SAN FRANCISCO – The Washington State volleyball team has been selected to finish fifth in the Preseason Pac-12 Coaches poll as announced by the conference office Wednesday, August 18.
The Cougars rank fifth within the conference after finishing fourth overall during the 2020-21 spring season and posting a record of 11-5 (11-4 Pac-12). Washington State also enters the fall 2021 season having earned an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) preseason national ranking of 18 overall as well. These rankings are both milestones for the Cougars as being ranked No. 18 in the nation by the AVCA to enter a year is an all-time program high, and the Pac-12 preseason ranking of fifth overall is a program best as well.