Whats The 2024 NCAA Volleyball Tournament Playoff Schedule This Year?

This year's 2024 NCAA volleyball tournament schedule is out for the First and Second rounds, Regionals Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Semifinals and Final Rounds!

Only 64 teams are allowed in the NCAA womens volleyball championship which hosts five rounds of competition which I describe below. 

This year, the first round of the 2024 NCAA Womens Volleyball Championship begins Thursday, Dec 5 and Friday, Dec 6. 

The second round of the 2024 NCAA Womens Volleyball Championship starts Friday, Dec 6 and Saturday, Dec 7.  

The Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds begin Thursday, December 12 and continue through to Sunday, December 15. 

The semifinal rounds are also known as the Final Four because there are only four teams remaining in the tournament will be held on Thursday, December 19. 

The final round which hosts the last match of the year with the best two teams in the country, the last two standing, are competing against each other this year and will be held in Louisville, Kentucky on Sunday, December 22, the day after my birthday!

First there's a first round of 64 teams which becomes 32 teams that will compete in the second round. 

Check out the bracket to see the 64 teams in this year's tournament

the NCAA volleyball tournament gets underway tomorrow, and our projections are live on the site!

Check them out here, and our full bracket is belowhttps://t.co/RN7E7ZOBN5 pic.twitter.com/HbxwmLBRFl

— Evollve (@evollve) December 4, 2024

First and Second Round matches are hosted at the campus sites of the Top 16 seeds in the tournament:

No. 1 Seed Hosts: Pittsburgh, Nebraska, Penn State, Louisville

No. 2 Seed Hosts: Stanford, Wisconsin, Creighton, SMU

No. 3 Seed Hosts: Kentucky, Texas, Kansas, Arizona State

No. 4 Seed Hosts: Purdue, Baylor, Utah, Oregon

• Loyola Chicago 3, No. 5 BYU 0
• No. 4 Purdue 3, Western Michigan 0

Second Round: Loyola vs Purdue

Host Site: Purdue

Purdue Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 6 Minnesota 3, Western Kentucky 1
• No. 3 Kentucky 3, Cleveland State 0

Second Round: Minnesota 1 vs Kentucky 3

Host Site: Kentucky

Kentucky Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 6 USC 3, UT Arlington 0
• No. 3 Texas 3, A&M-Corpus Christi 0

Second Round: USC vs Texas

Host Site: Texas

Texas Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

second time’s the charm 😉🤘#HookEm pic.twitter.com/97QxpQbNp3

— Texas Volleyball (@TexasVolleyball) December 7, 2024

• No. 7 Missouri 3, Texas State 0
• No. 2 SMU 3, Wichita State 0

Second Round: Missouri 3 vs. SMU 1

Host Site: Missouri

Missouri Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 2 Wisconsin 3, Fairfield 0
• No. 7 Georgia Tech 3, Tennessee 2

Second Round: Georgia Tech vs Wisconsin

Host Site: Wisconsin

Wisconsin Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• Ole Miss 3, No. 7 Florida State 2
• No. 2 Creighton 3, South Dakota 0

Second Round: Ole Miss vs Creighton 

Host Site: Creighton

Creighton Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 4 Baylor 3, Wofford 0
• No. 5 Dayton 3, South Carolina 1

Second Round: Baylor vs Dayton

Host Site: Baylor

Dayton Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 3 TCU 3, Hawaii 0
• No. 4 Oregon 3, High Point 0

Second Round: Oregon 3 vs TCU 0

Host Site: Oregon

Oregon Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• Illinois vs Northern Iowa
• Chicago State vs Louisville

Second Round: Louisville vs. UNI

Host Site: Louisville

    Louisville Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• UTEP vs Oklahoma
• Morehead State vs Pittsburgh

Second Round: Pittsburgh vs. Oklahoma

Host Site: Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

Sweeter than ever!!!!! 🍪🍩🍭🍦 pic.twitter.com/fo0Avck3xx

— Pitt Volleyball (@Pitt_VB) December 8, 2024

• Yale vs North Carolina
• Delaware State vs Penn State

Second Round: UNC vs Penn State

Host Site: Penn State

Penn State Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• NC State 0 vs. Florida 3
• Colgate 0 vs. Kansas 3

Second Round: Florida vs Kansas 

Host Site: Kansas

Florida Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16*

My take: This was a Major upset for me! Congrats to Florida but I would've bet money that Kansas was going to advance. 

• South Dakota State 0 vs Miami, FL 3
• Florida A&M 0 vs Nebraska 3

Second Round: Nebraska vs Miami

Host Site: Nebraska

Huskers Advance to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

As expected no surprise here Huskers look strong in attack and passing. 

• Washington 2 vs LMU 3
• Sacramento State vs Stanford

Second Round: Stanford vs LMU

Host Site: Stanford

Stanford Advances to the NCAA Round of Sweet 16

I thought LMU was capable of taking a set from the Cardinals but they couldnt do it after rising to the occasion to knock Washington out in 5 sets in the first round. 

This one feels real SWEET ‼️#GigEm // #AggieVB // @BrookshireBros pic.twitter.com/dXtj2n0ryG

— Texas A&M Volleyball (@AggieVolleyball) December 8, 2024

• Colorado State 1 vs Texas A&M 3
• New Hampshire 0 vs Arizona State 3

Second Round: Texas A&M vs Arizona State

Host Site: Arizona State

Texas A&M Advances to the NCAA Round of Sweet 16

*This would've been a historic win for either team but Jaime Morrison led Texas A&M to their first Sweet 16 round in years. Congratulations JM!

THE AGGIES TAKE DOWN ASU ‼️#NCAAWVB x 🎥 ESPN+ / @AggieVolleyball pic.twitter.com/BopxOljDlp

— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 8, 2024

• No. 5 Dayton 3, South Carolina 1
• Baylor 3 vs. Wofford 0

Second Round: Baylor 2 vs Dayton 3

Host Site; Baylor 

Dayton Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

• No. 4 Utah 3, College of Charleston 0
• No. 5 Marquette 3, FGCU 0

Second Round: Utah 2 vs Marquette 3

Host Site: Utah

Marquette Advances to NCAA Round of Sweet 16

The third round also known as the "Sweet 16" round has the top 16 teams remaining in the NCAA womens volleyball championship with teams who  recently earned berths.  

The Regionals schedule is set 🏐

📲 https://t.co/zyCHYhVtiD#NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/WWTWw1YmI6

— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 8, 2024

Pittsburgh

Oregon 

Kentucky

Missouri

Stanford

Florida

Purdue

Louisville

Penn State - took four sets to beat UNC and is ready to combat Marquette in the semis

Marquette - first round broomed the Gulf Coast in Florida to then meet a motivated Utes squad which they went 5 sets against to earn a victory into the 16s berth

Texas - sometimes wins feel relatively easy to attain, but are they really? Two time defending champs swept TACC and a USC team that I thought would put up more of a fight ...is that going to prepare the longhorns enough for future tough NCAA tournament contests? Being truly tested before the rounds that count...usually serve positively for future ..finalist champions...lets see if this relatively easy trip through the first round rounds helps or hurts the two-time defending champions. 

Creighton

Wisconsin

Texas A&M

Dayton

Nebraska

The fourth round also known as the "Elite Eight" round has the top 8 teams remaining in the NCAA womens volleyball championship.

The fifth round better known as the semifinal round is famously called the "Final Four" with the four remaining teams in the tournament all competing under the same roof in two separate matches which usually takes place the second week in December.  

The last round are "The Finals" where the last two teams standing compete against each other on national television in hopes of winning and being crowned the NCAA Womens volleyball championship tournament winners for the year. 

Who's going to be the last two this season?

Thank you for visiting this page. I'd love to know which teams are your personal favorites and who you'll be rooting for when the tournament starts. 

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