	•				•
East Tennessee State	SoCon	3	-	-	-	-	-																																•					•	•
Providence	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-			28		28
Eastern Kentucky	ASUN	2	-	-	-	-	-				28																				•
Iowa	Big Ten	2	-	-	-	-	-									32					•
Appalachian State	Sun Belt	2	-	-	-	-	-													•	•
DePaul	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-													•								•
Sam Houston	CUSA	2	-	-	-	-	-													•			•
Rider	MAAC	2	-	-	-	-	-														•	P	P																								•
Army	Patriot	2	-	-	-	-	-														P															•											•
Marshall	Sun Belt	2	-	-	-	-	-															•										•
Chattanooga	SoCon	2	-	-	-	-	-																P	•	•
Butler	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-																	•													•
Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	2	-	-	-	-	-																	•											•
Villanova	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-																	•																		•
Bucknell	Patriot	2	-	-	-	-	-																		•		•
Georgetown	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-																		•	•
Virginia	ACC	2	-	-	-	-	-																		•	•
Davidson	Atlantic 10	2	-	-	-	-	-																			•	•
Prairie View A&M	SWAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																			•							•
Eastern Illinois	Ohio Valley	2	-	-	-	-	-																					•																						•
Xavier	Big East	2	-	-	-	-	-																					•						•
Manhattan	MAAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																						•	•
Green Bay	Horizon	2	-	-	-	-	-																							•															•
San Francisco	West Coast	2	-	-	-	-	-																							•					•
Iona	MAAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																								•														•
UAB	American	2	-	-	-	-	-																										•		32
South Dakota State	Summit	2	-	-	-	-	-																											•																	•
Tennessee State	Ohio Valley	2	-	-	-	-	-																											•															•
Tulane	American	2	-	-	-	-	-																												32	•
Furman	SoCon	2	-	-	-	-	-																												•							•
Portland State	Big Sky	2	-	-	-	-	-																												•		•
Purdue Fort Wayne	Horizon	2	-	-	-	-	-																													•			•
Austin Peay	ASUN	2	-	-	-	-	-																														•							•
Maryland Eastern Shore	MEAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																															•	•
Hampton	CAA	2	-	-	-	-	-																																	•	•
Cal State Bakersfield	Big West	2	-	-	-	-	-																																		•			•
Boise State	Mountain West	2	-	-	-	-	-																																				32					•
North Dakota	Summit	2	-	-	-	-	-																																				•	•
Kennesaw State	CUSA	2	-	-	-	-	-																																					•		•
Stony Brook	CAA	2	-	-	-	-	-																																					•	•
Utah Valley	WAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																																								•	•
South Alabama	Sun Belt	2	-	-	-	-	-																																									•		•
Delaware State	MEAC	2	-	-	-	-	-																																										•		•
Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	2	-	-	-	-	-																																										•	•
Wofford	SoCon	2	-	-	-	-	-																																											•	•
Rutgers	Big Ten	1	-	-	-	-	-		28
US International	defunct	1	-	-	-	-	-						32
Gonzaga	West Coast	1	-	-	-	-	-										32
Memphis	American	1	-	-	-	-	-														•
North Texas	American	1	-	-	-	-	-															•
Lehigh	Patriot	1	-	-	-	-	-																	•
Southern	SWAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																		•
Georgia State	Sun Belt	1	-	-	-	-	-																				•
Northeastern	CAA	1	-	-	-	-	-																					•
William & Mary	CAA	1	-	-	-	-	-																					•
UT Martin	Ohio Valley	1	-	-	-	-	-																						•
Nicholls	Southland	1	-	-	-	-	-																							•
Virginia Tech	ACC	1	-	-	-	-	-																														32
Cal State Fullerton	Big West	1	-	-	-	-	-																														•
South Carolina State	MEAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																														•
Central Michigan	MAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																															•
Duquesne	Atlantic 10	1	-	-	-	-	-																																	•
IU Indy	Horizon	1	-	-	-	-	-																																	•
Northwestern State	Southland	1	-	-	-	-	-																																		•
Oakland	Horizon	1	-	-	-	-	-																																		•
Seton Hall	Big East	1	-	-	-	-	-																																		•
Harvard	Ivy League	1	-	-	-	-	-																																			•
Southern Illinois	Missouri Valley	1	-	-	-	-	-																																			•
UNC Wilmington	CAA	1	-	-	-	-	-																																			•
UT Rio Grande Valley	Southland	1	-	-	-	-	-																																				•
Syracuse	ACC	1	-	-	-	-	-																																						32
Bryant	America East	1	-	-	-	-	-																																						•
Eastern Michigan	MAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																																						•
Navy	Patriot	1	-	-	-	-	-																																						•
Northern Kentucky	Horizon	1	-	-	-	-	-																																							•
North Carolina A&T	CAA	1	-	-	-	-	-																																								32
Campbell	CAA	1	-	-	-	-	-																																									•
Mississippi State	SEC	1	-	-	-	-	-																																									•
The Citadel	Southern	1	-	-	-	-	-																																									•
UIC	Missouri Valley	1	-	-	-	-	-																																									•
West Virginia	Big 12	1	-	-	-	-	-																																									•
Fairleigh Dickinson	Northeast	1	-	-	-	-	-																																										•
Quinnipiac	MAAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																																										•
Coppin State	MEAC	1	-	-	-	-	-																																											•
Grand Canyon	Mountain West	1	-	-	-	-	-																																											•
Omaha	Summit	1	-	-	-	-	-																																											•
Chicago State	Northeast	1	-	-	-	-	-																																												•
UTEP	CUSA	1	-	-	-	-	-																																												•
Texas Southern	SWAC	-	-	-	-	-	-														P
Grambling State	SWAC	-	-	-	-	-	-																P	P
Wagner	Northeast	-	-	-	-	-	-																	P

Champions by decade

1980s 3  Hawaiʻi 2  Pacific 1  Long Beach State, Texas, UCLA, USC

1990s 4  Stanford 2  Long Beach State, UCLA 1  Nebraska, Penn State

2000s 3  Penn State 2  Nebraska, Stanford, USC 1  Washington

2010s 3  Penn State, Stanford 2  Nebraska 1  Texas, UCLA

2020s 2  Texas 1  Kentucky 1  Penn State 1  Wisconsin

Winners of two or more consecutive championships

Wins	Team	Years
4	Penn State	2007–2010
2	Hawaiʻi	1982, 1983
	Pacific	1985, 1986
	UCLA	1990, 1991
	Stanford	1996, 1997, 2018, 2019
	USC	2002, 2003
	Penn State	2013, 2014
	Texas	2022, 2023

Common matchups in Championship Final

# of Times	Matchup	Record	Years Played
4	Penn State vs Stanford	Penn State 3–1	1997, 1999, 2007, 2008
3	Nebraska vs Texas	Nebraska 2–1	1995, 2015, 2023
	Stanford vs UCLA	Stanford 2–1	1984, 1992, 1994
2	Hawaiʻi vs Stanford	Tied 1–1	1987, 1996
	Long Beach State vs Penn State	Long Beach State 2–0	1993, 1998
	Nebraska vs Stanford	Tied 1–1	2006, 2018
	Nebraska vs Wisconsin	Tied 1–1	2000, 2021

Champions by state

Champions by state

State	Wins	Years won
California	21	1981, 1984–1986, 1989–1994, 1996–1998, 2001–2004, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019
Pennsylvania	8	1999, 2007–2010, 2013, 2014, 2024
Nebraska	5	1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2017
Texas	4	1988, 2012, 2022, 2023
Hawaii	3	1982, 1983, 1987
Kentucky	1	2020
Washington	1	2005
Wisconsin	1	2021

Final Four appearances

Team	Number	Champion	Runner-up	Semifinalist
Stanford	23	9	8	6
Cal	2	0	1	1
Arizona	1	0	0	1
UCLA	12	4	4	4
USC	10	3	1	6
Washington	5	1	0	4
Oregon	1	0	1	0
Nebraska	17	5	6	6
Penn State	14	8	3	3
Minnesota	6	0	1	5
Wisconsin	6	1	3	2
Illinois	4	0	1	3
Ohio State	2	0	0	2
Michigan State	1	0	0	1
Michigan	1	0	0	1
Florida	8	0	2	6
LSU	2	0	0	2
Kentucky	1	1	0	0
Tennessee	1	0	0	1
Texas	14	4	5	5
BYU	3	0	1	2
Baylor	1	0	0	1
Kansas	1	0	0	1
Pittsburgh	4	0	0	4
Louisville	3	0	2	1
Florida State	1	0	0	1
Pacific	7	2	1	4
Santa Clara	1	0	0	1
San Diego	1	0	0	1
Hawaiʻi	9	3	2	4
Long Beach State	8	3	2	3
San Diego State	2	0	0	2
San Jose State	1	0	0	1
UT Arlington	1	0	0	1

Current conference key

Pac 12

Big Ten

SEC

Big 12

ACC

West Coast

Big West

Mountain West

WAC

Records

• Highest attendance: 21,860 (2024 Louisville-Penn State championship match)
• Lowest attendance for a championship match: 0 (2020)^[3][a]
• Lowest seed to win championship: 11 (Stanford, 2004)
• Lowest seed in championship game: Unseeded (BYU, 2014)
• Most championships: Stanford (9)
• Most consecutive championships: Penn State (4, 2007–10)
• Most consecutive postseason victories: Penn State (26)
• Most championships by a head coach: Russ Rose (7)
• Most championships by conference: Pac-12 (17)
• Most appearances in championship match: Stanford (17)
• Most semifinal appearances: Stanford (23)
• Most semifinal appearances without a championship: Florida (8)
• Undefeated seasons (since 1981): Long Beach State (1998), Nebraska (2000), USC (2003), Penn State (2008, 2009)

^[2][4]

1. The lowest attendance for a championship match with no artificial attendance restrictions was 2,000 for the 1983 final.

Most Outstanding Player

In 1991 and now annually since 1996, the NCAA has awarded the most outstanding player(s) of the NCAA championship.^[2]

Year	Most Outstanding Player	School
1991	Natalie Williams Antoinnette White	UCLA Long Beach State
1996	Kerri Walsh	Stanford
1997	Terri Zemaitis	Penn State
1998	Misty May Lauren Cacciamani	Long Beach State (2) Penn State (2)
1999	Lauren Cacciamani (2)	Penn State (3)
2000	Greichaly Cepero	Nebraska
2001	Logan Tom	Stanford (2)
2002	Keao Burdine	Southern California
2003	Keao Burdine (2)	Southern California (2)
2004	Ogonna Nnamani	Stanford (3)
2005	Christal Morrison	Washington
2006	Sarah Pavan	Nebraska (2)
2007	Megan Hodge	Penn State (4)
2008	Megan Hodge (2)	Penn State (5)
2009	Destinee Hooker	Texas
2010	Deja McClendon	Penn State (6)
2011	Rachael Kidder	UCLA (2)
2012	Bailey Webster	Texas (2)
2013	Micha Hancock	Penn State (7)
2014	Megan Courtney	Penn State (8)
2015	Mikaela Foecke	Nebraska (3)
2016	Inky Ajanaku	Stanford (4)
2017	Mikaela Foecke (2) Kelly Hunter	Nebraska (4,5)
2018	Morgan Hentz Kathryn Plummer	Stanford (5,6)
2019	Kathryn Plummer (2)	Stanford (7)
2020	Madison Lilley	Kentucky
2021	Anna Smrek	Wisconsin
2022	Logan Eggleston	Texas (3)
2023	Madisen Skinner	Texas (4)
2024	Jess Mruzik	Penn State (9)

See also

• AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Volleyball Champions
• NAIA Volleyball Championship
• NCAA men's volleyball tournament (National Collegiate division)
• NCAA Division II women's volleyball tournament
• NCAA Division III men's volleyball tournament
• NCAA Division III women's volleyball tournament
• American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)