'Six Rotations': Tennessee Byways Shining Bright as November Approaches

Every week until a champion is crowned, the YouTube show "Six Rotations" will be available here, with a brief rundown of the episode and the top upcoming matches around the country.

Chaos in the SEC, Big Ten, and Big 12

With all the ranked matches last week, it was a given that there would be carnage. However, not many could have predicted the excellent parity we are seeing in the 2nd tier of these power conferences.

Of course the headline-grabber is Tennessee, reverse-sweeping Kentucky and then toppling in-state foe Vanderbilt in four. Texas A&M would then repeat what we saw in Kansas City in December, sweeping Kentucky on Sunday on the national stage.

The Big Ten is where things got all jumbled up... The big upset was Iowa over newly-minted committee favorite in UCLA, but then the circle of chaos got spinning. Washington beat Wisconsin but then taken down by Minnesota, who were beaten in five by Purdue. Meanwhile, Penn State keeps climbing as they upset Oregon and handled Indiana. Wisconsin has relinquished their stranglehold on the #2 spot in the Big Ten, now tied with 8-2 Oregon. The Badgers and their fans have eagerly awaited the return of their outside hitter Grace Egan, who played sparingly this past weekend.

Then to the Big 12, where Kansas re-emerged into the host picture with a three set win at TCU, then a five setter thriller over Baylor. BYU has now won 14 in a row, with a comeback victory over Arizona State on Saturday, doing it the BYU-way with low errors and no superstars. It was a week with multiple ranked wins for the Cougars, who beat Colorado in four (Colorado has since been replaced by Michigan State in the 25th spot)

After both earned a pair of wins over ranked teams, No. 6 @Vol_VBall and No. 13 @PennStateVBALL bump up three positions as we look at the 6-15 spots in the new AVCA DI Poll.#WeAreAVCA pic.twitter.com/A9TZEMAezm
— AVCA (@AVCAVolleyball) October 26, 2026

Week 9 @AVCAVolleyball / Taraflex Dl Women's Volleyball Top 25 🏐 #NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/NipPRuxN7C
— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) October 26, 2026

The Week Ahead

We start our slim-but-still-appetizing week on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on SEC Network with Texas hosting Georgia. Texas then caps the weekend on ABC hosting rival Texas A&M at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Nebraska has their Michigan swing, with a Friday match at Michigan and Saturday on Big Ten Network at Michigan State at 6:30 p.m. ET. The best Big Ten match is also on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. ET from Rec Hall as Purdue travels to Penn State.

Friday has a tremendous slate, with Tennessee at Texas A&M as the main dish at 7:30 p.m. ET, TCU at Baylor at 8 p.m. ET, and Utah at BYU (The Holy War) at 9:30 p.m. ET.

Next episode will be Monday, Nov. 2

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