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'Six Rotations': What the NCAA Volleyball Committee's Top 16 Tells Us

Daniel Gillman and Mick Haley discuss the Committee's reveal, compare them to the other rankings, and debate the final host spots.
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Six Rotations is a weekly show covering NCAA Women's Volleyball.
Six Rotations is a weekly show covering NCAA Women's Volleyball. | Daniel Gillman

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.

Stunner at SMU Headlines the Upsets

Mick and I alluded to it last week, every season when we enter mid-October, spooky things start to happen. Unranked reverse sweeps over Top-5 teams or battling teams like Ohio State and Iowa State late into the fifth...

Miami shook the ACC with its win in Dallas on Friday, but it was just one of a slew of big upsets around the Power conferences. Iowa State toppled Utah in five, as Baylor swept TCU to work its way back in the rankings. UCLA upended Penn State in five and Illinois upset Michigan State on Thursday, but then lost to Michigan.

The top-ranked matches featured Nebraska dropping their first set of conference play but holding Purdue under 20 points in the other three sets. We saw Florida block its way to wins over Texas A&M and Texas on the road, as Louisville swept North Carolina and Arizona State took down Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse in five on Sunday on ESPN.

The Committee Has Spoken

It's that time of the year... The NCAA Division-I Women's Volleyball Committee released their Top 16 teams on Sunday night during the Florida vs Texas match on ESPN. The rankings were broken down by Nicole Reitz and discussed on the episode.

The Selection Show will be on Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.

The Week Ahead

Following some less-than-stellar scheduling weeks for top volleyball, we are gifted with an incredible one filled with ranked-on-ranked action. There are an incredible 10 of them, with a few honorable mentions (or ranked, considering if you ask the committee.

Wednesday on SEC Network, Tennessee hosts Kentucky at 7 p.m. ET. Then, Thursday features UCLA at Nebraska on FS1 at 7 p.m. ET.

Friday displays Kansas-TCU, Minnesota-Purdue, Washington-Wisconsin and Texas A&M-Georgia.

Saturday night Nebraska hosts USC on Big Ten Network at 9 p.m. ET, but first we get Arizona State at BYU on ESPN+ at 3 p.m. ET.

We have another "Women's Sports Sunday" with Texas A&M at Kentucky on ESPN at 1 p.m. ET, followed by Kansas-Baylor and then the primetime feature at 8:30 p.m. between Stanford and North Carolina. SEC Network has Vanderbilt at Tennessee at 1 p.m., with Michigan-Wisconsin on FS1 at 1 p.m., followed by Penn State-Indiana, and Minnesota hosting Washington on Big Ten Network at 1 p.m., followed by Northwestern-Purdue

Next episode will be Monday, Oct. 26

You can find all archived "Six Rotations" episodes HERE

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Daniel Gillman
DANIEL GILLMAN

Daniel Gillman is a play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN covering NCAA Women's Volleyball & Gymnastics, and host of the show "Six Rotations". Since 2021, he has been one of the top voices in the college women's volleyball realm... from unveiling the weekly AVCA Coaches Poll & Player of the Year Watch List & Finalists, to hosting the "On Location" Fan Experience at the Final Four. Daniel is a voter for the "900 Square Feet Top 16 Media Poll" and a graduate of the University of Florida.

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