NEW ORLEANS – The Texas State volleyball team was selected to finish second in the west division of the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll, the league announced Monday morning.
The Bobcats collected 57 points and one first-place vote to nestle right behind defending west champs Arkansas State. The Red Wolves garnered 71 points and the final 11 first-place votes. UTA was slotted third with 50 points, while Little Rock (34 points), Louisiana (28 points) and ULM (12 points) rounded out the division.
Coastal Carolina, the defending league tournament champions, was projected as the favorites in the SBC East Division with 72 points and all 12 first-place votes.