The UCLA men's volleyball team is ranked ninth in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division I-II Top-15 Poll released on Monday. Coach John Speraw's Bruins posted an overall record of 10-9 and went 2-3 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation during an abbreviated 2020 season.
 

2021 AVCA Pre-Season Men's Volleyball Poll (Jan. 4)
Rank        School-(Pts---2020 record---2020 AVCA final rank)         
1.            BYU (14 first place votes --238--17-1---1)
2.            Hawai'i (224---15-1---2)
3.            UC Santa Barbara (200---14-2---3)
4.            Long Beach State (191---10-1---4)
5.            Lewis (187---15-4---5)
6.            UC Irvine (147---10-7---T6)
7.            UC San Diego (123---13-5---T6)
7.            Pepperdine (123---7-6---8)
9.            UCLA (109---10-9---9)
10.          Grand Canyon (99---14-7---11)
11.          Penn State (77---11-7---10)
12.          Concordia (49---10-10---13)
13.          George Mason (37---10-7---15)
14.          Ohio State (28---11-8---NR)
15.          Stanford (24---6-11---14)

Also receiving votes: NJIT, Princeton, Purdue Fort Wayne, Ball State