2026 Big Ten Volleyball Tournament

Conference

🏟 Big Ten📍 Fishers, Indiana🗓 November 20 – November 25

First Round

12Seed 12

13Seed 13

10Seed 10

15Seed 15

11Seed 11

14Seed 14

Second Round

5Seed 5

TBD

7Seed 7

TBD

6Seed 6

TBD

8Seed 8

9Seed 9

Quarterfinals

1Seed 1

TBD

2Seed 2

TBD

3Seed 3

TBD

4Seed 4

TBD

Semifinals

TBD

Championship

TBD

Big Ten Tournament Projections(15 teams · 10k simulations)

Seed	Team	Elo	R1	R2	Quarters	Semis	Final	🏆 Win
1	Nebraska	2357	99%	99%	99%	95%	84%	61%
2	Wisconsin	2240	99%	99%	99%	86%	61%	26%
3	Purdue	2112	99%	99%	97%	65%	25%	6%
4	Southern California	2054	99%	99%	93%	53%	13%	3%
5	Penn St.	2009	99%	99%	86%	38%	8%	2%
6	Minnesota	2006	99%	99%	83%	32%	6%	1%
7	Indiana	1957	99%	97%	70%	16%	2%	—
8	UCLA	1911	99%	94%	57%	7%	1%	—
9	Michigan	1883	98%	92%	45%	4%	—	—
10	Oregon	1851	98%	87%	35%	3%	—	—
11	Washington	1751	90%	64%	14%	1%	—	—
12	Michigan St	1737	88%	57%	10%	—	—	—
13	Illinois	1709	83%	47%	7%	—	—	—
14	Northwestern	1663	76%	31%	3%	—	—	—
15	Iowa	1638	69%	23%	2%	—	—	—
16	Ohio St.	1553	48%	8%	1%	—	—	—
17	Maryland	1475	27%	3%	—	—	—	—
18	Rutgers	1465	24%	2%	—	—	—	—

Values = P(reach that stage or further). Win = P(win conference tournament = auto NCAA bid). Seeded by Elo.

Big Ten Standings

15 qualify for tournamentThrough 2026-06-08 · 161 games remaining

Snapshot Week

Jun 1 Jun 8

Standings · Finishing Position Probabilities

#	Team	Conf	Overall	Proj Conf	Proj Ovr	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Nebraska	0–0	0–0	31.5–2.5	31.5–2.5	51	31	13	3.9	1.0	0.3	<1	<1
2	Wisconsin	0–0	0–0	30.7–5.3	30.7–5.3	24	34	23	11	5.0	1.8	0.5	0.1	<1		<1
3	Michigan	0–0	0–0	29.9–22.1	29.9–22.1	21	17	22	16	11	7.3	3.5	1.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	<1	<1	<1
4	Purdue	0–0	0–0	25.8–8.2	25.8–8.2	2.5	8.3	17	25	20	14	7.5	3.9	1.6	0.5	0.2
5	Southern California	0–0	0–0	25.8–10.2	25.8–10.2	1.7	6.0	13	20	22	17	10	5.7	3.0	1.1	0.3	<1		<1	<1
6	Minnesota	0–0	0–0	24.2–11.8	24.2–11.8	0.6	2.7	7.4	14	19	20	16	10	6.5	2.6	0.9	0.3	<1	<1		<1
7	Indiana	0–0	0–0	20.9–13.1	20.9–13.1	<1	0.6	2.0	5.2	10	16	19	19	14	8.1	3.5	1.8	0.6	0.2	<1
8	Penn St.	0–0	0–0	18.9–11.1	18.9–11.1	<1	<1	0.5	2.0	4.9	10	17	22	19	14	6.3	2.7	0.9	0.4	<1	<1
9	UCLA	0–0	0–0	19.5–14.5	19.5–14.5	<1	0.2	0.9	2.6	5.6	10	16	19	20	13	7.2	3.1	1.5	0.5	0.2	<1	<1
10	Oregon	0–0	0–0	17.4–18.6	17.4–18.6	<1	<1	0.1	0.4	1.5	3.3	7.2	11	17	23	16	10	5.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	<1	<1
11	Washington	0–0	0–0	13.3–20.7	13.3–20.7			<1		<1	0.4	1.1	2.7	6.4	13	20	19	16	10	7.0	2.8	0.8	0.2
12	Illinois	0–0	0–0	13.7–24.3	13.7–24.3				<1	<1	0.4	0.9	2.3	5.1	9.3	16	18	16	14	10	5.2	2.5	1.1
13	Michigan St	0–0	0–0	12.3–21.7	12.3–21.7				<1	<1	0.2	0.8	1.7	4.5	9.2	15	18	19	14	9.3	5.2	2.1	0.6
14	Northwestern	0–0	0–0	10.8–25.2	10.8–25.2						<1	0.2	0.4	1.3	3.3	7.5	12	17	20	17	12	6.4	2.7
15	Iowa	0–0	0–0	10.2–25.8	10.2–25.8						<1	<1	0.4	0.8	2.3	5.9	10	15	18	20	15	8.3	3.8
16	Ohio St.	0–0	0–0	6.6–25.4	6.6–25.4								<1	<1	0.3	1.2	3.1	6.0	11	18	26	21	13
17	Maryland	0–0	0–0	5.4–30.6	5.4–30.6									<1	<1	0.2	0.6	1.7	4.5	9.2	17	29	38
18	Rutgers	0–0	0–0	5.1–30.9	5.1–30.9									<1	<1	0.2	0.4	1.0	3.2	8.0	16	30	41

Position columns: % of 10,000 simulated seasons finishing there. Row below cut line = P(reach tournament).

Finishing Position Range — Season Progression

NebraskaWisconsinMichiganPurdueSouthern CaliforniaMinnesotaIndianaPenn St.UCLAOregonWashingtonIllinoisMichigan StNorthwesternIowaOhio St.MarylandRutgers