Rpi 1/ BAYLOR (24-1, 14-1)
Conf: Big 12 (9 teams)
Status: CHAMPION/AUTOMATIC or AT-LARGE … Baylor Bears (conf = 14-1) vs TCU on 11/30; Texas Longhorns (conf = 14-1) vs Iowa St on 11/30 …. In 2018, the Big 12 had a total of only 2 total bids/berths … In 2019, this Power 5 league can expect 3 or 4 total bids/berths: Baylor, 3/Texas (20 – 3, 14-1), 30/Oklahoma (18-8, 10-5) and on-the-bubble-consideration 37/Iowa State (17-9, 8-6)

Rpi 8/WASHINGTON (23-5, 14-4)
Conf: Pac-12 (12 teams)
Status: AT-LARGE… Huskies (14-4) in 2nd in Pac-12 Standings with two matches left: California on 11/27 and Washington St on 11/30 … Stanford (17-2) claimed 3rd straight Pac-12 conference crown and with it the AUTOMATIC in time for Thanksgiving

Rpi 19/MISSOURI (19-7, 11-5)
Conf: SEC (13 teams)
Status: AT-LARGE . SEC CHAMPION/AUTOMATIC still up in the air; league will have 5 or 6 teams in the tournament: 7/Kentucky (21-6, 14-2) playing LSU now, 9/Florida (24-4,15-2), 13/Texas A&M (20-6, 12-4), Missouri playing Ole Miss now, 33/Georgia (20-9, 12-6) and on-the-bubble-consideration 41/S Carolina (18-10, 10-6)

Rpi 26/SAN DIEGO (24-5, 17-1)
Conf: WCC (10 teams)
Status: CHAMPION/AUTOMATIC … first outright WCC championship since 2013

Rpi 28/UCLA (16-11, 11-7)
Conf: Pac-12 (12 teams)
Status: AT-LARGE … Bruins (12-7) in 4th place behind Utah (12-6) in Pac-12 Standings with match against USC to be played on 11/29 … Pac-12, which had the most (8) conference members in the 2018 NCAA Volleyball tournament, appears unlikely to match that number (8) in 2019: 4/Stanford, 8/Washington, 16/Utah, 27/USC, and 28/UCLA and probably 45/California are IN; 50/Arizona St (16-13, 8-10) and 56/Washington St (22-9, 11-8) are up for on-the-bubble consideration

Rpi 76/DENVER (23-7, 13-3)
Conf: Summit League (9 teams)
Status: CHAMPION/AUTOMATIC … 5th Summit League championship title in 6 years with an upset win over 42/South Dakota (27-2, 16-1), which will be up for on-the-bubble consideration
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82/ARMY WEST POINT (22-10, 11-5)
Conf: Patriot League (9 teams)
Status: OUT … in the Final of the Patriot League Championship, Army lost to 53/American University (24-7, 15-1), which will be the Patriot League’s only rep at The Big Dance

87/ST. JOHN’S (20-11, 12-6)
Conf: Big East (10 teams)
Status: OUT? … Only hope for St. John’s to go to The Big Dance is to capture the Big East Volleyball Championship (Nov 29-30) and with it the AUTOMATIC berth … semi 1: tournament-host and #2 seed 12/Marquette vs #3 seed 61/Villanova; semi 2: #1 seed 17/Creighton vs #4 seed 87/St. John’s

162/W VIRGINIA (11-17, 2-13)
Conf: Big 12
Status: OUT …. Finished last in the Big 12 Standings

168/SACRAMENTO ST (14-17, 9-9)
Conf: Big Sky (11 teams)
Status: OUT? … Sacramento St hosts the Big Sky Volleyball Championships (Nov 28 -30) with 8 (yes, 8!) league teams qualifying, of which 85/Northern Colorado (23-7, 17-1) will be the favorite to win the AUTOMATIC and be the Big Sky’s only rep at The Big Dance.

183/UTAH VALLEY (11-19, 7-9)
Conf: WAC (9 teams)
Status: OUT … Finished tied for 5th in Standings … Back-in-the-day UH foe 60/New Mexico State (27-3, 16-0) won the AUTOMATIC and the WAC’s solo entry to the NCAA Volleyball tournament